<p>Female
White
Sophomore
Arizona</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0, Weighted: 4.7
SAT: CR-630, M-680, W-750 (Total-2060)-- This was just a practice test and I plan on prepping more before I take it officially.
Class rank: 3/500</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: (name and positions held, years i plan to do it, hours per year)
1. Panacea Secretary and Co-founder-community service club (10,11, 12) 100 hrs.
2. Interact- community service club (9) 20 hrs.
3. Viola (9-12) 200 hrs.
4. Basketball Team Captain (9-12) 225 hrs.</p>
<p>Honors or Accomplishments:
1 vs. 100 game show contestant "super smart kids episode"
Spanish Honor Society (Vice President)
National Honor Society</p>
<p>Research Experience:
UCSD Lab assistant in the med school 200 + hrs.</p>
<p>The schools I'm interested in are:</p>
<p>Duke (triple legacy)
UCLA (legacy, OOS)
University of Virginia (OOS)
Dartmouth
UPenn
Caltech
Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Boston College</p>
<p>You were on that show? That's really cool!</p>
<p>I'm not an expert on the subject, however, I'd say that you have a good chance at all of the schools you listed. However, Dartmouth and UPenn are going to be reaches for anyone, regardless of their background.</p>
<p>oh my goodness, how did you get on that show?! please tell - i've always wanted to be on it!</p>
<p>you have a pretty great shot at all of those schools.</p>
<p>its stinks that 1 vs 100 is done now</p>
<p>Get Bob Saget to write you a rec, and I'd say your chances increase</p>
<p>In general-Your grades are extremely strong and your ECs are rather interesting; I want to know more about what you did in them. I think you'll do well in admissions. </p>
<p>Duke-Triple legacy is a great hook, and your stats are strong. Better than average chances I'd say, but not a sure thing.
UCLA-Well, if the UCs are as stats-focused as everyone says, I'd say you definitely need to work on SATs to improve your stats here.
University of Virginia-Not familiar with the school
Dartmouth-Pretty strong chances, but not definite. Maybe a slight reach.
UPenn-Certainly a reach, but also a definite possibility
Caltech-You've certainly got the right research interests and you've demonstrated that interest effectively. It's still Caltech, but you've got strong chances.
Georgetown-Again, good chances due to your strong grades and rank. Your ECs are focused and rather unique
Johns Hopkins-Strong chances here due to your excellent grades. I think you have 60-75% chances here.
Boston College-I think that you'll probably be in here. Your stats (except perhaps SAT)</p>
<p>Wow thanks to all of you! I didn't expect as many replies. :P
Well rra0917, my grandma lives in LA and found out they were doing a special edition of the show so I interviewed and took a couple tests and they called me back. And I got to miss school, which was a plus :)
Silverchris, how would you say my ECs are focused? I actually consider that to be one of my weaknesses because I'm really interested in science, but my ECs really don't demonstrate? What interests or focuses would you say my ECs seem to convey?</p>
<p>Thanks for all of your help again!</p>
<p>And I forgot to add that I would be applying to Duke ED, if that helps at all.</p>
<p>hmm... I say Duke looks pretty good right now. Applying ED and having triple legacy will work wonders for you.
I am hesitant about your ECs though. Like you mentioned before, you are interested in the sciences, but few of your ECs convey that. Do you have science related clubs at school? If you didn't, you might want to explain that somewhere.
Final suggestion, try bring the SAT score up just a tad. you're good with the 2060, but having a higher score will push you over the plateau</p>
<p>I'm joining some science-related clubs next year, so that should help to convey my interest.</p>
<p>Any other opinions, please?</p>
<p>My prediction: you'll end up at Duke</p>
<p>Thanks, I really hope so :)</p>
<p>Regarding ECs, </p>
<p>I suppose I was referring to the science interest, since I also saw something about Panacea; I must have thought it was science-y! Sorry! However, your ECs are focused in that they don't consist of a million different unrelated clubs; you seem to focus on your relatively few activities and devote a lot of time to them.</p>
<p>One more bump. Please? :)</p>
<p>Duke-Triple Legacy is a great hook, however I think that Duke is one of those schools that don't really follow that legacy thing anymore, not sure (high match)
UCLA- (Match) shoo in if instate
University of Virginia- kinda depends, 60% of UVA students are in state so depends on your location so for OOS (match)
Dartmouth- (high Match) no other reason then that Dartmouth is stat oriented.
UPenn- hmmmm depends on what major, Wharton: Extremely high reach other Upenn schools (low reach)
Caltech-Improve Sat's to 2200+ then match as Caltech is stat oriented, however not academic jock wise lol, otherwise a (solid reach)
Johns Hopkins- from what i heard JHU considers Ec's very important in tipping the scale, varsity captain definently helps (high match)</p>