<p>Basics: White male
School: Very large public school in suburban NJ
Rank: School doesn't rank but I'm probably about the 85th-90th percentile
GPA: School goes on 0-100 scale, currently 95.1
Probable major: Poli Sci</p>
<p>SAT: March '09- 2040 (680 CR/740 M/620 W, 8 essay)
May '09- 2210 (750 CR/660 M/800 W, 9 essay)
Superscore is 2290</p>
<p>SAT II: June '09; Lit: 730, Math I: 710..taking US History in September or October</p>
<p>EC: Roughly 100 hours at a local retirement home...2 years on school newspaper staff...3 years on undefeated conference champion Quiz Bowl team</p>
<p>Work: Umpire for local youth baseball league...counselor in training at overnight camp</p>
<p>AP: 5 on English Lang</p>
<p>Senior schedule: AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Macro, AP US Gov, Pre-Calc, TBD business course</p>
<p>Summers: Summer before junior year at overnight camp as counselor in training...summer before senior year at BU High School Honors Program taking 2 classes for credit</p>
<p>Other: NMS semi-finalist, likely to be finalist
Journalism Student of the Year for my school as a sophomore</p>
<p>-anticipating great recs from English and History teachers
-good rec from head of volunteers at the retirement home
-good counselor rec
-will have great essay</p>
<p>Legacies: Uncle graduated Phi Beta Kappa and went on to Harvard Law...he is still involved with many alumni things.</p>
<p>For the BU summer program I earned B+ in both classes (Intro to Poli Sci and Religion and Culture)...with BU's notorious grade deflation I'd say this would look good for my application.</p>
<p>Overall, what are my chances for regular decision?</p>