<p>Male (Chinese)
SC
Junior
SAT:2300
PSAT:209
GPA unweighted:3.89 ( had a few B's)
Rank: school doesn't rank
AP;s taken: Statistics- 4
AP's taking this year: Biology, Chem , US HIstory, Calc BC, Compsci A, English Lang, Psychology, maybe chinese ?</p>
<p>E.C.-
founded and president of school's beta club.(11)
student council.(11)
Science club Vice president(10th grade)
next year's yearbook co-editor in chief.
next year's captain of cross country and track (been doing each for 2 years now)
cross country- 3rd olace team in s.c. 1A ( #2 runner on the team).
piano- 1st in SCMTA pre collegiate auditon. expect to win again this year.
piano- SC governor's school for arts and humanities piano competition finalist.
piano-youngest winner in history of the laurence hamilton morton scholarship award (12 yrs old). won twice after winning once. not national competition but like $400 scholarship.<br>
played for 10 years.
Debate- 1st in novice public forum at state.
1st at district- policy debate ( nationals qualifier).</p>
<p>Volunteering:
like 200 hours somethign?</p>
<p>Research:
This summer, I will be conducting research at USC for 6 weeks.</p>
<p>THe biggest thing with me is I go to a really really intense public boarding school in SC that 's on a list w/ like stuyvesant and thomas jefferson for newsweek's "public elites". problem w/ going there is my grades have dipped.. no longer straight A's. This is definitely my biggest concern. I will also be taking 4-5 AP's in senior year w/ 3-4 above AP courses.</p>
<p>Dude, you are not an immediate reject for anywhere. Colleges will not clear out reject students. However for Harvard and Stanford, your GPA is low but going to a difficult school may compensate for it. Your 2300 SAT is unremarkable, along with most of your extracurriculars. However, you have a chance for both schools. </p>
<p>If you have given up for Harvard, you might as well give up for Stanford. There is no difference in what the two look for and you should feel that being accepted to one of those high caliber schools is good enough for acceptance at any school on the level.</p>
<p>Some boarding schools sortof weight your unweighted GPA (if that makes any sense) since they're so hard. You GPA could actually be equivalent to a 4.0. They usually weight around .2 (or so I'm told). I don't know if they actually weight it, but theres a general understanding that that's what it's equivalent to, if you're school is one of those schools.</p>
<p>what about my chances at Duke? And while I do agree that getting A's is important, I personally don't feel that I'm just "screwed" w/ a few Bs. I go to a hard-ass boarding school and i'm taking 7 Ap's junior year and an above AP math</p>
<p>^ I think your chances at Duke are pretty good.<br>
I got in with lower GPA and similar SAT's.
I had a 6 AP courseload junior year which hurt my GPA a little.. but it didn't change too much. </p>
<p>You should also get into Chicago. </p>
<p>Also to let people know, 3.89 (especially from a "hard-ass boarding school" is not "automatic reject" at Harvard or Stanford.. good luck! </p>
<p>That's like saying that a 2150 has NO chance at Harvard or Stanford.. which we know isn't true.</p>