<p>I know, I already posted a "Final" chances thread. However, the fact that people were telling me things such as "OSU? You kidding?" and "You'd probably get into more than one ivy!" made me reconsider a little bit, and add a few more desireable and more competitive schools to my list. I'm not saying I'm going to apply to every school on this list, but I'd like to be chanced for them to give me an idea where I stand and an idea of where I should apply.</p>
<p>First, Credentials:</p>
<p>White Male from Minot, North Dakota
Lives on a Farm. Am fluent in that lifestyle.
HS Class of 2010 (junior)
1st Generation College Student (both my parents failed out [still have jobs today], mother failed out of uw-madison, father failed out of Emory)
Highly Ranked Public High School (well, #3 in N. Dakota, that is, so that's really not saying much)
GPA (unweighted): 3.898
GPA (weighted): 3.962
ACT: 35 (w/ 10 writing)
I never took the SAT, but I got 226 on the PSAT.
Class Rank: 5/174
Major: Undecided. Possibly arts of some sort.</p>
<p>CLASSES (HP=Honors Placement)
FRESHMAN: Spanish 1, HP Earth Science, HP US History, HP English 9, HP Geometry, Band
SOPHOMORE: HP Spanish 2, AP Biology, APUSH, HP English 10, HP Algebra 2, AP Gov, Band
JUNIOR: HP Spanish 3, AP Chemistry, AP Euro, AP English, HP Pre-Calc, Band, Music Lab
SENIOR: AP Spanish, AP Physics, AP Psychology, AP English, AP Calc AB, Band, AP Music Theory</p>
<p>AP Scores varied Greatly.</p>
<p>EC's:</p>
<ol>
<li>Band.</li>
<li>Percussionist</li>
<li>4 years of High School Band.</li>
<li>1st Chair since sophomore year</li>
<li>Made the most Elite Audition band in my school 10th-12th grade</li>
<li>3 Music Letters, all from various Band Activities
<strong>Marching Band</strong>
-5 years, 8th-12th grade.</li>
<li>Section Leader for upcoming season</li>
<li>Co-Section Leader last year
<strong>Drum Line</strong></li>
<li>Co-Captaining the Drum-Line</li>
<li>5 years</li>
<li>Our group won 2 state titles
<strong>Pep-Band</strong></li>
<li>Section Leader junior year</li>
<li>Winter and Spring</li>
<li>Composed a "song" that we performed
<strong>Jazz Ensemble</strong></li>
<li>1st Chair Pianist/ doubled up on bass when needed</li>
<li>3 years</li>
<li>Performed in DC
<strong>Solo & Ensemble</strong></li>
<li>Played a Sax Solo sophomore year and received a superior rating</li>
<li><p>Fresh-Junior Year: Played with group and got excellent/superior ratings
<strong>Traveled to Spain last summer with the band to perform in Madrid</strong>
<strong>Accepted into the North Dakota all state High School Honor Band</strong></p></li>
<li><p>Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor)</p></li>
<li><p>1 mile, 2 mile, 4X400 m. Relay</p></li>
<li><p>Captain Junior Year for Indoor</p></li>
<li><p>Freshman Year-Senior</p></li>
<li><p>National Honor Society</p></li>
<li><p>300 Community Service Hours to this point</p></li>
<li><p>Includes peer tutoring to disabled children in the elementary school</p></li>
<li><p>Habitat for Humanity, summer 2009. Renovating a childrens library. only 2 hours a week.</p></li>
<li><p>Part Time Job, Target. I Work in Food Avenue. 25-30 hours a week.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>-Essays should be good. I'm generally good with that.</p>
<p>-I have 2 recs getting ready to be lined up. One should be good, and one should be absolutely excellent</p>
<p>Second, Colleges: (A lot, I'm sorry)</p>
<p>Univ. Southern California</p>
<p>UVA</p>
<p>Univ. Washington</p>
<p>Stanford Univ.</p>
<p>Univ. Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>James Madison Univ. (EA)</p>
<p>Indiana Univ. - Bloomington</p>
<p>Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign</p>
<p>Univ. Minnesota-Twin Cities</p>
<p>Emory University</p>
<p>UMich-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>UPenn</p>
<p>Cal Poly-SLO</p>
<p>....Thanks.</p>