Chance me please?

<p>Just wondering what my chances are...</p>

<p>GPA: 4.86 Weighted, 4.0 Unweighted
Class Rank: 7th out of about 400
SAT: 2290 (CR: 740, M: 800, W: 750)
Subject Tests: Math II: 790, US History: 710, Literature: 670, Spanish with Listening: 790 (I'm hispanic...)</p>

<p>AP Classes:
-AP World History (5)
-AP US History (5)
-AP English Language (5)</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
-AP English Literature (all year)
-AP Calculus AB (all year)
-AP Spanish Language (all year)
-Symphonic Band (all year)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-Marching Band (3 years) Played tenor drums in 10th grade, snare 11th and 12th. Assistant Percussion Captain 12th grade.
-National Honor Society (11th and 12th grade) about 120 hours of community service including an unpaid internship at MIT with One Laptop Per Child for 3 weeks/30 hours per week.
-People to People trip to Europe for 3 weeks (10th grade) - earned high school credit
-Concert/Symphonic Band as a class all four years in percussion. Performed in Kennedy Center in 10th grade, will perform in Carnegie Hall.
-Weekly tutor for elementary school. I help a Hispanic student.
-Spanish Club (11th and 12th grade)
-International Club (12th grade)
-School Ambassador (12th grade)
-Band Camp Counselor (1 week 12th grade summer)</p>

<p>Awards:
-All-District Band (10, 11, 12)
-All-County Band (12)
-National AP Scholar
-National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar (Based on PSAT)
-School Awards- (Academic Excellence in World History, Algebra II, US History, Earth Science, Alpha Honor Roll)
-UNC Chapel Hill Morehead-Cain scholarship school nominee (1 of 3)
-Junior Marshal at my school</p>

<p>Hooks:
-Hispanic</p>

<p>Problems: Am an international applicant, worried about my high school curriculum - band, although I love it, took up a lot of my schedule space and I couldn't take a fourth science or social studies...</p>

<p>P.S. I'm also applying to Stanford, Tufts, and UPenn.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>To be honest I wouldn’t be too confident. Applying as an international student really hurts, especially because it gets ride of your URM status. Also, you haven’t taken that many APs and your class rank could be better. Your ECs are fine, but nothing really stands out. After saying that, I am not really qualified to tell you anything. Good luck!</p>

<p>Looks pretty standard for a admit to one of those schools… However, they could fill their classes 3-4 times probably. In the right area, just see what happens.</p>

<p>^^I didn’t know being international got rid of my URM… O well lol. Any other chances?</p>

<p>Your resume looks very similar to the other competitive candidates to Yale, albeit slightly lower SAT and SAT II scores.</p>

<p>Quick Question: How are you a National AP Scholar with only 3 AP tests? To my knowledge, you require at least 8 AP tests with an average of 4 to qualify for this.</p>

<p>You have the stats. Now you need the “story”.</p>

<p>Judgment day, I think you might be thinking of AP scholar with honors? I’m not sure, I just know I have it lol.</p>

<p>Why is today the judgement day?</p>

<p>Straight from CollegeBoard:</p>

<p>National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.</p>

<p>I’m not sure how you managed to receive this award then.</p>

<p>^What? lol judgmentday is a screenname…</p>

<p>lol I’m looking at the certificate right now…</p>

<p>o… i guess im just an ap scholar?</p>

<p>Whew! Ok so i just got really scared because judgment day is right… I guess i got it confused with the national hispanic recognition program scholar but I’m just an ap scholar. I just had a mild heart attack thinking I wrongly put national ap scholar on my application but thankfully I just put ap scholar. thank you judgment day!!! Anyways, back to chances?</p>

<p>Umm idk. 50% chance of acceptance</p>

<p>Chance back?
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<p>I think you have great chances. I really have very little to contribute except to say that it’s awesome to see a fellow percussionist on CC. ye</p>

<p>woo - hoo! Yea percussion lol. Just got back from performing at Carnegie hall and our band got a gold rating!!!</p>

<p>Unless your essays are absolutely superb, you have no chance whatsoever. Assistant percussion captain? Do you realize how many former drum majors apply to Yale?</p>

<p>^Thanks…</p>

<p>I am not sure if the awards for your band count as your awards…but otherwise, you are looking pretty competitive.</p>

<p>Wow. I was thinking I might stand a hope of a chance if I write very good essays, but after reading this thread, I realised I don’t :(.</p>