<p>SAT:
2350-
800 Math
770 Critical Reading
780 Writing</p>
<p>ACT:
35</p>
<p>APs: 10 Total: Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics A, Physics B, Statistics, Biology, Eng. Lit, Gov't and Politics, US History, Macro Economics</p>
<p>Extracirriculars:
-Vice President LD
Speech and Debate (10,11,12)
-Treasurer of Community Service Club(11,12)
-President of Mu Alpha Theta(12) Founded
-Foreign Language Club (11,12)
-NHS(10,11,12)</p>
<p>Summers:
Stanford Debate Camp(LD-Debate)
TASP Alumni (WashU)
Volunteer at Local Hospital(50 hrs)</p>
<p>Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Semifinalist
Top 50 LD Debate NFL Nationals
USAMO/AIME/AMC12</p>
<p>Essays:
Confident, feel like I will shine here</p>
<p>Colleges:
Stanford University 10-12 GPA
Columbia University
University of Chicago
Brown University
Georgetown University
Washington University in St. Louis</p>
<p>Honestly, its not that huge of an upward trend, and I beleve that your potential is limited based on your 9/10 performance....however, as a debater myself, finishing in the top 50 @ nationals is very strong:
Stanford: 15-20%
Colum: 20-25%
UC: not familiar enough with
BU: 20-25%
GU: 35-40%</p>
<p>The upward trend is not as big as it actually is because of the weighting system at my school.
My grades went like this-
Freshmen: 3 C's 5 B's 5 A-'s 4 A's
Sophomore: 1 B+ 8 A-'s 7 A's
Junior: 15 A's 1 B+
Senior: 8 A's</p>
<p>that's how the upward trend is, and if you don't think that's huge then... well whatever lol, I think junior and senior are the real reflections of my grades.</p>
<p>Can I please have chances at the schools with that in mind? articularly Stanford.. top choice.</p>
<p>Do they recalculate a rank based on 10-12 grades, instead of looking at the 9% with freshmen year included? it would seem silly to do so recalculating a GPA without recalculating a rank that would reflect that, no?</p>
<p>I forgot to add Berkeley to the schools I applied to, any chances on that would be appreciated as well! Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Do I have a hook? TASP+USAMO+Debate Nationals counts as hooks, right? 3 national events..?</p>
<p>I understand, but your freshman year is on your transcript, and those c's and d's are impossible to overcome...it sucks, because you seem like you have a lot of potential...HOWEVER, stanford did admit 100 transfers @ a 7.4% admit rate...I think you are a good candidate for this...</p>
<p>Better chances:
Stanford University:30%
Columbia University:35%
University of Chicago:45%
Brown University:No comment
Georgetown University:60%
Washington University in St. Louis:55%</p>
<p>Stanford University (Good Shot)
Columbia University (Good Shot)
University of Chicago (Very Good Shot)
Brown University (Good Shot)
Georgetown University (Very Good Shot)
Washington University in St. Louis (Very Good Shot)</p>
<p>I think your best shot is at Chicago which tends to more forgiving than the others. You certainly have some real strengths, scores and TASP, but 9% at an uncompetitive school really hurts.</p>
<p>pdef, are you a newb? Oh wait, you are. Welcome to College Confidential. We are a very open community: Even a I'm-a-know-of-douchebag is welcome.</p>
<p>The OP not only has top 75 percentile SAT/ACT scores for most of the schools he's applying too. His upward trend nullifies his 3.1 freshman year. His EC's are impressive. And don't think that every single kids at Harvard have won major national awards. I know 18 students there, and only half of them have the same credential as the OP. You are inexperience so your condescending ignorance is forgivable.</p>
<p>Stanford recalculates, but for rank they ask on the application if the rank is based on 10-12 or 9-12. If they see your transcript and notice that your grades are better 10-12, they'll deduce that your rank by their standards would be better than a rank based on 9-12 grades.</p>
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<p>Haha, community college with a 2350 and a top 10% rank eh? You, my friend, are a terrible judge of stats. It's not as if this poster is solely applying to top 50 schools.</p>