<p>SAT: 2080 (CR: 640 M: 730 WS: 710 – i expect this composite to go up at LEAST 100 points on the October test)
ACT: 35 (writing scores haven’t been released yet for June)
SAT-II: pending, but I’m expecting 710-750 Lit and 740-780 IIc
GPA: 3.85, and have taken the most demanding courses available to me (5 AP’s on my schedule for next year, 1 Syracuse University course and 1 SUNY C.W. Post College Course)
i am white, although i am a second-generation israeli, and am a citizen of both the US and Israel (speak fluent hebrew)</p>
<p>a lot of more or less worthless clubs (i.e.: forced to take marching band as a club while in band, quite playing lacrosse after 3 years), however, high up position in my school’s model UN club, won an outstanding delegate award at the University of Chicago’s annual MUN session.</p>
<p>i play multiple instruments and recieved a perfect score on the highest level (6) at NYSSMA (actually, that was in 8th grade too haha), which is New York’s musical achievement testing.</p>
<p>i have been selected for prestige in painting (although this was early in high school).</p>
<p>i have worked for all of high school at two different jobs, at least 10 hours a week.</p>
<p>i have interned for the presiding majority leader of the local legislator for the past year and intend to continue as well as help her with her campaign next year. (>50 hrs total)</p>
<p>i will have 2 or 3 quite good reccomendations from 2 or 3 teachers that know me quite well, as well as an additional reccomendation from the presiding officer of my county legislator.</p>
<p>i am a member of the national honor society as well as the national spanish honor society.</p>
<p>honestly, i think you will be rejected, i didn't get in with MUCH better academic stats, and my ECs were prettty solid, i was not only a nationally ranked tennis player, but played the violin, other clubs/activities.</p>
<p>co-president of my school's prestigious model UN club
recieved a perfect score in the top level in my state's music achievement program for drum set
have run or helped run a well as participated in music-related charity events in which several thousand dollars was raised
and i have a 35 on the ACT and plan on retaking the SAT-I and as it looks now i will be breaking 2200</p>
<p>i'm not trying to sound like an egotist (i apologize if it's coming off that way), i just don't see where you see faults? could you be more specific and help me out, please, i'd appreciate that, cuz i don't gain much from non-specific posts like that.</p>
<p>don't listen to collegekid, RC. like i said, you're in the competitive range. and nobody will be able to tell you whether or not you'll be rejected or accepted. or waitlisted. or deferred.
collegekid, i hate to break it to you, but it's not just stats and ecs. if you can't show enough interest in the school or your essays were pretty terrible, or your teachers didn't write great things about you... or depending on where you're from, even, and how competitive the area is, then yes, you can actually be rejected. and they also want someone who has something different to offer. even if you have a 4.0 in the most rigorous classes, a 1600, do you have a direction in life/what do you want out of your education? anyway, no need to tell him/her s/he's going to be rejected just because you were. (out of curiosity, are you asian? tennis.. vln.. )</p>
<p>if you check the decisions threads (for any first tier college) you'll definitely see for yourself that it's not just stats and great ecs. both on this forum and amongst my friends, i've seen many people with amazing credentials rejected. and though it comes as a huge surprise for many people, that's how college admissions is. especially at the ivy level. i'm sorry you didn't get into penn, but you can't base his case on your own. okay. end spiel.</p>
<p>afaforce, thanks a lot for that, much appreciation. finally something that makes perfect sense and puts things into the rather unpredictable perspective of it all.</p>
<p>afaforce, I got into many competitive schools including Rice, Duke, Northwestern, U of Chicago, Cornell, Emory, J Hopkins, therefore, I think that my essays/recs were pretty decent, don't u think?</p>
<p>no, I am not asian, white as they come. I was just very well-rounded and was extremely disappointed in not getting into Penn, it was my first choice.</p>