Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Southern Methodist University
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<p>Gender: F
Race: Caucasian
State: Maryland
High School: Large public
Major: Undecided as of now, though I'm interested in the extremely unrelated fields of biology (particularily genetics), sociology, and economics.</p>

<p>SAT: 2300 (CR: 770, M: 740, W: 790)
ACT: 35
GPA: 3.6 UW (not very impressive, I know), 4.56 W
Rank: Top 10%</p>

<p>Sports:
JV Indoor Track & Field (9)
Varsity Indoor Track & Field (10-12)
JV Softball (9)
Travel Softball Team (9-12)
Varsity Tennis (10-12)</p>

<p>Music/Arts:
Drama (9-12), lead roles in 11 and 12
Vocal Ensemble (9-12)
Concert Choir (9-12)
Women's Choir (10-12)
A Capella Pop Choir (10-12)
All-County Chorus (9-12)
All-State Chorus (10-12)
Piano (9-12)</p>

<p>Honors:
National Honor Society (11-12)
Thespian Honor Society (10-12)
Music Honor Society (10-12)
Foreign Language Honor Society (12)
AP Scholar
National Merit Scholar Commended
Superior rankings at County and State Solo and Ensemble festivals</p>

<p>Leadership Positions:
Varsity Tennis Captain
Varsity Indoor Track & Field Captain
Class Secretary (9-12)
Student Government Association (9-12)
Treasurer of Music Honor Society (11) and President (12)
Clerk of Thespian Honor Society (11) and Treasurer (12)
Secretary of National Honor Society (12)
VP of Foreign Language Honor Society (12)
Key Club VP (11) and President (12)</p>

<p>Work:
Part-time job (11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Summer camp for underprivileged children (9, 10, 11, 12)
Medical center volunteer (10, 11, 12)
Key Club (10, 11, 12)
Students Against Destructive Decisions (10, 11, 12)</p>

<p>APs:
Music Theory (5)
US History (5)
Chemistry (4)
Calc AB (4)
World History (5)
Human Geography (5)
Lang (5)
Lit (5)
Biology (4)
French (5)</p>

<p>Misc.:
High demonstrated interest
Strong essays
Great recs
I usually do well in interviews</p>

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<p>Absolute shoo in.</p>

<p>If not, then I don’t know what I’m getting myself into.</p>

3

<p>I would think you could get a scholarship. I know SMU is getting a lot harder to get into, but you seem REALLY impressive.</p>

4

<p>I would say you have a 90% chance! :)</p>

5

<p>The only weak link is the GPA. Your curriculum load is heavy enough that you should be okay with the GPA but I think it will decrease your chances at major money.</p>

6

<p>Um full ride most likely</p>

7

<p>I don’t typically comment on threads about peoples chances, but I will go out on a limb and say you should almost certainly be accepted. Not representing SMU on that one though. Sounds like you have a great record of achievement!</p>

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<p>SMU really isn’t hard to get into. You qualify for the Presidential scholarship. It’s mostly selective thought.</p>

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<p>^ GPA will likely keep the poster from being competitive for the President’s Scholars program as the median GPA for interviewed students has been a 4.0 for the past few years.</p>