<p>Im a white junior in an ohio public school,
Here are my specs:
GPA-3.6U/3.93W should rise this year
Rank-~10/200
Taken all adv/honors classes, AP US history AP Physics, will take next year AP English, AP Calculus AP Spanish (thats all that are available at my high school except for art history)
29 ACT (took at the beginning of sophomore year, will retake in june) Target 33
Freshman year: Freshman basketball, Representative for student govt, Track, Football
Sophomore year: JV basketball, Representative for student govt, track, football, JV quizbowl, Teachers Aide
Junior year: JV basketball, Vice President for student govt, Spanish Club, Varsity Quizbowl, Teachers Aide
Senior year: Should be President of Student govt and Varsity Quiz bowl and Varsity Basketball
National Honor Society, Boys State
Been working steadily since 16</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, you definitely need to improve your ACT to at least a 33 to be competitive. A 3.6 GPA (though not impossible I made it here haha), is definitely going to hurt you. Getting 5's in USH and Physics would be important as well.</p>
<p>You need something a little.... extra, in your application. Alot of people apply who happen to have stats similar, or better than yours. Find something you do, or write about it in the personal statement, that makes you something special, and definitely sets you apart for the rest of the applicant pool. This summer may be a good opportunity to apply to a program that may spice up your application.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>I'm definitely going to work on that ACT. I think since i now have two more years under my belt a 33 should not be too difficult. Should I plan on taking the SAT also?</p>
<p>Looks like you've got a passion for student government...definitely talk about Boys' State experience---that is impressive!</p>
<p>Test scores typically help balance a lower than average GPA. If you do well on the SAT it is worth taking, otherwise it might not help you. The last thing you want to do is confirm to them that you're the average applicant. Know what I mean?</p>
<p>(In the same regards SAT II's would be helpful if you did outstanding)</p>
<p>my stats were extremely similar to yours as far as extracurriculars, difficulty of classes taken, GPA and rank (nearly identical, actually) and I got in ED 2 this year. I did get a 34, however, so work on that ACT. make sure you can get some great recommendations and write a solid essay and you should be golden. it looks like you've put yourself in a solid position.</p>
<p>Im going on a round trip college visit this spring break and ill be deciding on whether i want to apply ED to any of them. If i decide to for Vandy, is there much difference between ED 1 and ED 2 as far as chances?</p>
<p>my admissions counselor told me that the criteria for ED1 and ED2 are "basically the same". on the other hand, 45% of ED1 got accepted this year, while the percentage of ED overall that got accepted was 38%... so the ED2 accept rate mush have been considerably smaller (especially since it's a smaller applicant pool too)</p>
<p>GCN2 wrote... *To be perfectly honest, you definitely need to improve your ACT to at least a 33 to be competitive. A 3.6 GPA (though not impossible I made it here haha), is definitely going to hurt you. Getting 5's in USH and Physics would be important as well.</p>
<p>You need something a little.... extra, in your application. Alot of people apply who happen to have stats similar, or better than yours. Find something you do, or write about it in the personal statement, that makes you something special, and definitely sets you apart for the rest of the applicant pool. This summer may be a good opportunity to apply to a program that may spice up your application.</p>
<p>Best of luck!*</p>
<p>And this is why I complain about my 32 ACT all the time, folks! =] I'm just hoping my 4.0 unw & ridiculous courseload, and everything else will compensate for that.</p>
<p>Haha, to clarify:</p>
<p>I, in no way, meant to say a 32 will keep you OUT of Vandy. However a 32 alone will not get you in the door. Hilsa, I wouldn't stress too much, it seems like you have got it together.</p>