Chances for a HS Soph?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey all. Thanks for reading this in advance.
I'm in a college state of mind right now, and I'm interested in outside opinions with my favorite schools.
First, my stats.
unweighted 4.0, weighted 4.36 (school doesn't weight APs dif. than honors or more than 3 at a time) at big, well-known public HS</p>

<p>Killing myself with classes this semester because I didn't take history last semester, now I'm taking two to make up for it. Frosh year was good, all honors, next year three APs and everything else honors, SR. year all APs.</p>

<p>Not so good is testing, I've only taken the PSAT and basically bombed it (560 M, 620 V, 620 W). That was just the practice one, so colleges won't see it. I'm probably just going to do the ACT instead, I do pretty well on practice tests, considering I've got a year (30 composite).</p>

<p>Taking the AP US Gov test a week from Mon., wish me luck, b/c I'm only getting 3's on the practice tests. I don't test well.</p>

<p>My ECs are better, here goes:
Mock Trial (captain, over 16 hrs/week)
Quiz Bowl (Varsity Co-Captain)
Girl Scout (SR Scout, earned GS Gold Award, over 80 hrs. of comm. service for project, less than 5% of scouts get it)
Flute (band, lessons, but quitting starting JR year)
School Paper (really difficult to get on, will start next year, am going to apply for EIC SR year)
Babysitting (almost every weekend, about 100 hrs a year)
Class Council (Secretary)
Religious Activities (youngest reader at my church, communion-server, Sunday School teacher, developed and led semester-long curriculum for three year olds and another for disabled children)</p>

<p>Awards:
Frosh. English Award
Frosh. History Award
Director's Award
Freshman of the year finalist
"Most Reliable" Class Council Member
French Honor Society
GS Gold & Silver Award
Best Attorney, State Bar Assoc. (Mock Trial state)
Dean's List</p>

<p>Hobbies:
Reading (Capote, Sittenfeld, NY Times (yeah, I'm a crazy liberal), Austen, Lee)
Fitness (4-5 hrs per week, rowing, biking, freeweights, running)</p>

<p>Summer:
Full-Time Nanny, past two</p>

<p>Summer Science class (extra year of credit, I hate science) this summer, two week trip</p>

<p>Summer program at BU</p>

<p>Now, my top school choices:</p>

<p>Georgetown (double legacy)
Bowdoin
Tufts
Amherst
Vassar
Boston College
Hamilton
Colgate
Providence College
Colby
Villanova</p>

<p>What are my chances? Thanks!</p>

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<p>I forgot ranking, which is 1/750 (shared by 10-16 valedictorians)</p>

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<p>Didn't Sittenfeld only write Prep?</p>

<p>16 people sharing val speaks to grade inflation. I think even as a double legacy, unless your family gives big $$, you need higher than a 30 ACT.</p>

<p>You have a lot of big reaches but you do have time. Try to do some academic advancing summers if you don't have to work so many hours. If you're working to help the family that's one thing, otherwise spend more time strengthening leadership ECs and maybe taking some college lit classes to be introduced to great writers. Capote??!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>Sittenfeld has other work, too. Capote, as in Truman Capote, of "In Cold Blood" and "The Grass Harp".</p>

<p>Thanks, I'll keep your suggestions under consideration</p>

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<p>Look, I am very close with Curtis Sittenfeld's brother, and she's a great lady, but she is not considered literature. Definitely broaden your horizons and read the Great Books as well as experimental writing from the post-modern canon. Good luck and don't worry so soon—you have a lot of time!</p>