<p>I used the common application. These are my stats, tell me what you think.</p>
<p>GPA - 87.5/100 unweighted. My school doesn't weigh averages.
ACT - 28 (34 on the math and 10 on the essay)</p>
<p>I am not going to list my SAT score because the majority of you have only taken my SAT score into consideration, completely forgetting my ACT score, which is significantly higher.</p>
<p>1st American Generation college student (my mom didn't go to college and my dad went to a college in Urmia)</p>
<p>I took two SAT 2's in Math 1 and U.S. History.</p>
<p>I live in Long Island, New York.</p>
<p>I went from an 85.5 average freshman year to a 93 average Junior year, with straight A's including a 96 in U.S. History and a 97 in Precalc (honors by acceleration)
I never got below a B in any class, and the lowest grade I've ever gotten in High School was an 80 in Cooking, which is what mainly brought my whole gpa down.</p>
<p><em>Outstanding</em> reviews from every teacher/college alumni/relative I showed my personal essay to. I chose to write about an uplifting, feel-good essay on my coming-of-age as a 13 year old rather than a sob story. A Harvard graduate read it and told me it was "I love it. It is Outstanding...one in a million". Others have told me it is raw, real, heart-felt, captivating, very well written...</p>
<p>I did not apply for need-based financial aid.</p>
<p>Courses I'm taking this year and what my teachers tell me my grade is for 1st quarter (even though most of my schools don't factor in 1st quarter grades
AP Economics - B
Phys. Education - A
AP Environmental - A
AP Calculus AB - C
Senior Seminar English - A
Senior Seminar Social Studies - A
Senior Seminar Business - A
Senior Seminar Art - A</p>
<p>I had no previous AP courses before this year. </p>
<p>Group Leader of The Friendship Circle (The most meaningful EC to me, and I wrote a short essay on how it has changed my life)</p>
<p>EMT volunteer at the local fire Department</p>
<p>Secretary of the Reaching Out (community service) club</p>
<p>I'm Founder/President of the SAT/ACT club</p>
<p>A bunch of other ECs</p>
<p>No sports</p>
<p>2 teacher recommendations, 1 recommendation from my boss at the library (she let me read it and it is outstanding), and 1 guidance counselor recommendation (I am confident that they are all positive recommendations).</p>
<p>70 on my Hebrew Regents
94 on my English Regents
98 on my Global History Regents
94 on my Earth Science Regents
87 on my Chemistry Regents
96 on my U.S. History Regents</p>
<p>The Schools I am applying to:
NYU College of Arts and Science (Early Decision)
SUNY Binghamton Harpur (Early Action)
SUNY Stony Brook (Early Action)
SUNY Albany (Early Action)
Hofstra (Early Action)
SUNY Geneseo
Syracuse
Cornell University CALS
Boston University College of General Studies
George Washington University Columbian college of arts and science
Saint Johns in Queens</p>