<p>My current credentials are:
-3.8 unweighted GPA (4.3 weighted)
-33 ACT composite (essay only scored an 8)
-34 math
-32 science
-30 reading
-34 writing
-National Honor Society President
-I'm working on building an extremely efficient magnetic motor
-Spanish Club Vice President
-Future Business Leaders of America Honorary Member
-total of 7 AP courses (almost all other courses were honors)
-great teacher recommendations
-Writer for school publication
-Speak English, Spanish, and decent Chinese (I am continuing to take Chinese classes through Seton Hill University)
-Manager of the School Store
-50+ community service hours
As a bonus, I lived in Argentina for four years and Beijing, China for five years. In China, I attended one of the best international schools worldwide and maintained a 3.5 GPA there unweighted my freshman year. Some of my experiences overseas include witnessing the aftermath of the tsunami, actually witnessing the bombings in Bali, and making friends with the poor Chinese students at a remote school near Mongolia (These are my biggest topics to write about for my essays).
I will be applying to college as unranked because I switched schools through high school. My first school was much more difficult than the second, giving me a much lower average gpa than I would have at only my current school. With only my grades at my current school, I am in the top 5 or so of 300.</p>
<p>OMG stop bragging, it's so annoying you place no concerns or areas of weakness in there, so what are you worried about, but then again you may not get in because you are so conceded.</p>
<p>cryin' ryan, you didn't even spell "conceited" correctly. Get real.</p>
<p>haha we have very similar credentials. hopefully we'll both get in :]</p>
<p>Hopefully we both do. All I can say is good luck to you. Hopefully you are not a white male like I am...</p>
<p>By the way, "cryin' ryan", I could have a perfect ACT, be valedictorian of my school, and still get rejected from quite a few top schools. The sub-20% admission rates are from a pool of self selected applicants, meaning that of the thousands of applicants, they are all pretty similar to me.</p>
<p>you shouldn't hold the whole "white male" aspect against yourself. I'm completely sure when I say if you set yourself apart on the essays and show them what you're made of, you have a great chance. I don't mean to say you should write a completely scholarly/academic essay to prove your intelligence, your credentials do that on their own. Be coherent and articulate, yes, but make them know who you are. 'Write yourself', if you will.</p>