Chance Me Please? Am I even a good candidate?

Colleges and Universities A-Z George Washington University
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<p>Hi, I'm going to be a senior in high school (over 3000 students total, and 1000 in my grade alone) in Pennsylvania which is ranked as one of the top high school's in the country. </p>

<p>*SAT Reasoning Test - 2100
-Math - 750
-Writing - 700
-Verbal - 650
*SAT Subject - Math II - 640
- US History - 650</p>

<p>*Unweighted GPA - 3.5 / 4.0
*Weighted GPA (the normal way most schools do it) - 4.3
*Weighted GPA (my school's weighted one) - 5.62 / 6.0
*Class Rank - 83/1005 - top 8% of my class</p>

<p>*Classes Freshman Year - HP/Gifted English, HP/Gifted American History, Honors Physical Science, Honors Latin II, Honors Geometry
*Classes Sophomore Year - Honors English, Honors World Cultures, Honors Biology, Honors Algebra II, Honors Latin III,
*Classes Junior Year - AP English, AP US History, AP Latin, AP Statistics, Honors Physics, Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Chemistry I
*Classes Senior Year - AP English, AP US History, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP European History, Honors Calculus
*Outside Study - Greek
*Total AP Classes - 9
*Total Honors Classes - 14
*I take the hardest courses available to me for each subject</p>

<p>*Extra Curriculars Freshman Year - Student Government Association (Homeroom Repliaison), National Junior Honors Society (Member), Concert Band (Clarinetist)
*Extra Curriculars Sophomore Year - Class Cabinet (Class Vice President), Indian Cultural Association (Member), Student Government Association (Class Representative)
*Extra Curriculars Junior Year - Class Cabinet (Member), Indian Cultural Association (Member), Student Government Association (Class Representative), National Honors Society (Member)
*Extra Curriculars Senior Year - Class Cabinet (Member), Indian Cultural Association (Vice President), National Honors Society (Member), Student Government Association (Class Representative)</p>

<p>*Outside Services and Things
-Helped my local government Commissioner with his elections (which he won) two times
-Helped my local US House of Representative with her election (volunteer)
-Helped with Allyson Shwatz's Congressional Campaign (volunteer)
-Helped with Kathy Boockvar's Congressional Campaign (intern)
-Volunteer continuously at my two temples
-Tutor kids in various subjects
-Volunteer for local events
-Work at Kumon Learning Center - tutor and teach kids from ages 3-17 since 9th grade</p>

<p>*Awards
-American Legion Award
-Contiguously getting the Honor/Distinguished Honor Roll Award
-Business Award
-Service to Student Government Award
-Cum Laude National Latin Exam - 9th Grade
-Cum Laude National Latin Exam - 10th Grade
-Cum Laude - Philadelphia Classical Society - 10th Grade</p>

<p>*Ethnicity - Indian-Asian
*Religion - Hindu
*First Generation College Student (well my brother just graduated college (Yale) so he would be the first in the family)
*Income - Middle Class Family</p>

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<p>You’re well-qualified, you have a good chance.</p>

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<p>AP classes: Good</p>

<p>School Extracurriculars: Weak.
You’re just a member in a bunch of groups. I wouldn’t list 99.9% of those on my application. Focus on your leadership roles that accomplished tasks, not memberships. </p>

<p>Community Involvements: Fine/Good. Talk more about these. Tutoring? Representative? What role did you play in all of these, how often, etc.? Working at the learning center might be something to focus on in the application.</p>

<p>Race: Good </p>

<p>Pennsylvania: Bad, tons of applicants from NY/NJ/PA.</p>

<p>SAT: Fine.</p>

<p>ACT: Any scores?</p>

<p>GPA: Ok/Fine. Fairly weak for GW, but not dismal. The APs, race, etc. are enough to help an average GPA.</p>