Chances Please?

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<p>Stats:
SAT:CR: 740 M: 640 W: 2000 ACT:30
SAT IIs: Just tested in January waiting for scores
GPA: UW: 3.64 W: 5.3
Rank: Top 4% 30/900 Huge School, and I am in the IB Program
Other stats: AP Scores: AP Italian(11): 5, AP Spanish(11): 5, AP Psychology(11): 4, AP World History(9): 4, AP Lit(10): 3 IB Scores: IB Calculus: 4, IB Chemistry: 4. </p>

<p>Senior Course Load:
IB Italian IV
AP Calculus BC
IB Physics
IB Physics-Lab
IB Contemporary World History
IB Design Technology II
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB English IV</p>

<p>Junior Course Load:
AP Psychology
AP Italian
AP Spanish
IB Chemistry
IB Calculus
IB English III
IB History of the Americas
IB Design Technology I</p>

<p>I have taken the most rigorous course loads offered at my school all four years, and have maintained an A average. I am also fluent in both Spanish and Italian and wrote my Extended Essay in Spanish on Spanish Literature. </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Excellent, all my teachers thought it was great as did my counselors
Teacher Recs: One Excellent, one pretty good
Counselor Rec: Don't know but I expect very good
Hook (if any): Sister goes to Dartmouth
Location/Person:
State or Country: Florida
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Intended Major: English/Italian
major strength/weakness: Eagle Scout, strong course load, lots of Community Service, Sister goes to Dartmouth / Low GPA, Decent SAT but not stellar, lack of sports</p>

<p>Other Factors:
Awards
Honor Roll 10th,11th
Academic Letter 9th
NHS Member 10,11,12
Mu Alpha Theta Member 9,10,11(Secretary),12
Phi Beta Chi Member 9, 10, 11(Secretary), 12(President)
National Technical Honor Society Member 10, 11, 12
English Honor Society Member 10, 11, 12
National Hispanic Scholar
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>

<p>ECs
Boy Scouts for 7 years and obtained rank of Eagle Scout, along with doing ALOT of community service (Hands on Miami, Habitat for Humanity, Baynanza etc.) I'm also Order of the Arrow and wrote my essay about Scouting.
Red Cross Learn-To-Swim Program: Every summer since I was 13 I have taught kids how to swim for the whole summer. I am a certified Water Safety Instructor Aide and Lifeguard.
Church Community Service: Altar Server and Assistant Catechist all four years of high school.
[[All of this community service added up gives me over 1000 hours.]]
Swimming 9, 10
Tennis (Team Manager) 10, 11
Model U.N. 12
Asian Culture Club (I'm learning diversity =P) 10, 11 , 12
Italian Club 9, 10, 11</p>

<p>I'm having my interview this Saturday so wish me luck!
Thanks in advance for any comments =)</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot. You have definitely excelled in many areas and concentrated in several significant ECs.</p>

<p>You say you have a "low GPA," but you're in the top 4% of a 900-person class, and it's 5.3 weighted. Unless this is on a 6-point or higher scale, I'm missing something.</p>

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<p>why did you already take some IB exams? It's really hard to take an IB exam after only a year because the courses are designed to be taught over a 2 year period.</p>

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<p>VeryHappy</p>

<p>Thanks for the encouraging post =) and my GPA is out of a 4.0 scale, but I've seen alot of threads where people have much better GPAs. Also, due to my rigorous curriculum I have a higher weighted GPA than other kids in my school who have 4.0s.</p>

<p>Piratemonkey</p>

<p>My school made me take 2 of my SLs during my junior year so I wouldn't be swamped my senior year since I am taking a science and a math. Also, I did have two years of Calc since it was pre-calc then calc.</p>

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I've seen alot of threads where people have much better GPAs.

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<p>There will always be someone with a higher GPA, higher SATs, taller, better dancer, cuter, with better hair. Get over it. Once your grades and scores are high enough so you're in the running -- and they are -- then they're looking at the total package. There is absolutely no reason -- no reason!! -- to obsess over your GPA.</p>

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<p>your GPA is fine. in fact its better than a lot of the seniors at my high school. so i wouldn't obsess over it. and i think you have a decent shot but as always there are no way to be sure. but good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks to all of you for your encouraging comments =)</p>