chances for U of C, and some others

<p>I'll chance back if I can!</p>

<p>17 yr old, caucasian male, English-born now residing in Raleigh, NC</p>

<p>Schools:</p>

<p>University of Chicago (My brother went, and worked for the head of admissions, if that changes anything)
Princeton (LOL)
Williams
Wesleyan
Hampshire
Amherst
Swarthmore
Haverford
UNC-CH
Appalachian State
NYU</p>

<p>GPA (as of Junior year): 3.75 UW (out of 4.0)
4.5 W
Rank 7 out of 397 for weighted, we don't rank unweighted as far as i know
SAT1: CR730, M710, W670 (Not too good, I know)
SAT2: Still waiting on scores, I'm almost positive I did much much better than my SAT1s though, I hope hahah</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>9: Honors Phys Science (A)
Honors World History (A)
Honors English I (A)
Honors Algebra II (B)
Music Appreciation (A)
Healthful Living (A)
Drafting I (B, this class was goddamn ridiculous lol)
Intro to Engineering</p>

<p>10: Honors English II (A)
Honors Civics and Economics (A)
Honors Pre-Calc (B)
Drafting II (A)
Japanese I (A)
Honors Biology (A)
Honors Chemistry (A)
Principles of Engineering</p>

<p>11: AP English III (B, 5)
AP US History (A, 3)
AP Calculus AB (B, subscore of 4)
AP Calculus BC (B, 4)
Linux (A)
Digital Electronics (A)
Honors Japanese II (A)
Visual Arts I (A)</p>

<p>12: AP English IV (A, pending)
AP Psychology (A, pending)
Calculus III (Grade pending, Dual-Enrollment with NCSU)
AP Physics B (B, i had the highest grade in the class if that means anything, pending)
AP Environmental Science
Sculpture and Ceramics
Jazz Ensemble
Honors Japanese III</p>

<p>Essays: hopefully good, I consistently make among the highest grades on papers, and my english III teacher said i was one of her best writers. I tried to write pretty personal narratives that showed alot about who I was.</p>

<p>Recs: I have a few teachers giving me Recs, I'm positive most will be excellent, but there's one im kinda unsure about</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>I taught myself Guitar and pretty much everything I know about music (6 yrs)
- I composed three pieces for solo classical guitar for my senior project, which i'm going<br>
to send in. I know this doesnt really compare to the people who play in Carnegie hall in
all that, but its something I guess.
FIRST Robotics Team
-Control Lead
-2008 VCU Regional Champions
Jazz Ensemble
-Guitarist, Soloist
SRHS Socialites
-Peer Mentor for students with autism
Academic Tutor
Key Club (Community Service)
Youth Faith Formation (Community Service)
Sitar Lessons (haha)
Engineering Club, and other various academic clubs
Student Election Assistant
Housing Contractor</p>

<p>Awards (not many):</p>

<p>AP Scholar
Honor Roll
Certificate of Exellcence
3rd place in NCSU freshmen engineering design day hovercraft competition
1st at FIRST VCU regional
Best Hair</p>

<p>I think thats everything. I've been losing alot of self-confidence lately, I feel like all my schools are dreams. even UNC-CH is beginning to feel like a reach.</p>

<p>Thanks for chancing me! I'm not too good at this, but I'll do my best for you guys too =) So sorry for this being ridiculously long hhahah</p>

<p>bump...</p>

<p>noone? sorry about the big long list, i just wanted to make sure i put everything. i'll do my best to chance you guys too</p>