<p>Today was my last day of exams, and I'm officially a rising senior!</p>
<p>I've got a good bit of time on my hands, so I'm willing to put that to helping out the CC community!</p>
<p>Post your stats and schools, and I'll review it and give your chances! Simple as that! </p>
<p>Go!</p>
<p>Hey! I am a junior from a top-tier high school in greendwood village, colorado.</p>
<p>GPA-3.65 W
3.2-UW</p>
<p>ACT-29
Math-32
English-30
Reading-28
Science-27</p>
<p>(Honors math, science, english, and social studies)
2 AP classes so far: AP MicroEconomics and AP MacroEconomics</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
AP Environmental Science
Senior Seminar (Regular english)
AP Calculus AB
Advanced Debate Honors
AP Human Geography
Health</p>
<p>Letter of Recs from: My physics teacher who has his doctorate in engineering and My English teacher who is an author. </p>
<p>I have been an avid debater for 4 years. I am a debate captain, have lettered in debate for 3 years, took 3rd place in State Championship, competed nationally (UC-Berkeley), took 5th place at National Qualifications, and 1st place at several local tournaments.</p>
<p>Amnesty International - 1 year
Physics Club - 1 Year
School Play - 1 year
Debate-4 years </p>
<p>I tutor kids in math over the summer, and own a professional car detailing business with 2 of my friends. </p>
<p>I got bad grades freshman year due to family problems and my counselor is writing a note about that. </p>
<p>I want to be an environmental engineer and University of Colorado at Boulder. Their guaranteed admission for engineering school is a weighted 3.8 and a 27 on ACT english and 30 on ACT math. Can you please chance me for acceptance to their engineering college? Also I am pretty set on this school, so would you recommend Early Action or Regular Decision? The year I apply is the first year they use the common application as well. Thanks!</p>
<p>GPA- 4.0 UW (school doesn’t weight)
All A’s throughout high school except 2 B’s.</p>
<p>ACT- 35</p>
<p>AP’s: (taking 6 of possible 8)
European History (4)
American History (pending, 4-5)
Lang/Comp (pending, 4-5)
AB Calc (not yet taken)
Government (not yet taken)
Literature (not yet taken)</p>
<p>EC’s:
Indoor Track- JV two years, varsity 2 years, captain this year
Outdoor Track- JV three years, varsity 2 years, captain this year
Editor of school newspaper- 2 years
NHS member (running for treasurer- pending)
Founder and president of community service club
Freshman orientation leader
Peer tutor/mentor
Local/county government internship- 1 year</p>
<p>Awards (very few lol):
One of 20 (out of 2000 in my school) to win a character award
Honor roll every quarter of HS
Various effort/achievement awards through HS career- Honors Geometry (9th), Honors English (9th), Global History (9th), Studio in Art (9th), Honors English (10th), AP Euro (10th), haven’t been awarded yet this year</p>
<p>Job Experience:
Currently work as insurance verifier- 2012- present
Math/reading tutor for children 6-8: 2012-present
(total: 15 hours/week)</p>
<p>I spend have spent past summers volunteering at a summer day camp, unpaid;
this summer I will spend a month overnight as a CIT, also unpaid.</p>
<p>Essays/Recs: Essay should be above average but not out-of-the-park, recs will be stellar.</p>
<p>Schools:
Duke (legacy)
UVa
Notre Dame
UNC- CH
UMichigan
Cornell
Northeastern
Boston College
**if reach, please specify if you mean way out of my league (like not even possible) or just a stretch/don’t count on it, but possible.</p>
<p>Intended major is business.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>Hey, high school junior here. I’m looking at Chapel Hill, NC State, and UNC Wilmington in that order. I’ll also mention that I’m a white male from the largest school district in NC.</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 4.0
Unweighted GPA: 3.3</p>
<p>SAT (2400): 2000
SAT (1600): 1330
ACT: 30</p>
<p>APs:
Psychology, Environmental Science, Computer Science, European History, English Literature, Statistics</p>
<p>Class Rank: Top 25 %</p>
<p>I have 50 hours of volunteer service volunteering as a Middle/Elementary school tutor so far, I plan to do the same program next year. I’ll be working as a YMCA Camp counselor this upcoming summer (for pay).</p>
