Chances? Be honest please :)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Minnesota
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<p>Alright, I am only applying to four schools (University of Washington, University of Denver, University of Minnesota, and SUNY Binghamton) and I wanted to see what you thought about my chances at those schools. Specifically Minnesota and their honor program.</p>

<p>Freshmen year: I took as many honors classes as possible.
Sophomore year: Took AP World History and honors level classes (including Honors Chemistry that was the hardest class I have taken to date and I got a C)
Junior Year: Started the Full IB Program, HL English, HL History, HL Art, SL Math, SL Biology(3), SL Spanish (6) with my lowest grade in SL Bio as a C first semester and it rose to a B second semester
Senior Year: Am continuing IB, HL English, HL History, HL Art, SL math, AP Spanish Lit, French 4 I expect to get about a 30 on the Diploma</p>

<p>My Current GPA is 4.07 and I have a class rank of 24 out of 214, my SAT scores are... 630 Critical Reading,580 Math,
650 Writing. Also... I got a 4 in AP World History and AP Spanish Language.</p>

<p>An excerpt of my resume
AWARDS AND HONORS:
Theater Varsity Letter (grades: 9, 10, 11, and 12)
Academic Varsity Letter (grades: 9, 11, and 12)
Polyglot Award (grade 10)
Forensics interpretive dramatics 2nd Place award (grade 11)
National Honor Society (grades: 11 and 12)</p>

<p>SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Theater (grades 9, 10, 11, and 12) (Props Mistress, 10 and Secretary, 12)
DECA (grade: 11)
Forensics (grade 11)
Recycling Club (grades: 11, 12)
French Club (grades: 9 (Vice-President), 10 (Vice-President), 11, 12)
National Honor Society (grade 12)
Junior Varsity Swim Team (grade 12)</p>

<p>COMMUNITY-RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Friends of the Lafayette Public Library (member since middle school, Vice President in both 11th and 12th grade)
Library Volunteer (started volunteering in 5th grade, have done book sales, story times, special event co ordination and Reading Buddies (a mentoring program for children’s literature))</p>

<p>ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES:
Leader’s Challenge (grade 11)
American History Class at Front Range Community College (summer after junior year)
Summer Spanish and French Camps</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:
Office Assistant/Receptionist/Language Aid for Doctor David Himel’s Vision Clinic (grades: 9, 10, 11, and 12)
Hostess/Buser at Chip's Cafe (12)</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think, I posted this in the chances thread, but I thought you all might have more specific opinions</p>

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<p>which college within the university did you apply to? (i.e. carlson, cbs, cla, it, etc.)</p>

<p>that makes a substantial difference</p>

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<p>I applied to the College of Arts and Sciences. (Proposed dual major in Russian and International Studies)</p>

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<p>Nevermind ya'll I GOT IN! :)</p>

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<p>congratulations!</p>

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<p>thanks it's nice knowing I've got someplace to go next year</p>

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<p>Congrats! Keep us posted on the honors program.</p>

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<p>Will do, does anyone know how you find out about that?</p>

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<p>a small letter is mailed out, but the exact (or even approximate) time frame for that is unknown.</p>

<p>so, CC is all we've got to go on :)</p>

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<p>Awesome :) sounds good. Well... if I get a small envelope at some unknown time I will let you all know</p>

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<p>Notifications go out in March along with the scholarship applications, so if you're anything like me, you can stop checking the mail every day. :-p</p>

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<p>Ah good to know azr1234. I had been checking compulsively, however it is such a pain with the snow I have stopped for a bit.</p>