<p>Chance me for...</p>
<p>Princeton (Deferred early), Cornell, Tufts, Columbia, UChicago, Dartmouth, UPenn (CAS), Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Duke, Williams, Northwestern, Wash U in Saint Louis, Georgetown, Trinity (CT), and Syracuse.</p>
<p>My current estimate is:</p>
<p>Reach: Princeton, UPenn, Dartmouth, Columbia, UChicago
Low Reach: Pomona, Williams, Claremont McKenna, Georgetown, Cornell, Duke
High Mid: Northwestern, Tufts
Mid: Wash U in Saint Louis
High Safety: Trinity
Low Safety: Syracuse</p>
<p>SAT I: 2310 (800CR, 750M, 760W E:11)
SAT II: 770 US History, 750 Math II, 710 Chemistry
ACT: 34
AP: European History (5), Chemistry (5), Art History (5), American History (5)
Current Year courses: AP English Lit, AP AB Calculus, AP French, AP Physics B, Economics, Playwriting, Independent Study in Economics & Public Policy, Independent Study in Financial Markets.
GPA: 3.8 UW
Rank: School does not rank
School Type: Top-tier Southern private school
State: TN
Financial Aid: 0
Income: >$200,000
Parents: both have MBAs, mother is dead as of 2009.
Field: Economics, with a potential concentration in either Finance or Public Policy</p>
<p>Awards: National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Le Grand Concours certificat d'honneur, National Top 50 Quizbowl team, National Top 32 History Bowl team, 68th Nationally in the History Bee (individual event), Best Written Argument (TN Youth in Government Lawyer team, Senior division), Region Meet Qualifier (500 and 200 Freestyle).</p>
<p>Positions Held: Class Treasurer, TN Youth in Government Associate Justice, History Bowl Captain, Quizbowl Co-Captain, Science Fiction Film Club Treasurer, Mock Trial Co-Captain, Chemistry Club Vice President, Investment Club Fundraising Officer and Speaker, Director (two plays for the Student Theatre Guild), Playwright (four plays, two for the student theatre guild and two for our theatre department).</p>
<p>ECs: Youth in Government, Model United Nations, Mock Trial, Investment Club, Science Fiction Film Club, Chemistry Club, Quizbowl, History Bowl, Swimming (4-year Varsity), Rowing, Skiing.</p>
<p>Job/Research Experience: Summer research internship (that actually continued into the school year as my first independent study) in Economics with Dr. Laffer, former head economist of the OMB and "the father of supply-side economics."</p>
<p>Teacher recs: Apparently excellent (and from teachers with good histories of acceptances)
Counselor rec: Pretty good.</p>
<p>Essays: Edited by me, my father, my uncle, my AP English teacher, and my counselor, so they are pretty good.</p>
<p>Hooks: Economics, One-parent family.</p>
<p>Weaknesses: GPA mostly (though I've had a serious net upward trend from Sophomore year, with a 3.9 this past semester)--I could have some more focus in my ECs, but I think they work together ...somewhat.</p>