Chances for a junior :)

<p>I know it's still early, but I couldn't resist :)</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (690M, 790W-12E, 800CR)-recent first sitting/will probably take again.</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>SAT II: So far, only a 750 on World Hist. Planning on Math II and Lit</li>
<li>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): around a 97 out of our 100 point scale</li>
<li>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/634 (at the end of sophomore year, so VERY subject to change)</li>
<li>AP (place score in parenthesis): Only took World History so far - (5)</li>
<li>IB (place score in parenthesis):N/A</li>
<li>Junior Year Course Load: AP US Hist, AP Eng, AP Calc AB, French D (Honors), Physics (Honors) </li>
<li>Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Environmental Sci, AP Calc BC, AP French, AP American Gov't & Pol.
(Will graduate with 9 AP's total)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-4 years of varsity cross country, varsity indoor track, and varsity outdoor track (captain of all three teams for 2 years---6 seasons of captainship total); all-league, all-district, and all-county runner since freshman year; usually invited to big meets like states, state federations, Penn Relays, indoor/outdoor nationals, etc.
-3 years of chamber orchestra in school...we are an excellent, nationally ranked orchestra with kids who go off to Julliard or conservatories each year.
-3 years pit orchestra
-Tri-M music honor society (running for president next year)
-4 years acceptance to all-county/all-region orchestras
-NHS, French Honor Society, and all of that</li>
<li>Job/Work Experience: Years of babysitting and giving violin lessons</li>
<li>Volunteer/Community service:
-2 hrs/week as volunteer leader at AWANA Clubs International (Christian youth organization designed to teach Bible and life values to kids aged Pre-K to 6th grade) every year since 7th grade.
-Tri-M Music Honor Society: does a lot of music-related service for the community, such as fundraiser concerts or playing chamber music in retirement homes (will likely graduate HS as an alumni life member). </li>
<li>Summer Activities: Not much really, just training for cross country season</li>
<li>Essays: I'm a pretty good writer, and I'll definitely take time for meticulous revisions will find opinions, etc. They should be pretty good.</li>
<li>Teacher Recommendation: They should be great (top 5%) but I'm definitely not the very best student they've ever taught. I have 3 great teachers this year who would love to vouch for me.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: It should be great (top 5%).</li>
<li>Additional Rec: I might send one from my coach to vouch for my commitment to a lot of pursuits.</li>
</ul>

<p>Other</p>

<ul>
<li>Region (if domestic applicant): NE</li>
<li>School Type: Very competitive, large public school. Approx. 15-20 Ivy/Stanford/MIT accepted per year.</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): May/would like to be a recruited athlete for cross country/track teams (but not the very most competitive recruit, athletically). Otherwise, no special hooks.</li>
</ul>

<p>your stats are good and the running/music stuff definitely helps. what are you interested in majoring in? I would just make sure that you show that you are passionate about what you intend to study (through ECs, etc.). good a chance as any (and if the recruiting comes through then an even better chance). good luck next year!</p>

<p>I think you are competitive. Just be aware, there are a lot of people with similar credentials applying so find some safeties. My guess- EA deferred, RD (with some luck) accepted.</p>

<p>Dude, the first three lines of our stats are freakishly similar, except I had different subscores...
Anyway, I think you've got a decent shot. Start working on your essays EARLY, and keep in mind that you'll probably have 43968 supplement essays to do, too. Good luck.</p>

<p>All your scores are already great, and I bet you will even improve your SAT I score. Your extracurriculars are awesome and show great diversity with music and sports. Being asian kind of stinks competitively, but if you can pull off great essays and teacher recs, then I would say you have an excellent chance. Keep your grades up, work hard in school and your other activities, and don't concentrate too much on things just because they look good on your resume. Be yourself in your activitities and your essays and then your personality will show through. Unfortunately you have probably reached the threshold where the process is mostly luck because so many people have good stats. Good luck with the whole process!</p>

<p>I second what lookbeyond says about starting early :)</p>

<p>Thanks everyone :)</p>

<p>If you can drop your track times this spring to something approaching Ivy League times in your event, you are golden. Everything else on your profile is a match. If you can become a recruited athlete, you're in.</p>