<p>Student:</p>
<p>Gender: F
Location: Minnesota
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.80
GPA - Weighted: 4.20
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 379</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT I Math: 620
SAT I Critical Reading: 770
SAT I Writing: 700
ACT: 32</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: National Honors Society
Link Crew</p>
<p>Work
Had a job since my freshman year..
year and a half at a pizza place
part-time at the History Center during the summer
currently at Zumiez and the history center, will be (hopefully) lifeguarding full-time time this summer</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work: Volunteer at Wildlife Center - 30 hours
Participated in the Global Night Commute (<3 the invisible children)</p>
<p>Honors and Awards: Silver Medalist - National Latin Exam
Maxima cum laude - National Junior Classical League
Just nominated for National Council of English Teachers Writing Achievement Award
Some award for taking a lot of languages the language teachers I think made up when they realized I was in all their classes</p>
<p>Colleges of Interest:
Pomona - 1st choice
Stanford
Brown
Claremont Mckenna
Other Claremonts
Vassar
Dartmouth
Michigan Tech(my little safety)</p>
<p>I'm taking 6/7 AP's offered at my school, along with as many honors courses I can fit into my schedule
I'll have 4 years of spanish, 2 years of latin, and 1 year of french when I graduate</p>
<p>I'm only a junior..already planning on joining Key Club, Student Newspaper, and doing hundreds of volunteer hours this year
but I've still got this whole year to improve, so any suggestions would be awesome :)</p>
<p>It's early, but as of right now:</p>
<p>Pomona - Match to Slight Reach (need higher Math SAT score and good Math II or SAT science scores)
Stanford - Reach (need more ECs and/or academic/music competitions)
Brown - Slight Reach
Claremont Mckenna - Match
Harvey Mudd - Slight Reach (Academic competitions, engineering class at community college or summer internship in math/engineering area)
Pitzer College - Match
Scripps College - Match
Vassar - Match
Dartmouth - Reach (see comments above for Stanford)
Michigan Tech(my little safety) - Safe Match to Safety</p>
<p>Pomona - Slight reach to Reach (need higher Math SAT score and good Math II or SAT science scores)
Stanford - Big Reach (need more ECs and/or academic/music competitions)
Brown - Reach
Harvey Mudd - Reach (Academic competitions, engineering class at community college or summer internship in math/engineering area)
Dartmouth - Big Reach (see comments above for Stanford)</p>
<p>Well for Pomona I'll only be sending my ACT, because they require 2 SATIIs with the SATI, or just the ACT alone
So they wont see my extremely low Math SAT
Would that improve my chances?</p>
<p>Even if you took the ACT, they break down the ACT sub-components. So my question back to you is, "How did you do on the Math sub-component of the ACT?"</p>
<p>The hole to me looks like ECs. At many schools and for many students, NHS involves one or two yearly meetings and possibly some optional activities. More service always looks (and <em>is</em>, of course) good, too. You don't have to go founding your own NGO and joining every club in school, but for someone with such a strong academic profile, it would be unfortunate if a lack of notable ECs (which will be expected by a number of schools on your list) keeps you out.</p>
<p>You mention "other Claremont schools" and people have been including Mudd, but it seems quite out of line with your record. </p>
<p>In general, I'd say you're great at school. Job well done. However, and I'm sure you've heard this over and over, the vast majority of applicants to Pomona, Stanford, CMC, Dartmouth, Vassar, etc., etc. are great at school. Make yourself stand out. The fact that you have consistent work experience will certainly work in your favor.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>