Chance me please...pretty unsure at the moment

<p>If you can take the time to read my profile and give me some feedback, that would be great. THANKS!!! (kinda worried for RD round)</p>

<p>From Ohio (Midwest sucks for college admissions)
White male, immigrant, 1st gen. income <60,000
Fluent in English, Spanish, Romanian</p>

<p>Major in Polysci or Intl Relations with minor in econ (maybe??)</p>

<p>Rank: 2/319 (might drop to 3 on midyr report??)
GPA: weighted- 5.042/5.33
GPA: unweighted - 4.280/4.33 (4 =A, 4.33 = A+)
ACT: 32.25 comp (e 32, m 35, r 32, s 30, e/w 33 [perfect 12 essay])
SAT subject tests: math 1 - 710, chem and US Hist -730 both
****I'm gonna try the SAT in January</p>

<p>All honors classes 9th and 10th grade
11th grade: 4 honors and 3 APS: (Chem-4, World-4, US Hist-5, self-studied psych-5, self-studied human geo-4)
12th grade: 6 APs (Physics B, calc, eng lang, stats, french, us gov), econ and drawing; also will be self-studying AP comp gov, macro/microecon, and AP Spanish</p>

<p>skipped spanish 1, half of french 1, french 2, and french 4</p>

<p>ECs:
1. Karate - world tournament trophies (2005-1st kata; 2009 - 1st kata, 2nd sparring, 3rd weapons; 2011 - 2nd sparring; Lennox Legacy 2009 Grand Champion in sparring [nat. tournament]; 18 gold, 12 silver, 8 bronze medals from local/regional/state tournaments]; 2nd degree black belt, assistant instructor, volunteer a lot, tournament judge, etc.</p>

<ol>
<li>Polysci Club-founder/pres; debates; fundraising; mayor guest speaker; field trips</li>
<li>College Prep club- founder/pres; hw help; test prep for lower income kids; lectues; counselor guest speakers</li>
<li>Spanish Club - vp (11th), pres (12th); animal shelter volunteering; 3rd place homecoming float; foreign lang olympics; cultural activites; fundraising; donate money to kids in Guatemala</li>
<li>intern dor 2 yrs at human resources company</li>
<li>intern for Ohio Repub Party - Romney pres campaign and Mandel Senatorial Campaign</li>
<li>nursing home volunteer- about 400 hrs since freshman yr; leadership- activity leader & coordinator (in charge of activity schedule and other volunteers)</li>
<li>work with dad over the summer and weekends a lot</li>
<li>NSLC US policy and Politics program at Amer University and NSLC International Diplomacy program
Minor Ecs: rec basketball for 3 yrs, skiing, </li>
</ol>

<p>Honors/Awards:
NHS (volunteer for it too)
French Nat Honor Society
founded/pres of my school's very 1st chapter of Spanish Honor Society
NSHSS
35/38 on Ohio State CAAP foreign lang test (highest in all grades - level 400 placement)
Kiwanis Salute to Excellence (10th and 11th grade)
Nat Merit Commended
Questbridge College Prep Scholar
US Acheivement Academy Nat. Social Studies Award
AP Scholar with Distinction (only one at my school to get this bc of self-studies)</p>

<p>recs: from spanish teacher/club advisor -stellar; from AP us teacher - great
counselor rec: probs generic/maybe good? (she's really busy)
additional rec: from my sensei - stellar
essays: great (very unique topics, including vampires haha)</p>

<p>MOST RECENT: obtained internship with mayor of a nearby city, currently interning at a law firm, semi-finalist for Coca-Cola Scholarship (one of 2000 of 111000 applicants left)</p>

<p>NOTE**** I applied early to yale with only a 30 ACT and was deferred (just to put everything in clear perspective)</p>

<p>Chance for:
Dartmouth
Upenn
Brown
Cornell
JHU
Tufts
Georgetown
Duke
Brandeis
Ohio State (safety)</p>

<p>Thank you so much! Any feedback is great. Be realistic though.</p>

<p>Honestly those seem like a reach bc of ACT score. Ohio State is a guarantee, maybe even a scholarship. Duke will probably accept you. Upenn is a reach for anyone.</p>

<p>thanks Michiganbaby94. anyone else got any thoughts?</p>

<p>bump…
10 char</p>

<p>Dartmouth - Reach
Upenn - Reach
Brown - Reach
Cornell - Reach
JHU - Rach
Tufts - High Match
Georgetown - Low Reach/High Match
Duke - Low Reach/High Match
Brandeis - Match</p>

<p>Good Luck, Ohio would possible give you a scholarship.</p>

<p>thanks ThePheonixForce. one final bump… any suggestions to improve chances or any different ideas on chances at my schools??</p>

<p>bump…</p>

<p>So, you should really chill because you’re going to get a lot of fat envelopes. If the Coca-Cola semis were announced after you sent your apps, try to have your GC mention that when your mid-year report goes out.</p>