Chance me, please?

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<p>I am a diploma seeking candidate in the International Baccalaureate program at a magnet school. I am going into my senior year with an unweighted GPA of 3.8 and a weighted of 5.8. I hope to raise both by at least .05 by the time I begin to submit my college applications.</p>

<p>Freshman Year: Honors Pre-IB (HPB) Bio, HPB English, Honors Geometry, Chorus, AP World History (i received a 4 on the AP test), Honors Spanish
Sophomore Year: HPB Chemistry, AP/Pre-IB English Lang (scored a 5), AP Psych (5), AP Euro (5)</p>

<p>*IB officially begins junior year and courses fall into one of two categories, higher level (HL) or standard level (SL). HL classes are usually two years and SL classes one, though there are some SL classes that are two years. My school has a cap of 4 HLs out of 6 classes.
Junior Year: IB-SL Social & Cultural Anthropology, IB-SL Math Analysis (year one), IB-SL Biology, IB-HL (year one)/AP Lit (i have yet to receive my AP scores for this year but highly doubt that any of them will be below a 4), IB-HL History (year one)/AP U.S. History, IB-HL Spanish Language (year one)
This year I tested in Anthro and Bio but scores have not been released. Scores range from 1-7, I doubt either will be below a 5. </p>

<p>Projected Senior Year: IB-HL Lit (year 2), IB-HL Contemporary World History (year 2), IB-SL Math Analysis (Year 2), IB-HL Spanish Language (year 2), AP Macro/ AP Gov (each is a semester but both are tested), Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>The summer between my sophomore and junior year I took American Sign Language at a local university but these types of courses are only worth one additional credit.</p>

<p>The IB Program also requires the following:
A 4,000 word research based paper
150 hours of community service (junior and senior year only)
A 1,500 word World Lit Paper
A TOK Paper (length unknown)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
Model UN (this will be my 3rd year)- Best Position Paper FIMUN 2011
Debate (" ")
Spanish Honor Society (2nd year)
National Science Honor Society- Secretary for the 2012-2013 school year
Black History Brain Bowl- Co-Captain 2011-2012
Black Student Union- I participated in a spoken word show called Floetry (2011-2012)
Geography Club- Secretary for the 2011-2012 school year</p>

<p>Spring Break of 2012 I volunteered at a week long camp for children dependent upon ventilators. I received 100 community service hours and plan on doing it again next year.</p>

<p>I received an 8 week summer (2012) internship at the Hussman Institute for Human Genomics. My research focuses on cancer using animal models. </p>

<p>I also plan to spend a week volunteering in Haiti (summer 2012). My responsibilities will include teaching English to adults, helping to build a bank and participating in women's empowerment groups. Additionally, i work with an NGO that provides wheelchairs to people injured in the 2010 earthquake.</p>

<p>SAT: I plan to take it the fall but I expect to score above 2150.
SAT IIs: I plan on taking Math 1, US History and Lit
Awards:
Sunshine State Scholar
AP Scholar
Candidate for National Achievement</p>

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<p>Without SAT/SAT II/ACT scores, it’s too early to ask about your chances. When you have actual scores, ask again.</p>

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<p>I ended up with a 5 in APUSH and 6s in Anthro and Bio</p>

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Huh??? There some new scoring system I don’t know about. :o</p>

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<p>^The OP is talking about the IB program, not the AP program. IB subjects are graded on a 1-7 scale.</p>

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Thanks for clearing that up. I thought it seemed a bit odd.</p>

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<p>One question, am I reading correctly that you will be in second year Spanish sr year?</p>

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<p>Unless you are very uncomfortable with material on the math2 subject test I would suggest taking that instead of math 1. Math 2 is a decently easy 800 and some colleges don’t take math 1 so I would imagine it is looked down on a little bit. As for the chance I’d say academics look a tad weak as they are so I would aim a little higher for standardized tests.</p>