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<p>Who can tell me my chances for EA? </p>

<p>Okay here goes:
GPA: 4.0 unweighted
Class Rank: 11/381 (2.8%)
ACT: 32 Math, 31 English, 30 Comp (I took it again, should get results back in two weeks!)</p>

<p>Schedule (remember I never got anything but an A):
Freshman Year
Health (Althaus)
Physical Education (Martin)
Latin I (Buck)
Honors Physical Science (Hutchinson)
Honors Geometry (Kurt)
American World History (Yaggi)
Honors English (Zagar)
Word Processing (Lance)
Spreadsheet/Database (Kaufman)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Physical Education (Martin)
Honors Biology (Burton)
Honors Algebra II, Honors Trigonometry (North)
U.S. History (Kauffman)
Honors English (Callaghan)
Latin II (Buck)
College Speedwriting (Swanson)Newspaper I (Gramuglia)</p>

<p>Junior Year
Honors Chemistry (Schmeltzer)
Pre-Calculus (Barlow)
AP Government (Shepard)
Academic English (Vlosky)
Newspaper II (Gramuglia)
Spanish I (Lee)
Business Management (Lance)</p>

<p>Senior Year
AP Calculus AB (Also learning Calculus BC with four to five seniors later this year) (Barlow)
AP Chemistry (Schmeltzer)
AP Economics (Johnson)
Honors Analytical Physics (Hutchinson)
European Literature (Miller)
Senior Composition (Callaghan)
Newspaper III (Gramuglia)
(teachers are listed for my personal reference; my school offers REALLY limited AP courses))</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
School Newspaper(10-12)- Associate editor of staff, front page editor, opinion page editor
Student Council(9-12)- President (9-11) Vice President (12) Ticket and Floor Committee Chairman(12)
Galaxy Restaurant Employee(9-12) -Coat Check(9) Dining Room busboy (10) Sports Bar Busboy (11-12) Barbacker (11-12)
Key Club(9-11)- Vice President(11) [Forced to retire due to my AP Chemistry class being before the school day]
Volunteer Opportunities for Teens(9-12) -Landscaping my church(9) Adopt-a-Family Chairperson(9) Mulching my school(9,11), Freshman Orientation Leader(12)
American Red Cross(11-12) -Emergency room laboratory runner and volunteer(12) worked at blood drive twice - in charge of double red volunteers(11,12)
Life Matters Organization (9)-Published author in offical magazine dealing with life and death [Organization was discontinued after this year]
Sacred Heart Church Member (9-12)-Church cleaner (9), Youth Group (9), Young Life Christians (10), Altar Server (9-12)
Peer Mentoring (11) -In charge of mentoring two middle school students(11), tutored two seniors in both Algebra II and Trigonometry (11)
Young </p>

<p>Awards:
Student of the month
Newspaper's Top Staffer of the Month
Newspaper's Top Staffer of the Year
NOSPA Excellent Commentary Award on an opinion article a wrote
Nominated by my peers for homecoming court all possible years, elected king sophomore year
National Honors Society
Inducted into HUDDLE to inform children about the risks of drugs.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Absolutely amazing, or so my counselor told me.
Counselor Recommendation: She has told me I'm the hardest working student she has ever come across.</p>

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<p>Why does your counselor know what's in your teacher rec letter?</p>

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<p>ACT is a little low but otherwise you seem well qualified. Try and convey your passion through your essays and hope for the best.</p>

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<p>"Why does your counselor know what's in your teacher rec letter?"</p>

<p>A lot of teachers give counselors recs to mail with their own. There is nothing wrong with this.</p>

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<p>yea viva, at my school my teacher's write their letters of recommendation and then submit them to the guidance department so they can be mailed together.</p>

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<p>Are you going to submit SAT II's? Although they are not required, Stanford strongly recommends them (which to me means that you should submit them).</p>

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<p>Hm, I didn't know that. At my school a rec is considered private between the teacher and the college and the counselor is strongly discouraged from ever seeing it. One of my teachers that wrote my recs actually seals her envelope and signs on top of it so that if it's ever opened (by anyone else than the adcom) it becomes invalidated.</p>

<p>Also, to the OP, congrats on your great stats :) Especially the extracurriculars. It seems like you have passion and it shows.</p>

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<p>Forgot to address this particular point- at my school they also mail everything together as well, my teacher's letter is just put in its own sealed envelope (so nobody else can see it) in the big folder with all the other stuff (transcript, counselor form and letter, etc etc). I guess it's just my school's way of doing things and I just assumed it applied to other schools.</p>

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<p>"Student of the month" sounds like an award you get in kindergarten.</p>

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<p>"Student of the month" sounds like an award you get in kindergarten.</p>

<p>^ LMAO.... hahahahahahahah
I could not stop laugn after i read that</p>

<p>OOO boi that was funna</p>

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<p>yeah, i probably would have suggested against adding that award. and the staffer of the month award. :( but err.. in which section did you put the homecoming nominations?</p>

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<p>im doing regular decision so i haven't started my application... i'll make note of that. however, student of the month is awarded to one senior student in my high school each month; so it actually does mean something...</p>

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<p>Take SAT IIs in December if you haven't yet.</p>

<p>Don't list the "Student of the month" award. It looks pitiful.
I am also not sure about the "homecoming king" thing. This is Stanford. They don't have "I-am-handsome-and-oh-so-popular" section on their application...</p>

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<p>I am taking the SATIIs in december. Also, I figured why not add the homecoming portion. It has to mean something to be well respected / well liked by your peers to the point that they would elect you every year to something.</p>