<p>In the beginning of junior year, I stole an English quiz from the teacher's desk, and received a 3-day suspension. I understand that I have to report this incident on the common app, and I am going to tell them about my bad judgment and great lessons learned from this mistake, as suggested by my guidance counselor.
Here are my stats:
GPA: 3.7/4.0, 4.5/5.0
SAT: CR- 640, Math- 740, Writing- 760 (1st time); Chemistry- 720, Math II- 740
Varsity track for 2 yrs
Governor school, NHS, science fair awards, district and regional band, county orchestra, numerous writing publications, 80 hours of volunteer etc.
I fully understand that the suspension will hurt me, but I was wondering if you could tell me my chances of getting in these schools:
Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Emory, Carnegie Mellon, Lehigh, Wake Forest, NYU, Michigan, Vanderbilt, Case Western</p>
<p>if that is your full list, you need some safeties. not because you are a weak candidate, but because all of your schools are generally highly competitive. </p>
<p>i rate 1-5, 5 being an extreme safety, 1 being a less than ten percent chance of you getting in (when still considering the school’s acceptance rate), 3 being a perfect match.</p>
<p>Cornell - 1
Johns Hopkins - 1.5
Emory - 2
Carnegie Mellon - 2.5
Lehigh - a weak 3
Wake Forest - 2.8
NYU - depends on which school you’re applying to? i’ll give this one a 2.5 for now.
Michigan - 2.5
Vanderbilt - 2.5
Case Western - 3.7</p>
<p>80 hours of volunteer work over 4 years doesn’t mean anything.</p>
<p>don’t put it on your ap; it looks like filler.</p>