<p>I'd love for someone to chance me for a few schools. Seeing as that's the point of this board...</p>
<p>Gender: M
Location: Upstate NY
HS Class: 2011
HS: Public</p>
<p>Acedemics:
GPA UW: 3.6*
GPA W: 3.9*
Class Rank: Top 10%
Course Load: Took every honors/AP course offered
My grades show a consistent upward trend</p>
<p>*My school takes forever to do these so I calculated it myself. Their calculation for weighed GPA will probably end up a bit higher since the improvement my math came up with is low relative to the number of honors/AP courses I took (which is 3 AP and 9 honors so far, 9 AP and 9 honors by the end of next year).</p>
<p>SAT:
800 CR, 700 M, 780 W (1500/2280) Retaking for better math
SAT II's
790 World History, taking Biology E and American history and expecting similar scores</p>
<p>AP's
World History - 5
enrolled in US History - 5 expected
enrolled in Biology - 5 expected
I expect a bunch of 5's senior year but those obviously have no bearing on admission.</p>
<p>Senior Course Load:
Every class I am taking besides gym will be AP.</p>
<p>EC's:
4 years of Cross Country/Track, won some regional level recognition but not competitive on the state level
Science Olympaid 2 years, won some regional level awards but not that competitive at states
School Newspaper 2 years, contributed greatly to overall quality of writing
Student Human Rights Group - as an organization we raise the majority of NY's funds within our organization
Latin Club 2 years (I decided to drop Latin because our school's foreign language department is really week) won regional level awards
National Honor Society - assisted with running it a bit and helped clean up bad finaincal policy (we had once paid $500 to replace the vice principle's cardstock, to this day I don't know what he did with all of it)</p>
<p>Awards:
Some XC/Track awards
SO medals/trophy
Latin Comptetion awards
A few of the more selective school level awards (for English)</p>
<p>Notable Community Service:
I run a number of races to raise money for charity, many of which have sponsers for student athletes (puts my running to use). My aunt is in charge of special olympics programs so I've been involved with that lately. Prior to that I had been helping time and school middle school level meets, which I intend to continue when sports are back in season.</p>
<p>Recommendations: Obviously I'm only asking for recommendations from teachers who think the ground I walk on is holy. However one of my science teachers won a national level teaching award so that may possibly have some bearing.</p>
<p>Essays: Writing is my strongest area and I have teachers who are published writers that can offer assistance with editting. I am most confident about this area.</p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<p>Carleton
Macalester
Colgate
Tufts (I might be applying ED here if I have a respectable chance)
Conecticut College
Dickinson
SUNY Geneseo</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in either Political Science or Internation Relations. Wouldn't mind suggestions for what might be a good match. Thanks in advance.</p>