<p>I am a rising senior at a private school in Charlotte NC. I am only thinking of applying to 5 schools: Furman(They already offered me a scholarship), Duke, UNC, Vanderbilt, and Penn.
My SAT is 2180(720 math, 720 CR, 740 Writing) 32 ACT. National Merit semifinalist. I plan on putting Duke and Penn as the two schools to notify on the National Merit form, in that order. I am either going to graduate as the valedictorian or the salutatorian in a class of about 100 people. Usually a handful of people get accepted into top tier universities from my school every year. Both my parents went to UNC. I will have graduated with 11 AP credits, and so far have scored a 4,5,5,5,3 on us history, calculus BC, English language, Spanish language, and physics C, respectively. Next year i plan on taking AP chemistry, AP Stats, AP Spanish literature, AP English Literature, and AP government, and am pretty certian i will get a 4 or higher on all of them. I am a confident and skilled writer, so i think my essays will be good to excellent. My reccommendations are coming from my calculus teacher (a duke alum) and my Spanish teacher, who both love me.(Especially my spanish teacher, i am the first person from my school to get a 5 on the ap spanish language exam.)
GPA W 5.4 GPA UW 4.0</p>
<p>EC's
1st chair trombone, grades 9, 10
jazz band, grades 9, 10
national merit semifinalist
Jv football grades 9 and 10
varsity track grades 9 and 10
intramural basketball grades 10,11, and 12
varsity cross country grade 12
furman scholar
wofford scholar
bausch and lomb science award recipient
i have done countless things at my church that include tutoring the homeless, working at a camp for the mentally handicapped, etc.
Natioanl honors society member
founder of the four square club
tutor at CPCC ABLE program, helping adults earn the G.E.D.
member of chemistry club
Vice president of national spanish honors society, grade 11
President of national spanish honors society, grade 12
CELL Group leader, grades 11 and 12(weekly student led bible study for middle school students)
Took engineering courses at a summer program at nc state this summer
Summa Cum Laude all 3 years (above 4.5 weighted gpa, nothing lower than an A)
big brother big sister, grade 9
peer tutor, grades 10,11</p>
<p>I dont plan on doing early decision anywhere, id really appreciate it if someone would tell me what chances are. (On Vanderbilt, duke, and Penn, im almost positive i will get into UNC and Furman)</p>