Chance me Vandy EDII

GPA: 4.0 UW ACT: 33 (36E 34M 33R 29s) (34 superscore with 34 science SatII: 720 phys 760 mathIi Intended major: mech eng

My school does not offer AP’s. Instead, we have “intensives/accelerated”, and I have taken all the possible intensives. Senior course load: Advanced Latin: Pliny, Astrophysics, Advanced Bio, Calc Intensive, Russian Lit

Ec’s -Varsity baseball, 4 yrs (Captain, MVP) -Varsity XC, 4 yrs -Robotics Team, 4 yrs (Captain) -Finance Club, 4 yrs -Science Bowl 2 yrs (Captain) -Science Olympiad 3yrs (Captain) + lots of medals and National qualifier (state champ) -Jazz Band 4 yrs (First Drummer) -Titan Challenge 2yrs (Regional runner-up, 3rd in state) - whitewater kayaking and telemark skiing at Bowdoin Outing Club (Attended Northeast Rivers advanced whitewater trip freshman year).

Work Experience -Summer internship at Maine Medical Center Research Institute. Studied cell notching in cardiovascular diseases. Publication pending Volunteer -Peru Shoulder to Shoulder Trip. Worked at an orphanage in Peru for three weeks. -Other random stuff Awards: Cum Laude Society, "(school name) Scholar all four years:) Oh, I’m a white, Jewish male.

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Stats look good; not exceptional but in the right range. It’s unfortunate that you don’t have APs to provide a more objective measure of performance, but if you’ve taken the hardest possible schedule they’ll understand. ECs look quite strong, and should really help you.

I’d say you have a very good shot. Just concentrate on making sure that the written portions of your app are engaging and well-polished. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to predict outcomes so all that anyone can really do is provide you with a very broad interpretation of where you stand, but it seems like you’re generally in the right place.

I hope you are right

No question you will get looked at - you have quite a few awards, honors, and clubs - what are you really, really passionate about? You will not be able to keep that all up in college, so what WILL you pursue? Make sure that comes out in your essays - I think the best advice my son had was - if someone in your school reads your essay (without your name on it) they would immediately know it was you.

Also, if Vandy is on your list, you should have several other top 25 schools also, as there is no way to know. My son was wait-listed at schools less prestigious, and accepted/denied at others that would be peers, so at this level, you can’t be too confident.

Good luck!