<p>Hello, fellow CCers! </p>
<p>I'm a rising senior who's interested in my chances for Harvard SCEA, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Wellesley, Tufts, and BC (don't worry, I have safeties, too).</p>
<p>So without further ado...</p>
<p>Here are my stats:</p>
<p>SAT I: 2360 (760 CR, 800 M, 800 W, 11 essay), first try
SAT II: 770 US History, 760 Lit, 720 Math 2 (might retake); plan on taking Spanish with Listening this fall
Unweighted GPA: 3.97 out of 4.0
Rank: No official rank, but I estimate at least top 20 out of roughly 450 kids in my grade
AP: 5 Lit (self-studied), 5 APUSH</p>
<p>Besides a couple AP classes, my school doesn't let you take AP classes until senior year (unless you are somehow ahead of everyone else, like if you have taken outside courses or have moved from a different school). It's rare for someone at my school to take many AP classes, just because honors classes tend to be just as rigorous as AP, and most students are busy with extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:[ul]
[<em>] AP BC Calc
[</em>] AP Chem
[<em>] AP Spanish
[</em>] Honors Euro Lit (hardest English class at my school; there's no AP English class)
[<em>] Unleveled alternative math class (just an interesting elective I wanted to try; you learn about math and how it applies to the real world, music, art, etc; taught my junior year math teacher who I LOVE)
[</em>] Advanced Modern/Jazz Dance
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Major Awards:[ul]
[<em>] Princeton Book Award (only recipient in my school)
[</em>] National Spanish Exam medalist (grade 8: gold, grade 9: silver, grade 10: silver, grade 11: bronze)
[<em>] Likely National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist (PSAT score was 234)
[</em>] Likely National Honors Society inductee
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Extracurriculars:[ul]
[<em>] Dance (since grade 9)
[</em>] Member of Legislature and Student Council (elected by students, grades 9-11), probably will get elected next year too; co-chair of Student Council (elected by students, grades 10-11)
[<em>] Trumpet (since 4th grade)
[</em>] Concert band (grades 10-12); member of the band board (appointed by the band conductor, grade 12)
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Volunteer/Community Service:[ul]
[<em>] Coach at school's writing center (appointed by English teacher, very selective program, grade 12)
[</em>] Math tutor at local elementary school (grades 10-12)
[<em>] Mentor in advisory program for underclassmen (selective program, grades 11-12)
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Summer Activities:[ul]
[</em>] Acting program at film academy (before grade 10)
[<em>] Lead roles in schools' summer musicals (before grades 10 and 11)
[</em>] Creative writing class at top university (before grade 12)
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Job Experience:[ul]
[li] Plan on becoming a private SAT tutor in the fall, most likely with paying customers, but maybe I'll do it gratuitously, don't know yet... (I have a friend my age who's also an SAT tutor and she makes a lot of money from it, so yes, it's possible to charge customers even if you're just a high schooler and not a professional tutor) [/li][/ul]
I know these lists don't look very long, but most kids at my school only do a few extracurriculars and really dedicate themselves to them. We don't have any honor society clubs (NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, etc.), and I don't know anybody in my school who got any national awards like Intel.</p>
<p>Essays: I'm very confident in my writing abilities, and I have a pretty kickass idea for my essay, if I do say so myself ;)
Teacher Recommendations: My teacher recs are from my junior year English and Math classes, the two classes in which I participated the most and was always a leader in class discussions, and I have great relationships with both teachers. Because I got all A's junior year except an A- in math, my math teacher can explain that even though I struggled a bit in the middle of the year in her class (due mostly to stress over a death in the family), I'm still an extremely hard worker, a strong mathematician, etc.
Counselor Rec: My counselor has a bunch of students, so we don't have a super personal relationship, but he definitely likes me.
Supplemental Materials: I'm going to submit a short fiction sample that I wrote this summer in my creative writing class and that my professor and fellow students really loved.</p>
<p>Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Not 100% sure, but since I want to go into law, it might be philosophy, psychology, or English, or maybe a double major/major-minor
State: MA
School Type: Public, top-10 public high school in MA
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Hooks: Kind of a legacy at some schools (mom got Master's at Tufts and PhD at Harvard, dad got Master's at BC)</p>
<p>Also, it may be useful to see the number of kids accepted last year from my school to the colleges I'm interested in:
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[<em>] Harvard: 7
[</em>] Yale: 4
[<em>] Brown: 3
[</em>] Amherst: 3
[<em>] Wellesley: 2
[</em>] Tufts: 9
[li] BC: 12[/li][/ul]
Another CCer seemed doubtful about the truth behind these numbers, especially for Harvard, but I promise these are correct; Harvard tends to favor good local schools. This gives a good idea (just FYI, my school isn't on this "estimated" list): Harvard</a> University: Which high schools feed the most students to Harvard? - Quora</p>
<p>Thanks for reading this long post everyone! Please chance me and I'll chance back ASAP! :)</p>
It sounds awful already! My mom works part-time at Tufts, Harvard, and BC (forgot to mention that in my main post); hopefully that’ll help a bit…?
Thanks a bunch for chancing me! I just chanced you back–congrats on being so awesome!</p>