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<p>I am a junior at a competitive private Catholic high school who will be applying to Pepperdine this fall and I was hoping you guys could make a rough estimation on my changes of admission.</p>

<p>The stats
GPA: 3.95W/3.65UW (7-point grading scale, will be converted to a 10-point grading scale, so I expect my UW GPA too look more like a 3.8 or 3.9)
(Instead of 93-100 being an A, the conversion will make it 90-100% an A)</p>

<p>RANK: 22/153 </p>

<p>ACT: 30, will be taking it again (35 English 33 Reading 28 Math 26 Science)</p>

<p>SAT: Haven't taken it yet. (Yes, I am from the midwest!)</p>

<p>PSAT: 190 </p>

<p>EXTRA CIRRICULARS:
3 years as Class President
Student Body President (most likely) next year
Peer Minister (chosen and trained)
4 (2 varsity) years of football (F/JV captain, hopefully captain next year) - 2010 state champion
4 (3 varsity) years of lacrosse (hopefully captain next year)
2 years of basketball (F captain)
Worked at a restaurant, health club, country club
Plenty community service
2 time essay competition finalist (G.R. Ford 'Courage', Economics Club)
7 years of piano (awards, competition)
Award-winning journalist (3 years school newspaper) - Editor-in-chief next year
Founding Young Investors Club
1 year of choir</p>

<p>I've taken 20 honors/AP courses to this point currently in AP English, AP Biology.</p>

<p>Next year: AP Psychology, AP Economics, AP Government, AP English, and maybe AP Chemistry.</p>

<p>Visited Pepperdine, enjoyed the location.</p>

<p>Also applying to Tulane, Brown, Michigan, Miami OH, Miami FL, USC, UCLA</p>

<p>ALSO--Can you have ANY fun at Pepperdine? I'm not a drinker..but I do plan on having a little bit of fun in college.</p>

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<p>Your stats are way better than mine were. I wouldn’t worry about it.</p>

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<p>Thanks Andy. </p>

<p>Just wondering, is there any partying among the students? I don’t care much about it but everything I’ve heard seems pretty serious.</p>

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<p>Your chances are excellent. I was just accepted for the 2011 fall semester on the Regents’ Scholarship (which I’d imagine you have a great shot at winning as well) and your stats are quite a bit better than mine. Just remember to write STRONG essays. Start them early and put your heart and soul into them.</p>

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<p>GoodDoc and Cougar23,</p>

<p>Merit $ at Pepperdine are not predictable unless you are in the CoC. If Cougar23’s stats are higher than GoodDoc’s I am surprised GoodDoc got large merit $. </p>

<p>My daughter’s stat’s were higher and EC’s comparable. She only was given loans from Pepperdine. Thank goodness for outside scholarships.</p>

<p>GoodDoc’s advice about the quality of the essay is significant…</p>

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<p>I am not a Church of Christ member, I am Greek Orthodox</p>

<p>my stats were 2250 SAT
770 Physics SATII
730 Math II SATII
3.7 GPA
A couple leadership positions in ECs</p>

<p>nothing too extraordinary I guess :/</p>

<p>I feel like my essays were extremely strong too, but of course that’s subjective.</p>

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<p>To answer your question, if you want to party go greek. They are not all about partying of course, but the “partying” type of people are in the greek system.</p>

<p>However, no partying occurs on campus. Most juniors/seniors have off campus apartments though.</p>

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<p>STATS UPDATED THROUGH JUNIOR YEAR. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>GPA: 4.041 Weighted*
** * * * * *3.65 Unweighted</p>

<p>CLASS RANK: 18/153 (Top 11.7% - Competitive private high school)*</p>

<p>ACT: 31 Composite (35 English, 33 Reading, 28 Math, 28 Science)</p>

<p>AP CLASSES:
AP Biology
AP Literature and Composition
AP Language (Next year)
AP Psychology (Next year)
AP Macroeconomics (Next Year)
*
24 Honors/AP Courses through Junior year</p>

<p>EXTRA CIRRICULARS:
-3 Years as Elected Class President
-Editor-in-Chief of award-winning school newspaper (3 years staff writer, editor senior year)

  • Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Award for Informative/Investigative piece*
    -Elected Peer Minister
    -4 Years of Football (3 years as captain)
    ** * <em>- Division 4 State Champion. *</em>
    ** * <em>- Elected member of team Unity Council senior year
    -4 years of Lacrosse (3 years on varsity)
    -2 years of Basketball (2 years as captain)
    -2-time Bronze award winner - National Spanish Exam
    -Winner - Gerald R. Ford Museum Essay Contest
    -Winner - Grand Rapids Economic Club Essay Contest
  • Trigonometry summer course at Grand Rapids Community College
    -Skipped the Seventh Grade
    -3-time Superior rating - National Piano Exam
    -Volunteer - No Barriers USA Foundation
    *</em> * <em>- Guide for Deaf/Blind father
    -Founder/CEO of SPAT Performance Footwear</em>
    ** * *- Developed performance football cleat, worked with * * *manufacturers/designers to eliminate wasteful athletic tape and prevent ankle injuries ([Spat</a> Performance Footwear - Cleats, Shoes, Footwear](<a href=“http://www.spatwear.com%5DSpat”>http://www.spatwear.com))
    -Member of RenegadeCEOs - Incubator for a select group of teen entrepreneurs
    -Inaugural University of Cincinnati DAAP Summer Design Experience Participant
    -Writer for Teen Economics Blog</p>

<p>LEGACY:
Michigan State University (mother)
University of Southern California (father and brother)
Miami University (Ohio) (brother)</p>