<p>hello!
OOS, very competitive/challenging school district, junior</p>
<p>by the end of senior year i will have taken 5 AP's
APES, AP psych, AP Lit, AP Calc, AP government
got a 5 on my first AP test (government)
all honors classes otherwise including: physics, pre calc, english, spanish (4 years), biology, chem, etc.
I have an internship at a local elementary school
done service trips in foreign countries with my school
never have gotten a C, mostly get A's with a couple B's
in 3 impressive extracurriculars
JV soccer for 2 years, highest level soccer (in my state) for 8 years
4.2 weighted GPA, 3.85 unweighted
haven't taken SAT'S or ACT'S but i am normally a good standardized test taker
excellent rec's</p>
<p>Stats sound good. Quality/competitiveness of your HS isn’t that important. Most WI HS’s are likely as good and/or they expect you to do well relative to your HS peer group. This means that if your HS quality is high you are expected to take advantage of its good teaching and learn the material presented (get good grades)- no using the supposed caliber of the HS as an excuse for mediocre/poor grades. This comment is directed at any who read this- not just the OP.</p>
<p>Indiana is very nice and good in liberal arts, music and business. Iowa has its charms. UMinn has very nice OOS tuition. Outside the midwest Colorado Boulder is beautiful and has some good depts.</p>
<p>Students often overestimate the quality of their HS. Best to assume yours is not better than many in WI. Better to not count on your HS’s value instead of your personal credentials.</p>
<p>There is no reason to guess at how your high school is rated, just go into navience(if you have it) and look at the graphs. Before my son applied to UW we already knew that with his grades and SAT scores 100% of other students were accepted. We were both disappointed to have the early decision deferred. If you apply to 10 schools and you are in the acceptance range (graph) then you should get into more then 8.</p>