<p>I know everyone is so busy during application season, but I would be honored if a few people would be willing to chance me for my top schools. I really just want to know what to expect, because my application has some obvious shortcomings. I don't quite know how drastically these will affect my chances... so I came here. Thank you in advance :)</p>
<p>Schools:
Yale SCEA
Princeton
Brown
Dartmouth
Middlebury
Washington & Lee
Swarthmore
Tufts
Duke
Penn State Schreyer Honors College</p>
<p>Academics</p>
<p>*ACT: 36
*SAT II: Math II: 790, Lit: 740
* All honors courses and mostly A's throughout high school (I received 2 89's in 9th grade and 1 89 in 10th grade, which I'm really worried about); definitely most rigorous courseload available. Currently have straight A's (respectively: 90, 94, 92, 99, 96, 100) in my senior year classes: AP Bio, AP US Gov, AP Spanish, AP Physics C, AP English Lit, Advanced Topics in Calculus.
*AP scores from junior year: Calc BC (and AB subscore) - 5, English Language - 5, Psychology - 5
* 94.0 unweighted GPA, 98.3 weighted
* Top 10% (my school only ranks by decile)</p>
<p>ECs</p>
<ul>
<li>4 yrs Cross Country (1 freshman, 1 JV, 2 Varsity)</li>
<li>3 yrs Debate Team</li>
<li>2 yrs NHS</li>
<li>3 yrs school newspaper (have won statewide and local student press awards)</li>
<li>2 yrs Quiz Bowl</li>
<li>1 yr Political Club</li>
<li>Have gone on a weeklong mission trip each summer since 7th grade, so I have a lot of service hours (assuming mission trips count)</li>
<li>Was elected by my congregation (of over 450 members) to represent them for two years in a row at the national conference of the denomination. One of, if not the, only teenage delegate at the conferences. (out of 700 voting delegates)</li>
<li>Food service job from the summer after 10th grade until now. 35-40 hrs/week in the Summer, 3-8 hrs/week during the school year</li>
<li>Co-organized a charity/awareness event/exhibit to raise money to fight modern-day slavery and human trafficking, while promoting awareness in the community.</li>
</ul>
<p>Honors</p>
<ul>
<li>First Honor Roll (9, 10, 11, 12)</li>
<li>Local newspaper honorable mention for journalism (11)</li>
<li>Statewide gold (1st place) in state journalism awards (11)</li>
<li>AP Scholar (11)</li>
<li>NHS (11, 12)</li>
<li>National Merit Semifinalist (12)</li>
</ul>
<p>Other</p>
<p>*White, middle-class (approx. $80k/year), male
* My recs are really good, I believe. One came from my World History teacher who presented one of my projects at a national geography teachers conference, while the other was my calc teacher who I have again for Adv. Topics in Calc. My guidance counselor knows and likes me.
* Essays should be good, but not amazing. Writing about the charity event for one and my mother's battle with cancer and death, and how that has affected me.</p>
<p>Thank you so much in advance for taking the time to read this for me. I'm curious as to how my 3 89's will affect me? My grades definitely show an upward trend, but is that enough to compensate for 3 B's?</p>