<p>gpa:3.63 (recaculated on the 4=a , 3=b...etc. scale) unweighted
dunno weighted
8AP/3 Honors by end of high school</p>
<p>sats: 800 math 650 reading 710 writing
sat2: 800 Math2 770 Chem...didnt take US yet so wait up</p>
<p>ec's: theyre not bad
*President of Astronomy Club( conducted astronomy night at my school, conduct observing sessions every other week)
*Captain of club soccer team(cant play varsity because of religious obligations)(3 years)[Outdoor/indoor soccer for 3 years])-hoping to explain this obligation in my app.
*Drill Seargent of Church Youth Group(3 years)
*Master Guide of Seventh Day Adventist "Pathfinders" organization, kind of like a huge youth organization for my denomination.Master guide is the highest rank you can achieve. [pretty much a religious eagle scout type thing]
*Currently working as administrative assistant/research assistant at New Age Skin Research Foundation[will be mentioned as co-researcher in study that will be published in top dermatological journal]
*4 year of mathletes
*3 year of Model Congress(competed 2 years Yale,1 year Harvard, 1 year UPenn)</p>
<p>*~300 hours volunteering at local hospital
*NHS-regular and french.</p>
<p>*Mission trip in the Phillipines this summer.</p>
<p>That many APs your senior year is not a very good idea. You want to relax a bit during your senior year. I'm taking four APs again my senior year, like I am this year, junior year. Are you sure you calculated your unweighted GPA correctly? What is your weighted? My weighted is pretty low at 4.25, but my unweighted is a flat 4 and will be a 3.91 by the end of this year. Your extracurriculars are fine very similar to mine.</p>
<p>you people all take so many aps.. im only taking 3 senior yr and i only took 2 junior yr. i know someone who got into cornell with 1 ap (3 on the exam..) and 93 avg and no special awards/EC.</p>
<p>Contrary to what others have said, I believe senior year is the year to step it up a notch, not to take it easy. I mean, your going to college, a place that should be a little more challenging than high school; so why not try to match and prepare for that vigor as much as you can? It doesn't have to necessarily be done through AP's, but I feel that is one of the best resources that high schools (well at least mine) offer.</p>
<p>Just keep up the good work, and you'll definitely be considered :)</p>
<p>Actually, after being accepted, schools tell you what you need to maintain to make sure your acceptance does not get rescinded. For example, my friend was accepted to Dartmouth College through early decision, and they told him that he needed to maintain a C+ in all his classes for the rest of the year. They didn't even ask him for his mid-year report. So, in a sense, you don't want to completely slack off, but you don't want to kill yourself.</p>
<p>I agree with abonilla07. If you start to become lazy, it shows. Keep up a high GPA (not everything, but still an important selling poing) and be sure to stay involved in activites you're interested in.</p>
<p>If you suddenly become inactive, it will look very out of character and will be examined more closely. Keep working hard (seinor year is not as fun or easy as is claimed nationally), but remember that if you really want the top schools, it's worth the effort.</p>