<p>White, Male, Appalachian Ohio, Not applying for Financial Aid</p>
<p>Undecided on major</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0UW
-School doesn't have AP or Honors, but this is hardest possible courseload</p>
<p>RANK: 1 of 99</p>
<p>ACT: 33</p>
<p>SAT: 800 CR, 680 M, 650 W
-Took it yesterday and I'm pretty sure I got 720+ on the math, hopefully giving me like a 1520</p>
<p>-NMSF</p>
<p>ECs:
-NHS (President)
-Class Officer
-Boys State Delegate
-3rd place, Ohio American Legion Oratorical Contest
-Varsity Tennis (All-Conference)
-Mock Trial (Captain)
-Quiz Team (Captain)
-2 years of JV Soccer
-Synago Student Ministry
-Part Time job at a pizza place</p>
<p>What are my chances for: </p>
<p>-Vanderbilt
-Emory (Emory Scholars)
-Miami Ohio (Harrison Scholarship)
-Duke
-Northwestern
-Penn (Wharton)
-HYP</p>
<p>To be honest though ... I really just want to get in to Vanderbilt. Should I feel pretty confident about this?</p>
<p>Bump ... anyone else?</p>
<p>I wouldn't put all of your extra curriculars, only the ones that you are most passionate about. Other than that, make sure you have a spectacular essay to set you apart from all the other straight A/ NHS member/ amazing SAT/ACT score robots.</p>
<p>Bump ... does anyone else have any input?</p>
<p>You're set for Vandy, I'll bet.</p>
<p>Lack of APs is no problem, they will know that your school doesn't have any.</p>
<p>Applying for aid will probalby your chances though, accross the board. Do a lot of kids from your school apply to top notch schools? If so, then it might change a lot as well.</p>
<p>Will applying for aid better or hurt my chances of admission? I know that I have no shot at recieving any need-based aid.</p>
<p>Also, No one from my HS really applies to top schools. I doubt anyone from my HS has applied to any of those schools (except Miami) in this past decade or so. Do you think this betters my chances?</p>
<p>I'll give this thread one final bump before I let it die ... Does anyone else have any advice or input?</p>