<p>Hello everyone :)
I'm currently a junior in high school and beginning to think about college applications (<em>shudder</em>). Anyway, these are the schools I would really like to go to:</p>
<p>Duke University (top choice, but quite a stretch...)
University of Miami
Tufts University
University of Richmond
College of William and Mary
Rice University
University of Southern California
Northwestern University</p>
<p>And these are my stats:
3.8 GPA unweighted
5.4 GPA weighted (IB classes worth 6.0 at my school)
2170 SAT
31 ACT
Varsity swim team (3 yrs)
First chair flute in the Palm Beach Youth Orchestra (6 yrs)
1st Degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do (8 yrs)
500+ community service hours (mostly from volunteering at the local hospital and at a local ophthalmologist's office)
Started a HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Club at my school; President 2 yrs
5 yrs of Spanish and 2 yrs of Mandarin Chinese
Bronze, Silver, and Gold Congressional Medals
7 AP classes (Lang, Lit, Chem, Gov, Macro, Micro, Spanish)
and 3 HL IB classes (Psych, Eng, Hist)
IB Programme and Diploma</p>
<p>Also, what could I do to improve or to make myself stand out to admissions officers? I know I'm kind of a "cookie-cutter" applicant, so what can I do?</p>
<p>Mkay that's it. Let me know. Thanks :)
35 minutes ago - 4 days left to answer.</p>