Chances Please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a male junior at a private school in Florida and I'm curious to see how the forumites of CC.com rate my chances at the colleges I'm considering (as compared to friends, counselor, etc.). Here goes nothing:</p>

<p>Stats:
School doesn't rank, but I'd honestly estimate about #1 or 2 out of 78 students
Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.22
Cumulative Unweighted GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>9th Grade:
English 9-A
Biology 9-A
Intro to CompSci-A
Spanish 1-A
Western Civ-A
Geometry-A</p>

<p>10th Grade:
English 10-A
Honors Chem-A
Intermediate Comp Sci-A
Spanish 2-A
AP World History-A- (5 on exam)
Algebra 2/Trig - A</p>

<p>11th Grade:
AP Eng Lit-A-
AP Phys B-A
Concert Band-A
Spanish 3-A+
AP US Hist-A
Intro to Calculus (prereq for Calc BC)-A+</p>

<p>12th Grade:
Semester English Classes (Philosophy/Shakespeare)
AP Chem
Jazz Band
AP Spanish
AP Euro
AP Calc BC</p>

<p>Testing:</p>

<p>ACT: 34
SAT: 730CR 760M 800W
PSAT: 218 anticipating NMS semi
AMC-12: 104.5-->qualified and took AIME
SAT World History: 800
Taking SAT Physics and Math Lvl 2 as well</p>

<p>ECs and Honors:
Student Council (Rep, Treas, VP next yr)
Mu Alpha Theta (Team Captain 2x, VP, and Pres nxt yr)
Placed in various Regional MAO tests 13th place and higher
Key Club (over 120 hrs for various events, many of which are annual and I have continued to participate)
Diversity Club (Treas)
Concert Band President
Junior Leadership Manatee (Local Leadership Program)
Cum Laude
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
NYLF-Tech
2 Summer Jobs for ~3 months each
Varsity Soccer 3x-->worked my way up to starter this yr
JV Basketball 1x
JV Golf 1x
Various intraschool awards for A's and such
National Society of High School Scholars Induction
Boy's State Nomination
Who's Who Nomination
accepted into Introduction to Engineering Program @ ND this summer</p>

<p>Other:
I have played the piano for 10 yrs
I taught myself guitar last yr
I compose music (last yr started)
I have a rock group with a couple of my friends
I can do a backflip :)</p>

<p>Colleges/Universities I am considering:
-Stanford
-ND-(My dad=alumnus)
-UF-Honors
-Northwestern
-UPenn (Wharton?)
-Duke
-Wake
-Princeton</p>

<p>^^I have visited/signed "the card" at all these places as well</p>

<p>Any input would be much appreciated! Thanks!</p>

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<p>very impressive...</p>

<p>Stanford and Princeton are reaches, but they are reaches for everybody so dont worry</p>

<p>the problem is that you dont stand out anywhere... your grades are fantastic and so are standardized tests, but lots of people applying to penn, duke, princteon, and stanford have the same intelligence as you have... so what sets you apart?</p>

<p>the other schools i think are all matches/safe matches, with the exception of penn being a slight reach. </p>

<p>find something to set you apart and write great essays!</p>

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<p>Thank you! OK so basically I'm well rounded but I should try to become more well-lopsided is what you're saying...In other words, I should hone in on something that I'm better at than others and really play it up? I've still got the summer and the beginning of senior year...</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>