Chances/Problems for Incoming Junior.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I know from my time on this board that it's hard to evaluate chances for an incoming junior, so I'd really appreciate if you could tell me how I'm doing and what I may be missing and need to work on.</p>

<p>White male from public school in pacific northwest.</p>

<p>Freshman year classes, grades for each semester:</p>

<p>Lit/Comp 9: A/A
World History: A/A
IMP II (a regional math class, geometry equiv): A/B
Biology: A/A
Spanish II: A/A
Health I and PE: A/A
Concert Band: A/A</p>

<p>Sophomore year classes, grades for each semester:</p>

<p>Accel. Lit/Comp 10: A/A
Western Civ: A/A
IMP III (Algebra 2 equiv): A/A
Chemistry: A/A
Spanish III: A/A
Health II and PE: A/A
Wind Ensemble: A/A
Electric Band (after school class worth 1/2 credit): A</p>

<p>Planned Junior year classes:</p>

<p>IB Chemistry
IB Hist Americas
IB Spanish
IB English I
IMP IV (Pre-Calc equiv)
Wind Ensemble
Jazz Band
Electric Band</p>

<p>3.95 GPA UW. At our school only 11th and 12th grade classes can be weighted. </p>

<p>Class Rank 26/520. All 25 people above me are tied with a perfect 4.0. Many took easy classes, and my rank should rise with Junior year.</p>

<p>PLAN score (basically a pre-ACT) indicates a score of 34-35 on ACT.
Practice PSAT indicates 1530 on old SAT.</p>

<p>ECs from 9th and 10th and planned for 11th:</p>

<p>Marching Band: Clarinet 9/10, Drum Major 11.
Electric Band: Alto Sax 10/11.
Winter Percussion: Tenors 10/11.
Wind Ensemble/Concert Band: Clarinet 9/10/11. 1st chair 11th.
Jazz Band: Alto Sax 11.
Private Lessons: Clarinet/Alto Sax 10th/11th
Ultimate Frisbee Club: Co-founder and Officer 10/11.
Pit Orchestra: 11.
Destination Imagination Improv Team, 1st place at State 9th/10th</p>

<p>Community Service:</p>

<p>Volunteering for local State Representative campaign.</p>

<p>Ahhh, I guess that's it. I'm currently seriously interested in Music Education and Jazz Studies at Northwestern. I also have my eyes on Columbia, UCB, UPenn (Wharton), and Cornell, and will probably apply to Stanford, because why the hell not. My safety school is University of Washington. I'm not worried about being prepared for the music auditions as I have over a year to prepare for with my private instructor. You might notice the lack of 9th grade activities, I tried about 3 clubs that year that I didn't hold interest in. I don't see any reason to list something that I didn't invest commitment in.</p>

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<p>...what was the 'problem' part of that?</p>

<p>I'd say you stand a fair chance.</p>

<p>Though, of course, a LOT of your admissions will be based on skill and talent, if you're going into music. So work extra hard on those music auditions.</p>

<p>I don't mean to scare you, but my friend applied for music at Northwestern. She plays piano; and she would play weddings and things, and also was part of a quartet that played at Chicago's Orchestral Hall. She also got into their summer program, and attended it. And she was a grauating Junior, and within the top ten of the seniors class(she got ranked with them her last year). Thirty-one ACT.
She would take one day a week off of school to stay home and practice. And like, this girl was gooood. Like, wow. I can't even describe. She was amazing.
And she got into Northwestern, but NOT their music program. So they really are skills-based.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>...electric band? I'm intrigued.</p>

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<p>Thanks for that.</p>

<p>Electric Band is like really hardcore Pep Band. We play Tower of Power, KC and the Sunshine Band, Kool and the Gang. XP</p>

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<p>BandTenHut:</p>

<p>UCB: Slight Reach (out of state)</p>

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<p>Hmm. Bump at least once.</p>

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<p>A school with 25 people that have a 4.0 might not be looked at too highly by some colleges.</p>

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<p>Well, everyone at our school can't be innately screwed.</p>