Chance me

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<p>Chance me </p>

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<p>High School Jr., male, white, middle class</p>

<p>also applying to HYP, USC, UChicago, possibly UMichigan or Texas</p>

<p>From OK, high school sends little if any grads to top schools</p>

<p>Valedictorian
Ranked #1 in class of 300
GPA: 4.0, 4.6 weighted
AP classes I've taken:APUSH, English Lang, Calc AB, Chem, Art History (haven't got back scores) and next year I'm taking English Lit, Gov't, Euro History, Calc BC</p>

<p>ACT- 32, plan to take once more
SAT-2050 (650 CR, 710 M, 690 W), plan to test once more to get scores up
SAT Subjects- haven't taken any yet but plan to take: Math II (800 on practice), US history, and Spanish</p>

<p>EC's</p>

<p>Boy's State delegate
Senior Class President
NHS
FCA
Business Professionals of America
Academic Team
Spanish Club
Youth and Gov't
Model UN
Patriots against world suffering
Mu Alpha Theta</p>

<p>I have a part-time job working 20-25 hours a week at a local library. </p>

<p>I also served on the OKC youth council which is like a gov't/leadership program for 18 kids from the whole city</p>

<p>I've volunteered as a political campaign intern and at Feed the Children. I am also set up to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity this summer. </p>

<p>I plan to page at the capitol. </p>

<p>I will be in a mentorship program my senior year in politics or business</p>

<p>I will have college credit for macroeconomics and calculus from OCU</p>

<p>I can get a letter of rec. from the OKC mayor, and possibly my Representative. </p>

<p>My interests include history, politics, government, humanities, literature, music, international studies, economics, business, and volunteering. </p>

<p>Now, can I get in, and if not, what can I do to improve my chances and how can I improve my sat's
Thanks</p>

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<p>Your scores are low, but everything else looks good. Just get a book with practice tests, and do one section every day. Pay attention to what and why you get wrong.</p>

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<p>I also came from a school that sends few students to top schools. I made sure to articulate this in my application, explaining that I had gone above and beyond the opportunities available at my school. Everything looks perfect except your ACT/SAT is a little low, but taking those again should do the trick. Otherwise you have a great shot. </p>

<p>One thing I would caution against is worrying so much about who your rec letters come from and more about what they have to say about you. nothing wrong with a solid english teacher rec.</p>

<p>Oh, and for the SATs, I like Kaplan books, they have little tricks you can use. I used their "eyeballing" trick on the hardest math problem in one of the SAT sections. If that's the kind of thing that helps you, definitely check it out.</p>