<p>I’m looking to apply to the Elementary Education program for each of the three schools I’m applying, and I’m generally very good at essays. I’m on great terms with many of my teachers so I expect very good rec’s.</p>
<p>Also, I’m an officer of Chemistry Club, and I regularly participate in Key Club and Political Club. I played Varsity Lacrosse freshman and sophomore year, but I didn’t play this year to boost the grades.</p>
<p>I’ve also been inducted into National Honor Society for my Senior Year.</p>
<p>I never really thought of Chapel Hill as an option for me, but I did pretty good on my tests, so I’ll definitely be applying. After looking it up, my SAT/ACT are near the 75th percentile, and my GPA is somewhere near the 25th.</p>
<p>What do you guys think? Also, do you recommend I apply early? Thank you</p>
<p>Why not?</p>
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<p>@brownballer</p>
<p>Looks good on the rigor, nice number of AP courses. GPA is a bit of a concern, 3.2 is a tad low for unweighted. If possible, I would try to bring up your composite ACT to a 30 or 31.</p>
<p>As for applying, I would go with EA. Your stats don’t appear to be low enough to be rejected in the first round, and since it’s not binding, it can only help to see where you stand. I would put UC Boulder as a match for you, but you shouldn’t have too much trouble getting in RD.</p>
<p>@novafan</p>
<p>Congrats on the awesome SAT score and GPA. Fairly good EC’s as well. I’d put you at:</p>
<p>Duke - Low Match
UVA - Low Match
Notre Dame - Match
UNC CH - Match
UMich - Match
Cornell - Reach (it’s a reach for everyone lol)
Northeastern - Safety
Boston College - Safety</p>
<p>@ccquestioncc</p>
<p>I’m not too familiar with NC schools since I am from GA, but I know a decent bit about the first two. UNC - CH is a high match; their upward tick the last few years has been insane.</p>
<p>UNC - CH - High Match
NC State - Low Match (you’ll get in)
UNC Wilmington - Low Match (you’ll get in)</p>
<p>@TheKongo</p>
<p>Solid stats. Very impressive.</p>
<p>Princeton - Reach
MIT - Match
Stanford - Reach (for pretty much everyone)
Columbia - Match
Cornell - Match
Duke - Low Match
Northwestern - Low Match
Johns Hopkins - Low Match
Carnegie Mellon - Match
Tufts - Match
Rice - Low Match
U of Texas - Low Match
U of Michigan - Low Match
U of Rochester - Low Match</p>
<p>Tbh, I think you’ll be in everywhere for sure except those first five. Ivy league admissions and others ranked that high are so unpredictable.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you guys! Keep them coming! I’ll have to get a thread going for myself in the next few days and have you guys chance me!</p>
<p>Chance me for Columbia, Barnard, NYU, UPenn </p>
<p>GPA: 93 </p>
<p>All honors or AP classes for all four years of high school (only 7 APs offered and I took all 7 and the rest are honors)</p>
<p>I go to a religious school so I take 3 religious classes as well. </p>
<p>Live in MA, Caucasian, Female, middle class income, no legacy </p>
<p>Planned Major: Neuroscience </p>
<p>SAT II: Chemistry 720, Planning to take one or two more </p>
<p>SAT: 2170 March, waiting for results for the next one</p>
<p>ECs: (2 most important categories first)
<ol>
<li>Bnei Akiva (youth group)
-Summer camp for 5 years with this youth group, and will work there next summer as a counselor
-Started a chapter of it in my area this year (11th grade)
-12th grade leadership program run by it next year
-President of local chapter
-Weekend retreats a few times a year, community service projects, etc. -Will hopefully be going on a gap year program run by it before entering college </li>
</ol>
<p>Other:
Litmag all 4 years
Drama club all 4 years
Social Action Club founder and director- last year (gr 10)
Edited parts of a few books
Helped with website for various community organizations
Library volunteer summer after 9th grade
Student Ambassador for school- all 4 years
Participant in Art Club-9th grade
Hip Hop Club- 10th grade
Various poetry awards
Heart Mind and Soul youth organization participant
Ran fundraise for Tay Sachs Cure foundation in school last year
Various other community service pursuits
Director of PR for JSA (a student run organization).
