<p>White Male, from illnois
GPA 5.93/6 class rank 7/696
National Merit semi-finalist (224 PSAT)
SAT 2240 780 M, 730 CR, 730 W
SAT II - 730 chemistry, 740 US history, 780 math
ACT (not taken)</p>
<p>APs- 3 this year and am taking 5/6 my senior year. My school only offers 1 before junior year and I was in a junior level accounting class instead.</p>
<p>Latin state qualifier, 2 time german AATG finalist</p>
<p>extracurriculars in school: 4 years habitat for humanity, german club board member</p>
<p>outside of school: 2 year varsity swim team (all conference 5 times)
2 years cross country 3 years track (hopefully cross country captain in 2009) and state qualifier in cross country. Scholar athlete as well.</p>
<p>5 year little league umpire (since 8th grade)
4 year cook at local country club
1 year cook at restaurant
3 year youth flag football head coach
2 year after school volunteer at a program for kids.</p>
<p>other credentials: school sports columnist for school paper. Also I write for 3 websites including cbssport.com and espn's thesportingtruth.com. In addition I created and run my own cross country and track website which is the 2nd rated website of its kind in Illinois.</p>
<p>since I know some of the schools ask how you spent your summers, this summer I was on a month long trip in belize and panama scuba diving and surfing and doing community service. I am currently certified as a scuba diver and as a life-guard. not sure if these make a difference, but I'll include them anyways.</p>
<p>here is what I am thinking in terms of schools right now. Please let me know if these seem reasonable. In terms of running I could run for all the schools on the list with the exception of stanford, and at the time being georgetown (will depend on my improvements).</p>
<p>3 categories: reach (would be difficult to get into)
hopeful (think I could get in but not a sure bet)
safety (pretty positive I could get it)</p>
<p>williams: hopeful (my sister goes here now and I have 4 other relatives that have gone there)</p>
<p>rice: hopeful
stanford: reach
georgetown: reach
duke: reach
cornell: hopeful
dartmouth: hopeful
pomona: hopeful
carnegi mellon - safety (dad went here)
USC- safety
vanderbilt: safety
harvard: reach
northwestern: safety (over 25 kids per year accepted from my high school)
princeton: reach</p>
<p>reaches: 5
hopefuls: 5
safety: 4</p>
<p>Do these seem reasonable, and what do you think are my chances of getting into my reach schools. Stanford is really my top choice, and would it be a waste of time to apply with their restricted early action program or do you think I have a shot?</p>