<p>A lot of my friends have already received acceptance letters to Georgia Tech (who applied before Oct 31 for the Presidential Scholarship). I applied before the 31st and have not received mine yet; should I be worried? I know one other girl with excellent stats who has not received hers though. I think Ga Tech is a real reach for me, as math/science is my weakest area. Why the heck am I applying to Ga Tech, right??? Well, I'm applying for the Liberal Arts school (Ivan Allen) so do you think that will help in the decision? </p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>3.7 UW GPA (Around 3.81 W for APs)
2140 SAT (600M 760V 780W)
60/365 at a very competitive public high school (and GPAs UW)
French SAT II: 750
Literature SAT II: 710
US History AP: 5
Lang/Comp AP: 4</p>
<p>I will have taken 7 AP tests upon graduation. I have taken honors/gifted/APs all four years (at least two a year)</p>
<p>My biggest worries:
Grades. My transcript is not the most solid. I have had one other C (junior year math, first semester) the rest are As and Bs. Unfortunately, I think I may end up with another C this year, possibly two. I know, I know, that's bad. Especially since the other C might be in Bio. Will this kill my chances? </p>
<p>My biggest assets:
I have a lot going for me in French. I attended the Governor's Honors Program as a junior and have received several French awards. I have been ranked in the top 15 (and top ten twice) in the National French Contest in Georgia, and in the top ten nationally. I am also on the board of Governors for my French Club (committee of five people elected by the French Club members). I'm a member of the Nat'l French Honor Society and spent time in Belgium with a French family over the summer, speaking French of course. Oh, and I tested out of French I freshman year.</p>
<p>I also do a lot of interesting things independently. I run my own freelance web design business, and found jobs on my own, and have ran a Mariah Carey fan club for the past four years. Through the club, I have kept in contact with Carey's record label, done a ton of promo campaigns, raise approx. $1000 for charity, distributed her songs to radio by request of her label, met Mariah, etc. </p>
<p>Other ECs are Varsity Swimming all four years (with a letter; this year I'm manager), played violin for 3 years in HS, worked at a pizza restaurant 2 years, charity work, tutoring a student in French; the Mariah and web design things are the biggest (I also ran a popular Mariah site for 4 years, which received 10-20,000 visitors a month and was recognized by Mariah).</p>
<p>My course schedule this year, and predicted grades:
AP Euro (86)
AP Biology (80)
French V (91)
Adv Alg and Trig (76....ouch!!!!)
AP Literature (96)
Gov't (98)</p>
<p>And now the schools....</p>
<p>University of Georgia (safety, EA)
Ga Tech (applied by Oct 31)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (really want to get in!)
Cornell (reach!!)
NYU, Steinhart as Communication major (top choice, money's an issue)
Boston University (my bro went there, somewhat of a safety)
Washington University in St. Louis
Emerson
Tulane
University of Cincinanni (safety, my cousin went there)</p>
<p>THANKS GUYS!!</p>