Class of 2012, TOP school & academic profile?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>okay, I'm currently a junior now, and I would like to compare notes with other juniors....how college searching has been going, courses, etc.</p>

<p>so here, post your academic profile, kind of like a "chance me" but not really. what's your favorite school, pros AND cons? ED vs RD? ECs, tests scores, the whole nine.</p>

<p><strong>NOTE</strong> what i'm about to post, i have posted before on a chance me. I am not "trolling", I just want to take this in a different direction. THANKS & ENJOY & LET'S HELP EACH OTHER!!!</p>

<p>I'm a female. I am also African American. I used to want to go to MIT, I still do, but not as much. It would be best for me to be submersed in an environment of intelligent black women like myself. My ECs are weak (in my opinion in comparison to others). My DREAM school is SPelman COllege in ATL. Anyone attended Spelman that can give me valuable information? </p>

<p>Rank- 9/278 (not sure of total, but that's close, i know i'm top 3% and this reporting is as of the end of 10th grade, they didn't refactor, but i know i went up because of APs & my As in them)</p>

<p>Simple GPA- 3.97 but that's not what my school uses for ranks.
First honors every semester since freshman year (I'm a junior now). Straight A's since freshman year as well. </p>

<p>I only listed CORE courses, you can do whatever.</p>

<p>9th grade-
English 1H, Algebra 2H, Biology H, World Study H, Latin 1 unleveled (latin brings my GPA/RANK down soooo much because of this). </p>

<p>10th grade-
English 2H, Civics H, PreCalculus H, Latin 2, Chemistry H, </p>

<p>11th grade-
AP Calc ab, AP Stats, AP us history, physics H, Latin 3, English 3H</p>

<p>12th grade tentative schedule(positive it's going to happen)-
English 4AP, AP physics, AP Calc bc, AP psychology. </p>

<p>Now I take a visual basic 1 class at community college. If I do not get accepted to the MITES program and don't get an internship at Sikorsky, I will take a cognitive science (i hope they have it) & sculpture (because i love art) during the summer at Community College, also. During the fall semester I will take visual basic 2 or C+/C++. </p>

<p>I'm looking at the dual engineering program at Spelman. </p>

<p>Test scores-
Best SAT-
M- 620 CR-670 W-650 will take again in June
PSAT-
M- 620 CR-630 W-630
AP tests coming in May. </p>

<p>Brief overview of ECs/awards-
Varsity track & field grade 9&10
Over 400 volunteer hours at summer camp for children with disabilities, Silver medal in national Latin exam, scholastic award for Art, student of month for family&consumer science, art, and latin. Own website (still in construction) for Lupus, plan on doing health fairs for lupus etc. </p>

<p>Spelman is my DREAM school. </p>

<p>POST ON >^-^< <----kitty with whiskers!</p>

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<p>You will probably definitely get into Spelman. While it’s well respected, it’s not too hard to get into.</p>

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<p>PS the classes i’m taking are the highest my school offers… the only other APs are chem, bio, french, spanish & engineering</p>

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<p>raiderade, what’s your profile?
how’s your search going? or did you get into college already?</p>

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<p>Maybe you’ll have better luck asking here: [Spelman</a> College - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/spelman-college/]Spelman”>Spelman College - College Confidential Forums)</p>

<p>EDIT: Oops, sorry. Here goes</p>

<p>ACT: 33 Composite, 34E, 35M, 29R, 32S
SAT II: Math 1 750, Physics 760, Chemistry 720
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): IDK, we don’t have GPA. Should be 3.9+
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank, according to counsellor.
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), Comp. Gov (4)
Senior Year Course Load: A Levels for Physics, Math, Chemistry, Economics. APs in WH, USH and Psych.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National astronomy awards, Asia Pacific Astronomy Olympiad award</p>

<p>Colleges in order: Swarthmore, Middlebury, Amherst, Williams, CMC, Carleton</p>

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<p>Hamilton College ED1 hopeful!!!</p>

<p>AP Classes:
soph:
AP USH-5
APES self-5
APHG self-5
junior:
AP Calc AB-4/5
AP Physics C Mech-4/5
AP Chem-3/4
AP Psych-4/5
Senior schedule (projected):
AP English Lit
AP Stats
Calculus II
Calculus III
more…
Tests:
ACT (soph, 1st time)- 30: 33 English, 30 Math, 30 Reading, 28 Science. Retaking in March and possibly later as well.
PSAT: CR: 60 Math: 64 Writing: 71 (195)
SAT II USH (soph)- 790
GPA: 3.88 currently, hopefully a 3.90 by the time I apply.
Rank: Only top 15%. Very skewed. My counselor will be sure to write about this. </p>

