Chances RD

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<p>SAT: M 770 CR 650 W 700
SAT II: Math II: 760 Chem: 720</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.97 W GPA: 4.88</p>

<p>Class Rank: 5/361 (Top 1%)</p>

<p>Treasurer of National Honor Society
Vice president and one of two founds of school chemistry club.
Varsity Lacrosse (Four of my friends and I petitioned to get a lacrosse team this year. This is the first year teh sport is in existence at our school).
Treasurer of academic quiz bowl team.
Treasurer of math honor society.
Published photographer.
Attended Seminar for Top Engineering Prospects at Purdue University over the summer.
Student of distinction in math and science.
Honor roll awards.</p>

<p>I have a letter form my AP Chem teacher who has known me for three years. I have another from my AP Language teacher.</p>

<p>APs: Chemistry, English Language, Statistics, Calc AB, Computer Science A, Psychology</p>

<p>White male from a public high school in Florida.</p>

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<p>Pretty good chances it seems. Make sure the subjective stuff (i.e. your essays and recommendations) are really good.</p>

<p>By the way, 5/361 is top 2%.</p>

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<p>5/361 = 0.01385</p>

<p>That would be 1.385%....it would round down to the top 1%....that is how it is calculated at my school</p>

<p>I also have my essay written for the common app....If anyone owuld care to read it and give me some feedback I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks!</p>

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<p>Well, I'm saying you can't be in the "top 1%" if you're not 1% or better. Just as something like 10.3 would not be "Top 10"</p>

<p>Similarly, you cannot score higher than 99th percentile on a standardized test. You can be better than 99.8% of your peers, but that doesn't "round up".</p>

<p>But that's all semantics, really, and not at all what the discussion at hand is about.</p>

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<p>bump bump bump</p>