National Honor Society- 11th and 12th grades Sent from my iPod</p>
<p>novafan: it is impossible to have a 4.0unweighted gpa when u have gotten 2 B’s</p>
<p>Hello, I’m a high school junior from a competitive high school. Colleges: University of Denver, Earlham, Carleton, Grinnell, Colgate, Chicago, Puget Sound, and St. John’s College. (Some of these might be a bit ambitious but I’m just checking.)
GPA: 3.6 unweighted
ACT: 31
English: 36
Math: 26
APs: (3 out of a possible 5 this year) US History, Psychology, and Literature. Planning on taking calculus, environmental science, government, and English Languange next year.
I don’t have very many ECs but I have been on an academic team for all four years and am the captain of it.
Thanks ^^</p>
<p>School: Private School in Princeton, NJ (Hun School) its a pretty well esteemed school i guess
SAT (superscore): 2370 (800 in math, 800 in writing, 770 in critical reading)
i still need to take subject tests
GPA: around a 3.6 to 3.7 (3.8 freshman and junior year… sophomore year was rough my friend committed suicide, lost my grandfather, and my sister was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes… i dont know how colleges will view this) (everything at my school is unweighted, no weighted gpas.) we are based off of an average system though, so it is a 90 average.
course rigor: AP Calc AB and AP stat as a sophomore. This year as a junior i am taking AP Calc BC and AP Euro. Next year I will be taking AP Spanish, AP Art History, Multi-variable Calculus. I know it isnt like over the top but private schools arent the same as public schools when it comes to the rigor of ap classes. i got a 4 on ap calc ab last yr. my school doesnt offer ap econ but i have taken regular. and honors for my core non ap classes</p>
<p>EC:
-I am an SAT and math tutor
-I have my own non profit organization. i started it by myself. it is a registered company and everything that helps artisans that are in poverty, with this i have tons and tons of community service hours. i go to small villages in different countries to make this possible. (its kind of a big deal i think)
-I have played varsity tennis at my school and was ranked in the top 30 in the state… i am probably gonna get an award for this year from my coach.
-I played on the atlantic regional cricket team and we place 3rd in nationals. its kinda unique.
-interning with a wharton alumni over the summer in a business</p>
<p>i will have strong essays. i have a lot to write about, and i am good writer. good recs.</p>
<p>UPENN Wharton (ED)
NYU Stern (ED2)
UC Berkeley
U Michigan Ross
Northwestern
Emory
London School of Economics
Boston University-least interest
Boston College-least interest
Lehigh-least interest
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
U. Chicago</p>
<p>@futurefocused: Not so, at least what I’ve heard. According to my high school counselor and College Board, I have a 4.0 even with the 2 B’s. Sorry.</p>
<p>Good scores, bad grades, bad schedule, really bad ECs </p>
<p>I am most interested in these schools:</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Cambridge in the UK
Cornell
UPenn
University of Chicago
University of Florida</p>
<p>Location: Moved between schools in the Southeast US (including Title I, high poverty ones)
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican American if it matters)</p>
<p>SAT I: 2400
SAT II: I haven’t taken them yet, but I think I can manage 800s on Math II and Physics.</p>
<p>GPA: All As except for a B in AP Spanish Language. I think that’s my punishment for doing AP in my first year when I am not a native speaker.</p>
<p>Courses:</p>
<p>Freshman:
AP World (4)
Hon Math I
Hon 9th English
Hon Gov’t
Hon Physical Science (Oxymoronic, no?)
