<p>White, Texas, Senior, at semi-competetive public high school
SAT I 2000 (CR690 M660 W650) 1350 out of 1600
AP English III score: 4
AP US History scpre: 4
GPA: 4.433 out of 5
Class Rank 17 out of 364 (Top 5%)
Senior Class Schedule:
AP English IV
AP Government
AP Economics
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP Statistics
Mentoring Program (volunteering at local middle schools)
Academic Decathlon Class
Communication Application</p>
<p>EC's
Class Vice President (Junior and Senior Year)
American Legion Boys State Delegate
National Honor Society
Varsity Golf (Team Captain)
Multicultural Club Treasurer
Congressional Youth Advisory Board
STUCO member
Academic Decathlon (Quiz Bowl & other events, 10 total)
UIL-Current Events
UIL-Ready Writing
Community Service 200 plus hours</p>
<p>Interests etc.:
-I have written numerous informal prose, specifically one journal over the summer that was over 200 pages of political, social,personal, and religious ideas and philosophy
-I love golf course architecture and nature
-Writing(especially timed writing)
-Philosophical discussion and thought</p>
<p>Letters of Rec:
-One from Tom Doak, quite possibly one of the worlds most prolific and notable golf course architects
-Another from my AP English teacher who knows me very well and will expand on my writing ability
-I alos have an extremely good relationship with my high school counselor and she should give me an excellent evaluation
-Science rec should be good as well</p>
<p>Before anyone cuts me down on my overdone confidence that many may have jumped on in the title I do realize the realities of an OOS applicant to UVA. And yet nothing that a blog like this could say or suggest could really effect my feelings or intentions. Its not that I am so proud or even claiming that I have the best or most qualified test scores or GPA. What I am implying is that so many on this web site come in here with such doubt and little faith in there own abilities and accomplishments. It is a recent realization of mine that people with stellar scores and EC's apply to the most elite universities and colleges feeling scared, taking too little risk in how they portray themselves which in reality makes them sound insecure and unconfident in there own abilities. College is about personal growth and self awareness. Colleges want students confident in what they have done and eager to learn to better there lives and futures. Not students who have accomplished great things only to dismiss them as mundane or the norm. I am proud of what I have accomplished and I know that my attitude will manifest itself alot more clearly than perhaps better qualified applicants statistically speaking.</p>
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<li><p>You wrote the wrong school </p></li>
<li><p>This isn't a blog</p></li>
<li><p>When you begin to say that you are better than other people, you are no longer confident, but conceited.</p></li>
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<p>""Letters of Rec:
-One from Tom Doak, quite possibly one of the worlds most prolific and notable golf course architects""</p>
<p>this might be your hook, but there are many many people out there with pecuilar interest and w/ stellar recommendations... I heard one girl got one from Dalai Lama.. and for me, I have one from the world-renowned Material Scientist, who is the Chair of Applied Physics at Rutgers University and Director of RCEM. </p>
<p>I think we shouldnt blame you for having that ego- you're just a little naive? You havent seen the competition you are up against, there are more of you than you think, and they are a dime a dozen. Not saying you are not accomplished, you are! But when your ego comes out, it only makes you look stupid and conceited bec/ from your point of view, it shows your "complexity" and "self-awareness," but from "our" point of view, it shows that you're unsophisticated. Dont let your naivete escape =)</p>
<p>i think you are definetly a little conceited. I would put u as an average student that would get accepted. you fit in the vandy profile, but if you were a tad bit arrogant in your app, that could hurt you</p>
<p>a letter from someone who actually knows you well (more than just a few meetings) and can attest to your good characteristics will be the strongest letter you can get, regardless of what position they hold. what are the chances the dalai lama really knows that girl? slim to none, and the adcom will probably doubt how authentic or truly revealing any praise in that letter could possibly be.</p>
<p>actually, having letters of rec's from important people is less about them knowing you personally (although that's a plus) and more about either your personal networking or family connections. everyone knows that children from important families attend the best universities regardless of scores because, well, those children are going to be equally important. i.e. a sachs of goldman-sachs is here, couple international royal kids, ross perot III, frist's son, etc...all majoring in some of the easier majors for obvious reasons. if you aren't a fan of that truth, don't take it out on vanderbilt, the ivies are worse and vanderbilt as a whole is obviously against that process as seen in decisions that have been made such as striking legacy status from admission criteria.</p>
<p>on the other hand, your scores aren't even close to your ego. your chances are right around the admit rate.</p>
<p>brian and slipstreem's statements are very accurate. do you know that golf architect in person? If anything, that's the best part of your app
Your scores are right in the midrange.
not sure if I would say he is conceited, but seriously man, putting confident and putting that long speech is not a way to garner respect on this forum. oh well live and learn
nevertheless i think you''ll get in but i wouldn't be so confident about it.</p>
<p>side note, "a lot" is two words!! that's my biggest grammar pet peeve haha just as no one would say " i ate aton of cereal today" you would not say, " i ate alot of cereal today" =)</p>