Chances for admissions/merit aid at some schools?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>4.0 GPA (should remain the same this semester)/can't remember weighted
25/1195
33 ACT (will retake)
APs
10th:
World History (5)
11th:
English Lang. and Comp.
APUSH
Art History
Psychology
Human Geo (self0study)</p>

<p>12th:
Government
Econ
Biology
European History
Stats</p>

<p>College
Italian 101: A</p>

<p>(Schedule)</p>

<p>9th
Algebra I A/A
Honors ICP: A/A
Japanese I: A/A
PE/Ag: A/A
Honors World Geography: A/A
PreAP English I: A/A
Theatre (fine arts requirement): A/A
Health/Speech: A/A</p>

<p>10th
Geometry: A/A
PreAp Biology: A/A
Japanese II: A/A
AP World History: A/A
Technology (tech requirement): A/A
Ag: A/A
PreAP English: A/A (tough class-few A's)
Japanese III H: A/A</p>

<p>11th
AP English: A/A (very, very few A's)
Japanese IV H: A/A
PreAP Chemistry: A/A
AP Psychology: A
Algebra II: A/?
APUSH: A/?
Japanese V H: A/?
AP Art History: A/?</p>

<p>12th
AP Biology
AP Statistics
AP English
AP Economics
AP Government
AP European History
Japanese VI (not usually offered at my school-taken through special arrangement)</p>

<p>(My math/science placement was messed up the past, but I'm fairly good when it comes to anything but Geometry.)</p>

<p>The Japanese program at my school is very well regarded. The teacher is on the AP board, and we frequently dominate speech contests and regional Japan Bowls. Last year, a team even won nationals!)</p>

<p>EC's:
NAHRA Rider of the Year Nominee (10th)
Interact Letter (9th, 10th, 11th)
Interact Director (11th)
Interact PR (10th, 12th)
Interact Perfect Attendance (9th, 11th)
Interact Top Ten Point Club (9th)
Interact High Point Award (10th, 11th)
Japanese Club (second semester of 9th, all of 10th and 11th)
Japanese Club Newsletter/PR (11th)
Japan Bowl Level III Team (11th)
Japanese Speech Contest-5th place (11th)
Japanese Club Letter (11th)
Literary Club Letter (9, 10th, 11th)
Academic Letter (9th, 10th 11th?)
Horseback Riding (approximately 1 hr/week)
Top Hands Horse Show 2005 (2nd English Equitation, 5th Trail)
Aikido (5-7 hrs. per week, 11th, also get outside PE credit, yellow belt)
Girl Scouts (doing Gold Award now, trying to get it done before applying)
Internship (United Way, this summer, ~80 hrs)</p>

<p>Schools I'm considering (I'll narrow it down after visits):
University of Utah
University of Montana
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
Northwestern
Stanford (yeah right...)
JHU
UMich
Dartmouth
Cornell
Case Western
Ohio U (Honors)
UCSD
Thanks!</p>

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<p>In my opinion, by grades and courseload alone you look like an awesome candidate for all these schools. The only thing that you should worry about is the lack of leadership positions for schools like Cornell, Stanford, and Dartmouth. Other than that you have extremely good chances.</p>

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<p>But I do have leadership:
Interact Director (11th)
Interact PR officer (9th, 12th)
Japanese Club Communications/Newsletter (11th, hopefully 12th?)</p>

<p>Or do those not count?</p>

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<p>they do count. What top colleges like to see is that you did great things w/ your leadership positions (meaning: they would rather see an activities director who raised $20k in fundraisers than a president who did nothing).</p>

<p>I am not labeling you as either of these scenarios, but having the position in and of itself is not what truly matters.</p>