<p>This is my list thus far: Lehigh, Penn, Dartmouth, Georgetown (top choice), Washington&Lee, Richmond, UChicago, Wake Forest</p>
<p>SAT I: 2210 first sitting (650CR, 760M, 800W) (probably will take again to bring up reading)
SAT II: US History 730 (will take 2 more in the fall)
ACT: awaiting scores</p>
<p>AP Scores: so far just 5 on US History
APs taken:
-freshman year--none offered
-sophomore year--just AP US offered
-junior year--Physics (Newtonian), Calc AB, Lang, Euro
-senior year--will take Physics (E&M), French, Stat, Calc BC, Lit, Macro</p>
<p>GPA (UW): around a 3.8?
weighted: 4.12 (A in an AP is 5.0, in honors is 4.25)
definitely in top 10%, although no rankings released</p>
<p>Summer:
PA School for Global Entrepreneurship (governors school)
PA Free Enterprise Week
possible internships this summer</p>
<p>ECs:
2 years of field hockey, lacrosse, and indoor track
Key Club officer (3 years)
World Affairs Club (Model UN/Congress)
volunteer at hospital (2 years)
volunteer weekly with underprivileged kids (homework help)
National Honor Society
French Honor Society
National History Day Regional and State Winner (2 years)
Student of the Marking Period several times
National Merit Scholar Commended (so far)
founder and president of club at school that raises money for education in 3rd world countries
top 10 student in freshman class
English Award freshman year for being the best English student
some more I can't remember right now...</p>
<p>AP US is not an easy class. If you leaned towards a history minor/major and got a good score and AP Euro (also extremely difficult) you’re looking solid. And you got the 3 million ec’s…haha good luck</p>
<p>You’ve got a lot of good numbers and ECs and stuff, and that’ll give you a solid place in the applicant pool to some extent, but what’ll get you in at high-applicant/very selective universities like this is standing out. You challenge yourself and you cover all the bases–sports, leadership, honors+awards, community service, etc–but what’s your strongest point? Something I’ve heard a lot of is that your application needs to have a theme. What stands out most about you? What’s your strongest area of interest? What has made you who you are? </p>
<p>Your numbers put you in good standing with everyone else. But the question colleges ask when they see that is this: “He’s got great grades–like most of our applicants. What is there about him personally that says we should accept him? Why is he unique?”</p>
<p>Be sure to answer that question when it comes to application time, and to make it believable and apparent. Show them (instead of telling them) who you are–it’s cliche, but it’s true.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the advice! And Nabian, I totally understand where you are coming from…it is cliche but I’ve heard it many times before and I know it’s true. I will try to do figure out my theme, so thank you!!!</p>
<p>Penn and Dartmouth are high reaches. Chicago and Georgetown are mid reaches. Rest are all matches/ safeties. gpa/SATs are not great (would retake for CR score) and ECs aren’t great. But hey, who knows? I agree with Nabian’s analysis.</p>
<p>Strong ec’s and depending on sat subjects and how much CR increases I think you have more than a fair chance at ivies. I’d be shocked if you didn’t get in to your other choices. The only other thing I can think of is peaking more in one of your sports, like playing elite level this summer. Good luck!</p>
<p>dartmouth, upenn, georgetown are still going to be relatively high reaches, but it’s always really hard to tell with these schools when the acceptance rates are SO incredibly low.</p>
<p>chicago - high match, but if you screw up the essay, then yeah. chicago puts a lot of emphasis on their essays…especially since they’re so unique.</p>
<p>lehigh, washington&lee, richmond, wake forest should be matches!</p>
<p>I wont chance for these cause I dont know enough: Wash&Lee, Lehigh</p>
<p>Penn - Mid to High Reach (Its a reach for everyone)
Dartmouth -Low to Mid Reach
Georgetown - High Match
Richmond - Safety
UChicago -Low Reach/High Match
Wake Forest -IN for sure</p>
<p>Thanks for chancing me. Your Stats are impressive, but you are applying to really good schools.</p>
