<p>I am currently a rising junior at a religious private school. Throughout my college research, I constantly returned to WashU; thus, I deem it one of my "dream" schools. </p>
<p>Endeavoring to assess the reality of my situation, I would appreciate it if somebody commented on my current credentials. </p>
<p>GRADE 9: </p>
<p>Honors World Literature: A
Honors French II: A
Honors World History: A-
Honors Algebra II: B
Honors Biology: A
Fine Arts: A
Physical Education/Health: A</p>
<p>GRADE 10:</p>
<p>AP English Language & Composition: A
Honors French III: A
AP U.S. History I: A-
Honors Geometry: B
Honors Chemistry: A
Fine Arts: A
Physical Education/Health: A</p>
<p>Current Secular GPA: 3.81 unweighted
Current Religious Studies GPA: 4.0 unweighted</p>
<p>I took the AP English Language & Composition exam this year and achieved a 4.</p>
<p>My courses for 11th grade are: AP English Literature & Composition, AP U.S. History II, AP Physics B, Honors French IV, Honors Trigonometry/Analytical Geometry, and Fine Arts (in addition to 4 religious courses). </p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities:
1. Admissions Committee (2009-current)
2. Mock Trial (2009-current)
3. Model UN (2010-current)
4. National Honor Society Secretary (2010-current)</p>
<p>lol @ chancing people after 10th grade
Come back in 7-9 months</p>
<p>^^Yes, you’re a bit premature. See how you do junior year in your classes and on your standardized tests, as well as whether you serve in leadership positions in your ECs. Then a more meaninful assessment can be done.</p>
<p>I would say 0, since you’re not applying this year.</p>
<p>Please tell me English isn’t your first language.</p>
<p>If you are a native speaker, you’re trying /way/ to hard and using “big” words in all the wrong ways.</p>
<p>I have to agree. If you write your college essays like that, the admissions officers are going to have a really terrible time reading them.</p>
<p>Other than God or Jesus or whatever, is there anything that you actually care about–anything that makes you unique? Because just looking at what you showed, you look fairly boring. And having absolutely nothing to make you stand out is not a good thing when you’re looking at top-25 schools.</p>
<p>Luckily, you have a year to do a little bit of soul searching. Have some fun, try new things, and you’ll be in a much better place next year when it counts.</p>
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Um what? Where on earth was religion even mentioned?? Going to a religious private school is not at all out of the ordinary, and really has nothing to do with his acceptance. He’s listed plenty of ec’s, and doesn’t seem boring to me (except the ridiculously weird writing style).</p>