<p>Basic Stats</p>
<p>-7 total AP, all 4's except US History which was 3/ones I haven't taken. Haven't taken three of them yet.
-Two special engineering-design classes
-SAT1: 2020 overall, 710 CR, 640 M, 670 W
-3.1 GPA Weighted (Absolute worst, but there's a complicated explanation.)
-SATII: 640 Lit, 630 Bio
-Only in top half of class</p>
<p>EC's/Volunteering/Hooks (where I shine)</p>
<p>-Two years on nationally-ranked Quizbowl team, Another year ranked state-wide
-Captain of the team for all those years
-Declared All-State Junior player
-Extensive volunteering for tournaments
-Player for NASAT All-star Team Texas</p>
<p>-Four years in Science olympiad, won two regionals competitions 2nd and 3rd
-Sub-captain for two of those, co-captain for three
-Tutored younger students in all subject areas</p>
<p>-First generation college applicant
-Incredibly low income (~$14,200 taxed income, ~34,000 with untaxables added)
-Mexican/Italian descent
-Single parent (not even my actual parent)</p>
<p>Application management/Essays</p>
<p>-I wrote my application with a heavy focus on Quizbowl, mainly talking about how I plan to start a team at whatever college I attend.
-I wrote a long and detailed essay about why my GPA was so bad (extreme personal issues sophomore and junior year).
-For the personal essay I wrote about my absolute favorite Tarkovsky film. I thought this would be appreciated for an English major applicant.
-I went out of my way to compose a long-form poem for the supplement instead of a short essay. I am aiming for English, so I asked around for ideas and was recommended this by many of my friends and my counselor/both my english teachers.</p>
<p>I know my chances are very low overall, but the main question is, is there even a single-digit chance for me? Even a measly 5% would work for me; I've read so much about the college and it seems so charming! I applied ED already and it is definitely my first choice. I'm going to apply RD too. Anything I should look to change before then?</p>