gal from up north. way up north.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>posted one of these in may, here's an updated one</p>

<p>HYPS, washu, rice, duke (thinking stanford ED)</p>

<p>Asian female
Senior
average (seriously, it's average) high school
Possible hook: from North Dakota </p>

<p>-Unweighted GPA 4.0
Weighted GPA 4.3</p>

<p>-# of AP/IB/honors courses
Junior year:
Honors Eng
APUSH
APBIO
APENGLANG</p>

<p>Senior Year:
APGOV
Anatomy - "5 point" course
Econ - also "5 point" course
APCALC
APENGLIT</p>

<p>I'm taking the most vigorous courses my school is offering, as i've said before, my high school is very very average</p>

<p>-class rank/size
1/350</p>

<p>-ACT
1st time Comp 32 (35E 30M 33R 31S 11essay)
2nd time Comp 33 </p>

<p>-taking SATI 1st time 2120 (M670 frick. CR 690 frick. W 760 yay.)
PSAT ...bad but i still made the cut off for the first round of national merit, yay for living in North Dakota</p>

<p>-SAT II scores
taking them in OCT. BIO E, Lit, and Math II
projected : low 700s</p>

<p>-AP scores
Bio 5
Eng lang 5
apush 4 frick.</p>

<p>-ECs -
Piano 10 years: won various small competitions and has participated in "festivals" and so on
Clarinet: all state band since eighth grade, superior ratings etc.
Varsity tennis: five year letterman, captain
four year Fine Arts letterman
NHS- Vice President
Key Club - VP
DECA- second in state for my event, qualified for nationals; top 30% at nationals
Principal's club
heading recycling project for school</p>

<p>-employment -- summer job 30 hours a week
-volunteering- about 150 hours so far, some from school organizations; most from a local hospital</p>

<p>-honors/awards --
Tennis- hardest worker 2 years ..hehe
various small local competition placements
Marketing student of the year
American Math Competition school winner- 2 consecutive years
accepted into State's Governor's School program for Science where i:interned at a bioengineering company, wrote a paper on DNA, and won the "best student" award or something or other, got sponsorship for Intel Science Fair</p>

<p>there a whole crap load of small awards, nothing very significant, although the quantity is quite impressive</p>

<p>-great recs, good essays</p>

<p>i'm hoping this North Dakota thing carries me some ways. i would really appreciate any suggestions, i.e. safeties, reaches, etc. </p>

<p>thanks for your time.</p>

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<p>I don't know enough to chance you but I don't think being from north dakota counts as a hook...</p>

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<p>what else could i offer up to help you? and yeah, you're probably right.</p>

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<p>help a girl out.
please.</p>

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<p>Hi adai1991! </p>

<p>I'll help you out. It's been a while since I chanced someone on this wonderful site. </p>

<p>Let's see ... yes being from ND doesn't make you special. Moving on ... </p>

<p>Your 4.0 UW GPA / 4.3 W GPA is perfect! Good job on maintaining that GPA. You beat me by .17. Moreover, you are taking the most challenging courseload that your school offers, which demonstrates that you took the initiative to challenge yourself and that you enjoy learning (or you're just a cutthroat pixie trying to impress colleges). However, I'm not familiar about what a 5 point course is, but I'll assume that it's a difficult class. (relatively speaking). Your ACT of 33 is pretty good, which places you in the Top 1% in the US, and your PSAT is also good, but not as good. Don't predict your SAT II scores ... you'll never know what you really got until you log on to Collegeboard.com at 5am on the morning they release the scores. Your ECs are also quite decent. I like how you won the AMC in your school ... at my school, that's almost impossible because there are people called geniuses. (I'm not one) The other honors are pretty good, but in most cases, school-wide honors are trivial. </p>

<p>With the exception of the AMC high scorer (though it's probably not too much of a high score because you didn't mark down yourself as an AIME Qualifier ... don't worry I didn't qualify either because I'm a loser), there's not much on your app that distinguishes yourself from the crowd -- yes, you do have a ton of leadership positions. However, you can still do alot with the essay. Remember, not many people can write good essays. </p>

<p>Chances:
HYPS: Reach
WashU: Slight reach
Rice: Match ... maybe
Duke: Slight reach </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>