Business Essentials
Health
Chinese I (through program described in ECs)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP Stat (5)
APUSH (5) (also included Honours US History credit)
AP Psych (5)
Hon Chem
Hon 10th Eng
Hon Math II
Chinese II</p>
<p>Junior:
AP Physics C (should be 5s)
AP Econ (should be 5s)
Spanish III
AP Spanish Language (probably a 4)
Accelerated Math III
AP Calc BC (This will be a 5…)
Hon American Lit
AP English Language (should be a 5)</p>
<p>Senior:
I don’t know yet. It should be similar to that for 11th grade. I hope I can take a math course beyond single-variable calculus, but I am probably still two years behind where I should be for HYPMS for STEM study. </p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Freshman:
-Foreign Language Service something something (It was “selective” or something like that. At least I did something.)
-FBLA (regional winner of some things)
-Student Council</p>
<p>Sophomore:
-Beta Club (Honour society of sorts)
-Region Math contest (2nd place individual… I knew calculus better than anyone from my school when I was in Algebra II. I can’t brag about that on the application, though.)
-FBLA (2nd in state, 6th at nationals in fairly competitive event. Competitive FBLA event, another oxymoron)</p>
<p>Junior:
-Beta Club
-Regional Math contests (1st in the one from previous year, 2nd in another)
-Quiz Bowl / Academic Team (qualified for national level things as team and individual in several things)
-AIME Qualifier (I was the first to do AMC from my school in years. I wish I had known about this sooner. No, USAMO, oh, well. I just hope that that not mean no Ivy League.)
-FBLA (1st in region in economics, bad place at state)</p>
<p>Senior:</p>
<p>I just hope I can pull something together for Siemens or Intel in time.…</p>
<p>GPA: 4.016
Class Rank: 33/339 Top 10%
SAT: 1880 (630 CR, 650 Math and 600 Writing)
Courses:
FRESHMAN: BIOLOGY H, GEOMETRY A, SPANISH 1A, ENGLISH 1H, WORLD HIST I A
SOPHOMORE:U.S. HISTORY IA,CHEMISTRY H,ENGLISH 2H,SPANISH 2H,ALGEBRA II A
JUNIOR: SPANISH III H, HISTORY II A, PRECALCULUS, ENGLISH III H, AP BIOLOGY
SENIOR: AP ENGLISH, CALCULUS, AP STATISTICS, PHYSICS H, AP PSYCHOLOGY, ACCOUNTING I H</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
-Wrestling coach for elementary school
-Toys for Tots
-Food and Toy Drives (Holidays)</p>
<p>Sports:
-3 years varsity wrestling
-State championship team
-Individual NJ state qualifier</p>
<p>Clubs:
-National Honor Society
-FBLA
-DECA
-Varsity R</p>
<p>I have visited all these schools and would like to know which ones I have potential to get into. </p>
<p>-Maryland (college park)
-UVA
-TCNJ
-Virginia Tech
-Bucknell
-Wesleyan
-Lehigh
-American</p>
<p>Junior in HS from NJ
GPA: weighted 3.5 (will probably go to a 3.7 after this year)
SAT: 1790- should I retake?
EC: National Honor Society, Ribbon Club President jr + sr year(cancer awareness club) and Ribbon Club Member fresh and soph year, Participated in Consumer Bowl Competition (3 years), might get an internship at a doctors office
Volunteer: Went to New Orleans to build houses for Hurricane Katrina Victims, went to Arizona to volunteer at a soup kitchen, volunteer at a Nursing Home
Work Experience: Teacher’s Assistant at a Day Care, Admissions Desk for town pool, babysitter</p>
<p>I have a genetic disorder that compromises my health and Freshman year I was in the hospital and had a PICC line so my grades suffered because of it that is why my GPA is so low, hopefully they will take that into consideration.
What do you think my chances are for Fordham University and NYU?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for doing this!</p>
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