Chancey, Chancey, Chancey can't you see, sometimes your opinions hypnotize me.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>General: Rising Senior, Male, Alabama.</p>

<p>Ethnicity: White.</p>

<p>Career Interests: Dentistry, culinary arts, broadcasting, Spanish (not as a career, but if I double majored). </p>

<p>School Info: Our school first opened in 2005 when I was a Freshman. I'll be apart of the first four-year graduating class. My school became an IB school this past year, however, you have to be a Freshman when you begin the IB program, so I wasn't able to participate in the program.</p>

<p>School Stats: GPA: 4.0 Unweighted. 4.083 Weighted. This year was the first year we could take APs, and I got an A in both of those classes (AP US/AP 11 English). Senior year I should have 4 AP classes, and an honors Spanish 5 class which'll be on a 4.5 scale? lol. That's just what my Spanish teacher told me. Anyway, If I get all A's again, I should complete high school with just over a 4.2 weighted GPA. Toughest courseload offered.</p>

<p>Rank: 1/200+ (not sure on exact #, obviously).</p>

<p>Testing:
30 on ACT.</p>

<p>EC's:
-National Honor Society (1 year; Senior year)
-National Spanish Honors Society
-Spanish Club President (4 years; President - Senior year)
-School Webmaster (1 year; Senior year)
-Varsity football Quarterback. (Freshman year we just worked out because we didn't get a coaching staff in time. Sophomore year I was the Varsity backup (although I did play in some Varsity games), started JV and was the captain of JV. Junior year, I was the starter and team captain and was second on the team in touchdowns---only behind our all-metro WR/RB. Senior year...I doubt I'll play. All of our coaches were fired and I knew back in November that I was done. I worked harder than anyone, and I was just sick of the BS. I was no longer happy playing, so I will just move on. Yeah, the attention that goes along with being the quarterback is cool, but that's not what matters. Happiness matters, not highschool "fame".
-I had a Private quarterback coach for football for 2 years. I would go to school from 8-3:10. Football practice from 3:30 to sometimes 6:30, and then a two hour session with private QB coach after that. I did that in the football season and in the summer for 3-4 times a week.
-Art. I placed 3rd in state for a 2D art contest. I also got honorable mention in state for this "Post-Card" contest.
-Quiz Bowl (2 years - fresh year we didn't have it, soph year I did it, this past year I tried to do it but it was SO unorganized, and I'm going to do it Senior year).
-If I don't play football, I'm either going to do Mixed Martial Arts, play Piano, or play Baseball or Soccer in the spring. A job is a possibility, as well as getting a trainer at the gym (lol, only feels right considering I won't be playing football).</p>

<p>Community Service:
-This summer I'll get around 150-200 hours with Big Brothers, Big Sisters. I've gotten around 70 at my Uncle's golf course, and another 10 or so with Spanish-club related stuff.</p>

<p>Awards:
-Letter from the Mayor acknowledging my achievements in highschool due to seeing me featured in the newspaper.
-Principal's Award.
-A honor roll.
-As stated before, 3rd in state in 2D art competition, honorable mention in another contest, and 2nd in state in this QuizBowl-esque thing for this Spanish competition (same event that I won 3rd in state in for Art). </p>

<h2>-This year I will be named our school's "Most Oustanding Spanish Student". Only 1 kid per school is named this.</h2>

<p>Chance me for RD at both.</p>

<p>Colleges:
Vandy
Auburn (Honors College: [url=<a href="http://www.auburn.edu/honors/college/admission.html%5DAdmission%5B/url"&gt;http://www.auburn.edu/honors/college/admission.html]Admission[/url&lt;/a&gt;] )</p>

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<p>Hi! I'll chance you ... but can you chance me too? <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate-2.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/538677-please-chance-me-i-d-really-really-appreciate-2.html&lt;/a>. </p>

<p>Your GPA is excellent, and you seem to have taken advantage of what your school offers academically by taking as many AP classes as possible. Your AP score isn't bad compared to the national average - I think it puts you in the Top 10%. Your ECs seem decent, along with your Community service. Your awards are also not bad. </p>

<p>Overall, you're a pretty decent student. </p>

<p>Chances:
Auburn HC: In
Vanderbilt: Slight reach ... maybe a match (your essays will be the deciding factor)</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thanks! I'm looking to get ACT to a 33.</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppppppp</p>

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<p>Don't mention your uncle's golf course, unless you were helping kids who are lower class citizens and would have never received an opportunity to golf if it wasn't for this program. I'm not sure if you should mention the personal QB coach, unless the school provided him and you didnt have to pay. </p>

<p>Vandy - Match
Auburn - You will probably get accepted unless you present your EC's badly.</p>

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<p>Why not? My uncle's golf course(s) are a big part of the city of Prattville, Alabama. They bring in A LOT of money. I didn't get paid for it, and I don't have to mention my uncle is the manager of the golf courses. It is community service.</p>

<p>Why shouldn't I mention the personal QB coach? It shows how dedicated I was to the game, and I was working LONG hours. </p>

<p>I know how/how not to present myself.</p>

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<p>I would say accepted to both assuming you put in some good time with your essays. Good luck! Chance me back? : <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/539705-yo-chance-dis-indian-kid.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/539705-yo-chance-dis-indian-kid.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at Vandy.</p>

<p>Anyway, the real reason I'm replying to this thread is that I totally read your title to the tune of Larger Than Life by the Backstreet Boys.</p>

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<p>To me volunteering a golf course is not volunteering, because you are not providing community services. Community service would be more a long the lines of feeding the homeless, meals on wheels, volunteering at a hospital to cheer sick people up, ect. I don't know about your uncle's golf course, but the ones around here make pretty good money and it's not like there are people in need that golf... I would say mention it if you were a golfer, but you're not and I think colleges might read that and think what the ____? Why was he volunteering, is the golf course for sick people? </p>

<p>Just my 2 cents.</p>

<p>The QB coach is like a golfer taking golf lesson, would he mention he took lots of golf lesson. Probably not, but he would mention all the medals he won.</p>

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<p>Well, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Volunteering doesn't always have to involve someone that's sick or homeless. </p>

<p>And to me, the QB coach, like I already said, shows how dedicated I was to being the best. It wasn't for a short period of time, either, it was for 2 years. </p>

<p>limited vocab, lol, what's funny is that the title of this thread is a spin-off of Notorious B.I.G.'s 'Hypnotize'.</p>

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<p>bumppppppppppp</p>

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<p>Bump It Up</p>