Chances

<p>Hi, i'm going to be a senior this year and I was wondering if anyone could help me see if I have a good chance of getting into the schools that i want.</p>

<p>GPA unweighted: 4.0
ACT: Math 35, CR 33, English 33, Science 28(ran out of time) composite 32
will be retaking before I apply</p>

<p>classes(my school offers a few APs and no honors courses)
9th grade
Band(our band is nationally ranked and just won the dixie classic national competition)
Anatomy and Physiology
Algebra2a(junior classes skipped 2 grades in math)
Algebra2b
Biology
English 9
Gym/Health(required to graduate)</p>

<p>10th grade
Band(got 1st chair sax)
AP Calc(skipped pre-calc)
AP US
AP Euro
Intro Chem/Physics
Chemistry
English 10</p>

<p>11th grade
Calc1 at private college(didn't accept ap scores)
Calc2 at private college
Band(still 1st chair won dixie classic national festival again)
AP Gov
British Literature(hardest english class at my highschool offered at the time, skipped english11)
Spanish1
Spanish2(school only offers 2years of spanish)</p>

<p>Summer between 11th and 12grade
Physics1
World History</p>

<p>12th grade(that i'm scheduled for)
Band
Calc3 at private college
Differential Equations at private college
Freshmen Biology at private college
AP English Lit (1st year offered)
AP Physics
Advanced Composition(like "honors" course)
I've taken every AP class at my school</p>

<p>ECs
Disk thrower for varsity track for 4 years(3rd in league this year, projected to go to states next year missed it this year by 5f)
Basketball for 3years
Football for 2years
Jazz Band for 3years(1st tenor sax)
Harvard Model Congress 3years(only sophmore ever allowed to go from my school)
Tutor children from low income families for free 3years
President of Club International(welcomes the foreign exchange students, helps them with being in US and we learn about their culture from them)
NHS
Pit Orchestra 3years
Studen Gov 2years
NYLF forum on Medicine summer sophmore year
Head server at Catholic church
Volunteer at local SIREN shelter
In the mentoring program at my school(very selective to get into)
Volunteer at a local childrens' hospital
Captain of my schools Relay for Life Team 3years(1st person to not be a senior,raised $10,000 this year)
Just got on the Committee for Relay for Life(huge leadership role, 1st kid still in highschool to get put on the Committee)
Worked on the campaigns for Rick Jones(State Rep who won and this year is running for the State Senate, worked on both campaigns) and for Cheryl Haddock(running for Rick Jones seat now that he has been term limited) both said they would write very glowing reconmendations</p>

<p>Schools
1. UChicago
2. Northwestern
3. UofM
4. UCBerkely
5. UCLA
6. URochester
7. Cornell
8. Columbia
9. Case Western
10. Duke
11. Notre Dame
12. Emory
13. Rice
14. NYU
Thanks to all who comment</p>

<p>and i’m ranked 1/300 in my school</p>

<p>bump…</p>

<p>I’d say you’re in pretty good shape for any of the schools on your list.</p>

<p>Looking good, might want to trim the college list.</p>

<p>yea next month i’m starting my college visits and interviews so the list will get smaller, i just haven’t gotten the chance with my summer classes and working on 2 political campaigns right now</p>

<p>i go to a pretty bad high school(average ACT is 16) and the best college any1 has ever gone 2 is UofM so i was wonderin if i have a chance at these good schools and what i can do to increase my chances</p>

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<p>^lol at all the "bump"s :]</p>

<p>See if you can organize the EC list a little bit more (group similar ones together, etc.) so that it is more apparent what your primary interests are. (I see that you’ve done a lot of volunteering.) Also, hopefully you did well on all of the AP exams.</p>

<p>A good strategy is to apply to as many of these schools as possible EA so that you have an acceptance on hand early on. If you’re accepted to one of your top choices early, you won’t have to apply to as many schools during the regular round.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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