<p>White male. Tennessee private catholic school. top 10% of class. UWGPA 3.85 WGPA 4.15. ACT: Composite 31, math 30, English 32, reading 31, science 31. Almost completely straight A's with only 3 B's or so. AP's include AP Chemistry (5 on exam), AP Biology(not taken yet), and AP US History(4 on exam). Dual Enrollment English, and pre calc. All other classes are honors.</p>
<p>Varsity Crew rower.(3 years)
Symphony member, (Have been a cellist for 9 years).
Eagle Scout - I heard colleges look very favorably at this?
Theater- 2 years in 3 different performances,
In the national honor society, as well as Mu Alpha Theta- the math honor society.
100+ hours of community service.
Member of student government (Committee Chairman)
Member of student enhancement committee- a fund raising committee.
Was just elected "senior captain". We operate on a 4 house system, with students from each grade broken into them. I am in charge of mine. So essentially 1 of 4 co-presidents of the entire school.
received American citizenship award- for students with exceptional leadership and academics.
received school awards for Honors physics, spanish, and honors english as well.</p>
<p>Can get great letters of recommendation from science teachers.</p>
<p>I also spent 5 weeks at the Tennessee Governor's School for Humanities- was very competitive for admissions. Spent 5 weeks at a university of tennessee campus taking college courses, completely paid for by the state. I got A's in both my classes. The chancellor of the university is going to use my 2 professor's ratings of me to write me a really good letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>I also attended the American Legion's Boys State school for a free 1 week camp this summer. It focused on leadership, citizenship, and the government. It's the number one boys state program in the nation.</p>
<p>work experience as a Host at famous Daves Barbecue for a year.</p>
<p>Interested in Chemical Engineering.
I am also considering army ROTC. Would this influence my admissions chances?</p>
<p>I understand it's a reach and I know that if I bump up my ACT to a 33, etc. i will have a better shot, but my question is what are my chances right now with these stats? high match, low reach, far reach? what? 50/50 shot? 20% shot?</p>