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<p>chance me yeah!!! you probably hate me now, but don't let that affect your decision!</p>

<p>UW 3.92 GPA
30 ACT [30 English, 32 Math, 28 science & reading]. Additionally, I achieved a score of 29 with these scores [32 English, 31 Math, 26 reading, 27 science]
Notable classes taken:
Adv. Lang 10&11
APUSH
AP Physics B
AP Econ
AP Gov & Pol.
Pre-Calc (1 year advanced in curriculum)
Adv. Biology</p>

<p>Haven't taken SAT II's yet</p>

<p>Spanish=3 years</p>

<p>Next year:
AP Chem
AP Lang
AP Calc
AP Psych</p>

<p>Class rank=32, Class size 587, top 5%,</p>

<p>Moderately competitive Public School</p>

<p>Music:
Orchestra (violin) 3 years (made it to state once)
Piano (made it to state once)
Guitar, Bass Guitar, and Drum player</p>

<p>Sports:
Cross country and track (3 years each, will be 4). Cross country captain for 2008.
Member and captain of first-ever public high school swim team (1 year)</p>

<p>Other:
Student Council: Junior class president, Sophomore VP, Freshmen VP.
Link Crew (helps freshmen)
Science team (1 year)
Math team (2 years)</p>

<p>Service hours: 68</p>

<p>Volunteered approx. 30 hours for Obama Campaign</p>

<p>Job: two summers of lifeguarding</p>

<p>White male <--- colleges seem to hate these lol)</p>

<p>Also, do i have any chance at financial aid? My parent's combined make 80K but I have to pay alone.</p>

<p>If you need any other information feel free to ask. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>You appear to be a strong candidate, but Williams’ (or fill in the blank with all the usual suspect most selective colleges)acceptance rate is quite low from what must be a very strong applicant pool, so there are no guarantees. Your musical versatility (and virtuosity) is interesting, but begs the question, would you have sufficient outlet for your talents at Williams? I don’t know how important that would be for you…</p>

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<p>I had a similar musical history (national recognition, international conferences, conservatory study, etc.) and I still chose Williams because I do not intend to pursue music as a career, but rather as an avocation. I wouldn’t worry about having sufficient outlets for your creativity. </p>

<p>Apart from that, I would encourage you to try to raise your ACT score by two points (composite) and to choose two subject tests in subjects in which you’re confident.</p>

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<p>you definitely should apply for financial aid. People whose families earn 100k+ get financial aid too.</p>