Chances, plain and simple.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>High School
Competitive suburban public
White/Male</p>

<p>GPA:
5.304 weighted (5.0 scale)</p>

<p>General courseload
Took 1 AP class freshman & sophomore year, 4 APs junior year. Challenging courseload, but took Gifted and Talented program.</p>

<p>Senior courses:
AP English Lit
AP Microeconomics/Government
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP European History
PAP Latin IV
Concert Band
Professional Internship Program (at a hospital)</p>

<p>Rank:
20/490</p>

<p>SAT(superscore):
M:740
CR:690
W:760
Total:2190</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite: 30</p>

<p>SAT Subject tests:
American History: 720
Math Level 1: 700
Math Level 2: 710</p>

<p>AP:
Human Geo: 3
Eng. Lang: 4
Chem: 4
Psych: 4
World Hist: 5
US Hist: 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
-Class President (9-12)
-InterACT (11-12) President (12)[service organization affiliated with Rotary Club]
-Rachel's Challenge (11-12) Treasurer (11) Vice-President (12) [outreach committee]
-Marching Band (9-12) Varsity Show (9-12)
-Band Council Treasurer (12)
-Students Against Destructive Decisions (11-12)
-Student Council (9-12), Representative
-Drill Team Honor Guard (12)
-Cross Country(11)</p>

<p>Awards:
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-award given to students who exhibit character (received sophomore and senior year)
-outstanding band member of the week (9,10)
-best overall low reed (11, 12)
-National Honor Society
-Superior division on UIL Solo and Ensemble (9, 10)
-State-bound for Destination Imagination-Improv
-Homecoming Court (1 of 3 senior guys elected to the Court)</p>

<p>Community Service
-Medical mission trip to China (50+ hours)
-Mission trips to Mexico w/ Rotary (16 hours)
-Vacation Bible School, Sunday school teaching, and counseling at church camp (70 hours)
-Internship at local hospital (100 hours)</p>

<p>Teacher Recs:
I didn't read 'em, but I was told they were "glowing".</p>

<p>Essay:
I wrote about my medical mission trip over to China and about how I realized what I'm supposed to do in my life through my experiences over there.</p>

<p>Colleges:
Rice
Yale
Pepperdine</p>

<p>Let's see!</p>

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<p>Responses, anyone?</p>

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<p>pepperdine= 100%
Rice= 100%
yale= 40%—try for 2200 SAT, volunteer hours?..I don’t see anything “special” that shouts YALE.
but your stats r great anyways and you would have such great chances if you applied to even more competitive schools than pepperdine.</p>

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<p>seriously? thanks, i wasn’t too sure about rice. but i was only allowed to apply to four, and rice, yale, pepperdine, and abilene christian were at the top.
should i have considered Penn?</p>

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<p>yeah you have a much better chance at upenn</p>

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<p>why only four?</p>

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<p>I’ll agree with the 100% Pepperdine.
However, I think the other two are a bit inflated. Rice is probably about a 60-80% and 40% is generous for Yale. I’d go down about 10% from that. SAT is just not that impressive and your 20 ranking doesn’t help at all. Good luck, though. You never know what they’re looking for this year.</p>

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<p>oh alright.
well thank you! yeah, i got put in a bad situation with my ranking (but don’t we all have a sob story to tell). after looking at some of the other chance threads, my SAT isn’t too smashing. it’s good, but not great.
thanks!</p>