Chances??

Colleges and Universities A-Z American University
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<p>Eth-White
Sex- Male
Area- West Virginia!
Religion- Catholic and Greek Orthodox
Field of Study: Political Science/International Relations </p>

<p>School: About 600 students in Rural WV (though, near Pittsburgh and Ohio). It’s a Public School, and we don’t really offer a lot of the higher-level courses. I’ve had a fairly decent amount of classes of what IS offered, except I have forgone Calculus (took Pre-Calc) and physics so I could focus on Social Sciences, since that is where my concentration lies. </p>

<p>My school doesn’t have people apply Ivy League. I’m one of the first people who has applied from it in over 15 years (and the two others who have applied Ivy went to UPenn). </p>

<p>SAT:
Math-600
C.R.- 640
Writing- 710
Essay- 8 and 10 </p>

<p>ACT:
29</p>

<p>SAT II:
US- 570/630
Math I- 570
Math II- 570
Literature—540/570 </p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: School doesn’t weight grades </p>

<h1>1 in my high school class out of approx. 200</h1>

<p>AP Classes: </p>

<p>AP Chem
AP Chem—Lab
AP English Lit.
AP Civics/Government (online)
AP US History
AP Psychology</p>

<p>Also, this year I’ve been trying to find classes since they are not offered at my school. 2 of my AP’s (Psych and History) are taught teleconferenced from another school, and I’m the first person in my school to take an online course (AP Gov). I’m also taking an independent study course this semester, so I’m taking 5 classes instead of 4. All in all, throughout High School, I’ll have had 35 classes—while I’ve really only had an opportunity to take 32. </p>

<p>ExtraCurricular:</p>

<p>Key Club: 4 years, current GOVERNOR of West Virginia’s District and a member of the Key Club International Council. I’ve spent nearly 1 thousand hours with the organization in planning stages, communications, etc, as well as hundreds of hours doing community service.
Academic Games: 8 years (since 5th). Multi-National Champion in individual games, teamwise, and all-around titles. </p>

<p>Lector at my local church (I read the Bible Passages on Sundays) </p>

<p>Student Council: Rep, 1 year. Class Vice-President, 2 years</p>

<p>Environmental Awareness Club: 3 years. Publicist and Secretary</p>

<p>Volunteer at local nursing home: 5 years (7-11). Over 600 volunteer hours </p>

<p>Job: Local Assisted Living Facility: 400+ hours in 9 months. When the activites Director left, I was made a temporary manager/department head for the summer, working 40+ hours a week. </p>

<p>Debate Team: 2 years, regional debate champion</p>

<p>Lit Mag/Yearbook/School Newspaper: Let’s just say the Publication’s Department sees a lot of me!</p>

<p>Friends of Rachel Club: 1 year (just started, charter member). </p>

<p>Soccer: 9th, Varisty Letter. OVAC All-Academic Team</p>

<p>Community Service has really been the highlight of my HS career. </p>

<p>Essays: I think they’re good. But, that would be up to the Admissions Counselor(s). I wrote about my service and Key Club Involvement/Journey and how it’s given me a world-ly perspective outside of a rural WV High School. </p>

<p>Teacher Recs.- Read a few, they seem excellent. My Counselor recc. was amazing. </p>

<p>Standardized tests are what will make or break me. Basically, my SATII’s aren’t amazing by any standard, but I’m hoping everything else sorta balances it out……</p>

<p>I think my experiences and my emphasis on the importance of networking with others to get a better knowledge will help. </p>

<p>What are my chances???</p>

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<p>you’re in for sure</p>

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<p>Thank you–that’s good news. I was starting to get worried that I wouldn’t get in anywhere-- that would suck!</p>

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<p>definitely in, but the SATs will really hurt if you want to get into the Honors College.</p>

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<p>You have really similar stats to me, and I got in with a merit scholarship. Good luck!</p>

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<p>To add on to IR09:
If you don’t get accepted into the honors college, you can very easily self-nominate. All you need are the grades at AU, which can be done, with a little bit of work.</p>

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<p>Green Apple -
So, do you go there now? My D and I are going to visit in two weeks. We’d appreciate any advice you’d like to pass along!</p>

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<p>Got in-- thanks everyone for your advice/help :)</p>

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<p>This might be strange, but I’m so happy YOU got in! My stats are similar, except trade my GPA for my test scores (my GPA is kind of lacking but my test scores are fantastic for AU). AU is quickly over-riding GWU as my favorite and - although I was never worried about “getting in” to AU before visiting CC - I’m glad to see that I, like you, have a chance. Your success is my success! I know, that’s such a selfish thing to say… I think we’re all stressing right now. Can you forgive me?</p>