<p>Extra currics:
Varsity Tennis
Honor Society
Math and Science Club
Science Bowl team member
Spanish Club
Eagle Scout
100’s of service hours with Boy Scouts, church, school
Volunteering at Elementary School- ~100 hours (mostly tutoring young children)</p>

<p>Hook: Hispanic!! (Well, mostly! I have pretty white skin, but my genes and ethnicity are mostly hispanic, so that is what will be going on my apps.)</p>

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<p>082349, i’m not asking for “chancing”</p>

<p>puggly123 that’s good, keep up the good work :smiley: don’t you hate little factors that mess up your rank/gpa ugh.
i’m only taking four classes next year, but eng & psych will take up ALL my time (essays, books, projects NONSTOP).</p>

<p>what are your plans for next year??? (open to anyone) what are you gonna do for FUN!?</p>

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<p>082349 but thank you for the link</p>

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<p>Hey!
Well my top choise is Northeastern University <em>dreams happily of going there</em>
My top choice if I could go anywhere is Northwestern University
(I have to stay in New England so I can’t go far.)</p>

<p>I want to major in Broadcast Journalism, (and double major in Law, Education or Poli-sci) I always want to minor in Japanese studies (I love that country ^__^)</p>

<p>Ummm, G.P.A. stinks but it’s a 3.45.
Just took the SAT so i’m waiting for my results which will be out in a week or so.</p>

<p>I don’t know my rank… My school has yet to tell me.</p>

<p>Full I.B. diploma student (something that’s a bit higher than AP)
classes for the next two years are…
IB Eng HL
IB Art SL
IB Science ESS SL
IB Math Studies SL
IB History HL
IB Latin V HL
IB Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>and I take a gym class with only IB students lolz.
(Hl=higher level SL=standerd level, but all the classes are advanced classes)</p>

<p>oh, I’m African American as well, if that counts for anything ^__^</p>

<p>and here go the EC’s ^<em>^
Swimmer for 2 years
College office Intern 2 years
Lit Mag 3 years
Yearbook 1 year
School newspaper 2 years
Created my school’s spirit club 3 years
Created my schools writing club 3 years
Created my schools culture day (it’s a huge assembly with dancing, music, singing, fashion show ets, I read a speach and stuff) 1 year
Public Library Teen Writer Club 1 year
Student council 3 years
Classics Club/ Latin Club (goes under two names, but is really one club) 3 years
Art Club 2 years
Made a teen writing group where I host writing programs that I help to teach. We perform slam poetry and whatnot every so ften. I love it with all my heart lolz ^</em>_^ 2 years
Played guitar for school 2 years</p>

<p>This summer i’ll intern as a teen reporter for my local news station …</p>

<p>so yah that’s me!!! ^__^</p>

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<p>AND ALSO—projected major!!! mine is computer software engineering & cognitive science</p>

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<p>blackrose101 I WAS LOOKING THERE TOO [:
& your profile? goshhh!!! i wish my school offered that</p>

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<p>^
Yours looks good as well!!
Wish my GPA was like that.</p>

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<p>Yeah sorry, just kind of skimmed your thread. </p>

<p>I’m a senior and have already been admitted to Swarthmore RD, Goucher EA, University of Delaware rolling, and Dickinson EA.</p>

<p>SAT: 2190
Gender: female
GPA: 4.0 W
SAT Subject Tests: Math II 730 USH 730
Course rigor: Hardest
APs: all 4s and 5s on 5 APs</p>

<p>ECs: This is my “hook.” I had a whole list of ECs related to education reform, which is my real passion. I had government internships, had my articles published in journals, etc. </p>

<p>Good luck to all of you!</p>

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<p>Undecided…but top 4 are Georgetown, Brown, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins. I want to do something with international relations/political science.</p>

<p>SAT: 2310 (800 CR, 780 M, 730 W)
PSAT: 231, lol. I actually took my SAT before my PSAT, so idk what to make of that.
SAT IIs: 800 Math II (taking Chem and APUSH this spring)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 uw, 4.3 w
Rank: Top 10% out of 185
Rigor: The most difficult schedule a student can take without forgoing lunch completely; my school doesn’t allow APs sophomore year
APs: APUSH, AP Chem, AP English Lang, AP Calc BC</p>

<p>Extracurriculars so far:
Varsity Cross Country
Varsity Bowling
Varsity Track
Academic Challenge
Amnesty International
Math Team
Columbia Science Honors Program
Film Club
Temple Youth Group
Worked at local day camp past two summers (kindergarten boys: they never, ever stop running and making noise)</p>

<p>Hook: I’m white, upper-middle class, from an overeducated family, and live in New York. What isn’t a hook?</p>

<p>More likely hook is that I’m a double legacy at Brown.</p>

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<p>it’s unweighted tho, my school uses QPR (quality point ratio aka how hard your classes are) for ranks.
are you nervous/ excited to apply? did you visit northeastern??? i want to this summer</p>

