<p>Honors/Awards:
National Honor Society member (10-12)
Best Speaker at JSA Debate (11)
AP Scholar with Honor (11)</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Macroeconomics- 5
Microeconomics- 4
Statistics-4
U.S. History- 4</p>
<p>Clubs and Activites:
Student Government- President (9-12)
National Honor Society (10-12)
Junior Statesmen of America- Chapter President, Communications Officer (10-12)
Academic Quiz Team- Varsity Captain (9-11)
Debate Team (11)
Interact Community Service Club (10-12)
Senior Cabinet (12)
Junior Cabinet- Vice President (11)
Lumberjack Community Service Club- Communications Officer (11-12)
Latin Club (9,12)
Science Club (9-10)
Math Club- Treasurer (9)</p>
<p>Worked at Outback one summer and ran track sophomore year.</p>
<p>I've taken the most rigorous course load throughout my high school career (AP's, Honors, etc.). I'm Arab-American if that helps at all.</p>
<p>Teacher recommendations: Absolutely amazing. I couldn't have asked for better.</p>
<p>Essays: I think I wrote some excellent essays, but you can never really tell with these colleges. We'll see.</p>
<p>College List:
1. University of Chicago (Early Action)
2. Northwestern University
3. NYU College of Arts and Sciences
4. Georgetown University- Georgetown College
5. American University
6. Cornell University
7. Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>I commend all of you who took the time to read through that and let me know if you want me to "chance you" as well.</p>
<p>That was…a lot more optimistic than I expected. All you “Debbie-downers” and “negative Nancies” are welcome as well. I can handle the criticism.</p>
<p>Good GPA, course load, and large amount of ECs. I don’t see an EC that is totally unique, but it’s obvious you do lots of things. One important thing is to not make it look like a laundry list of unrelated activities on your app. ACT/SAT is low, which could hurt if they consider you an ORM. You are in the running everywhere, but let’s hope that your essays are well-received Good luck!</p>
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<li>University of Chicago (Early Action)-low/mid reach</li>
<li>Northwestern University-low reach</li>
<li>NYU College of Arts and Sciences-high match</li>
<li>Georgetown University- Georgetown College-low reach</li>
<li>American University-match</li>
<li>Cornell University-mid reach</li>
<li>Carnegie Mellon-high match</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins University-low reach</li>
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<p>The only ones I really know about are UChicago and American. You seem solid enough for both of those schools, and you’ve had a variety of long-term extracurriculars I know you already applied, so I hope you spent a lot of time emphasizing your favorite extracurriculars. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t say it’s a safe bet, but I think you can breathe a bit.</p>
<p>Thank you bigdreamer and jry2028 for your replies. I need a healthy confidence boost every once and a while, as I’m sure you all know this application process is incredibly stressful.</p>
<p>Also does anyone know where an Arab-American stands on the minority side of things? I wrote a person essay that takes place in Libya, as I visit it every other Summer, so I’m not sure how that will play out.</p>
<p>Hey! Another Hopeful Economist here (Class of 2012 though)</p>
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<p>Middle Easterners are considered white in the college app process…no minority advantage there. But if you have a unique background that would be great for essays </p>
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<li>University of Chicago (Early Action)…mid-reach - if you can demonstrate a genuine passion in Econ this may help your chances</li>
<li>Northwestern University…mid-reach</li>
<li>NYU College of Arts and Sciences…probably in </li>
<li>Georgetown University- Georgetown College…unpredictable. I’d say no. </li>
<li>American University…are you actually interested in going here??? Bc you are def in </li>
<li>Cornell University…reach - only bc of your SAT score though (any time to retake? 2050 with the low 600s in there is just a tiny bit dismal)
*Disclaimer: I hadn’t researched a few of these colleges (NYU, American etc) because I’m not interested in attending so these might not be 100% correct - just my honest opinion </li>
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<p>Your major problem: SAT Scores…also I do not see any SAT II’s - am I just missing those.</p>
<p>One thing I forgot to mention. UChicago accepts ACT scores w/o writing and apparently they don’t weigh heavily on the writing portion of the SAT.</p>
<p>So for UChicago specifically:
ACT- 32 w/o writing
SAT- 1420/1600</p>
<p>You have a decent chance in getting in all the universities except maybe John Hopkins and Northwestern (low reach to mid). You’re extremely strong in extracurriculars, have quite a bit of leadership abilities, and your AP scores rock.</p>
Good luck!</p>
(Class of 2012 though)</p>