<p>Chance me please? Hopefully I set this whole thing up right...</p>
<p>Chances at-Georgetown, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, Northwestern, George Washington University, (there's a whole ton of others, but I think those are my top choices, Georgetown being a huge reach and my dream school!!)</p>
<p>-female, junior (17), white, Jewish, middle class, public high school</p>
<p>GPA- UW- 3.76 W. 4.11 (will go up at the end of the semester with more weighted classes)
we don't rank, but I'm definitely at least top 5%
my current semester GPA is a 4.67, and I should maintain that through the end of the semester.</p>
<p>Took SATs in Dec and got 1830 (CR- 600, W-600 Essay-8, M-600), took them again in March and I'll get my scores Thursday, and I definitely improved them. I'm aiming for at least 2100 </p>
<p>AP tests, SAT II's to come.</p>
<p>I'm taking basically every ap/honors class my school offers</p>
<p>9th-
Geometry- B/B
English- A/A
Biology- A/A
French II- A/A
Concert Band- A/A
PE (required)- A/A</p>
<p>10th-
Algebra 2/Trig- B/B
Honors Chemistry- B/B (Only honors class offered to sophomores)
English- A/A
French III- A/A
Chamber Orchestra- A/A
World History- A/A</p>
<p>11th-
AP Bio- A/
Honors English- A/
US History- A/
AP Psychology- A/
Honors Pre-Calculus- B/
AP French IV- A/</p>
<p>12th Schedule
AP Statistics
AP Environmental Science
Journalism (Editor in Chief)
AP Econ/Gov
PE (required)
AP English</p>
<p>ECs:
9th:
-rock climbing
-Soccer (4 different teams- Club, Select, & 2 rec teams)
-Bear Valley Young Musicians Camp (BVYMC) camper & co-activities coordinator
-Concert Band
-CSF- seal bearers dessert and publicity member</p>
<p>10th-
-AYSO volunteer head coach- Under 7 boys fall season
-JV lacrosse (starter)
- Freshman/Sophomore HS soccer team (starter)
-Club Soccer (starter)
-"Teen Speak" Columnist & feature writer- local newspaper (starting summer before 10th and through end of high school) featured on the front page on numerous occasions
-student correspondent- local newspaper (same as above)
-CSF- fundraising/publicity member
-5th grade outdoor education camp counselor
-rock climbing</p>
<p>11th
-Under 7 girls volunteer head soccer coach
-Coach of the season award, as nominated by fellow coaches(my region & division)
-Columnist/Feature writer/correspondent for my high school for town's newspaper (3 years) featured on the front page numerous times
-Editor in Chief of my high school's newspaper (senior year)
-Tri Valley Youth Court teen advocate (basically I serve as a lawyer or juror for real trials for petty crimes committed by minors)
- Contra Costa Times Life in Perspective Teen Board member/writer
-Varsity lacrosse- starter
-CSF fundraising/brain bowl committee member
-Multicultural Club member
-French Club member
-Interact Club Member
-French tutor
-Rock Climbing
-JSA chapter secretary </p>
<p>others:
-Editor in Chief of my high school's newspaper (senior year)
-Soccer- 10 years (high school, club, rec, etc)
-Voluntarily collected unwanted fruit from peoples' fruit trees in my area and donated everything to Salvation Army
-Advocating for child's rights and the fight against bullying (writing articles in the paper/talking at local elem/middle schools) <strong>this is a project in progress</strong>
-plan to continue paper writing/coaching/rock climbing/tri valley youth court/lacrosse, etc through end of senior year
-plan to take at least one college course (probably in English or creative writing) over the summer at UC Berkeley or the local community college</p>
<p>I'm interested in a major in either English/Creative Writing or journalism, but I'm also interested in Law and Psychology/Anthropology</p>
<p>sorry about the length haha- I'm new to this whole thing :)</p>
<p>what do you think? Have I got any sort of shot? I know my SAT scores need work.</p>
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