<p>i’m going to apply to spelman ED, & depending on the decision i get i’ll apply RD everywhere else (hopefully i won’t have to =P)</p>

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<p>i’m glad everyone is successful!</p>

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<p>Well… I’ll guess I’ll do it.</p>

<p>From my username… My top school is MIT.</p>

<p>African-American male, poor urban school in DC-Metro Area.</p>

<p>Rank 11/617… which is in the top 1.7%, so I’ll round to top 2%.</p>

<p>My GPA is a 3.99, and a 4.12 weighted.</p>

<p>Computer Science and Math guy by far…</p>

<p>@Blackrose: Is that IB Science ESS Environmental Systems and Societies? </p>

<p>And my Courses</p>

<p>9th:</p>

<p>MYP Geometry, MYP World History, MYP English 9, MYP Biology, MYP Intro to Speech/Comm, MYP Spanish II, MYP HPE 1</p>

<p>10th:
MYP Chemistry, MYP Alg 2/Trig, HPE 2, MYP English 10, AP Comparative Gov’t, MYP Spanish III, Advanced Computer Math(MYP Computer Science)</p>

<p>11th(Current): IB Computer Science SL, IB Math HL, IB English HL, IB Chemistry HL, AP US Gov’t, IB History HL, IB Spanish IV SL Online: AP Calculus BC</p>

<p>12th(At school, might possibly do a program that dual enrolls me at George Mason University):</p>

<p>IB Computer Science HL, IB Math HL 2, IB English HL 2, IB History HL 2, IB Chemistry HL 2, IB Spanish V SL, IB TOK At CC or George Mason(If no program): Differential Equations, MVC, Linear Algebra, Discrete Mathematics.</p>

<p>Self-studying for AP Chem, AP CS, APUSH, and AP Physics C during my HS years.</p>

<p>Plan to be a Double Major in Computer Science in Mathematics, with a minor in either chemistry or physics. </p>

<p>ECs: Really only 2 clubs, a lot of service through them.</p>

<p>Robotics: Been involved since 9th grade, Co-head programmer of Varsity team, along with head mentor. Over 300 Hours of service to the community in the 1st 2 years, along with me being an assistant camp director the summer preceding my sophomore year for a College robotics camp for middle school kids. Also help organize the County robotics competition for over 60 Middle schools.</p>

<p>Model United Nations: I’m the assistant to the Secretary-General, and future Secretary-General of the club. I’ve received awards in my last three conferences(I’ve attended five). Likely to gavel in my next few conferences, even if it’s hard. I help organize our MUN conference for over 20 IB Schools, and helped run and organize committees for the conference.</p>

<p>Another EC that’s notable: Mathematical Problem Solving Group: I’m the founder, and essentially it’s AMC prep and we just sit around and solve mathematics problems. Plan on making a math team eventually.</p>

<p>I attended my State’s Summer Residential Governor School, where I developed a few proofs for some insignificant but still fun nonetheless problems. </p>

<p>Also, I’m a website editor for my school’s robotics team.</p>

<p>Also, I’m one of the respected IB Students, as I’ve spoken at many IB Info nights and IB related events, either helping out with logistical things or being a source of information.</p>

<p>Again, colleges I’m looking at : MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UVA, Virginia Tech, George Mason, UChicago and UPenn at a distance.</p>

<p>Test scores:</p>

<p>SAT
(10th Grade) : 1830
670 CR 630 M 530 WR (Have to beg my mom to retake)</p>

<p>ACT(10th)
30 Composite</p>

<p>1st quarter kicked my ass… but I ending up receiving all A’s, a 2 B’s, and a B+ for the semester. Plan to kick it in gear for this semester.</p>

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<p>@ CPUscientist3000 I visited NEU(northeastern university) and fell in LOVE!!!
everything is great, so great. Classrooms are…OMG, just so perfect. Dorms, okay, caf (well you’ll never go hungry ^_^)
campus, like the only place in Boston with soooo much grass.</p>

<p>I plan to apply ED. It’s the only place I wnat to go. If they don’t take me i’ll just go to Umass Amherst.
The Co-op is my favorite part :slight_smile:
killing myself this year for that school.</p>

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<p>MIThopeful16 what’s MYP?</p>

<p>my top schools in order

  1. spelman
  2. wellesley
  3. northeastern
  4. MIT
  5. yale
  6. maybe boston u/umass idk.</p>
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<p>blackrose101, about the killing yourself part… ME TOO! it’s stressful but i know it’s worth it, i go to comm college too, so i already have a little taste of what college is like.
IM SO EXCITED AHHHHH</p>

<p>MIThopeful16 did you apply for MITES this summer? i did :D</p>