<p>I'm a incoming senior at a public school in Southern Indiana of about 1,000 students. It's a small Midwestern town of 7,000 people, (not a lot of diversity) and the local economy is based on an Alcoa plant and coal mining. Not a lot of challenging classes are offered, but I take the hard ones that I can. My goal is an International Relations major at Georgetown (SFS) or another "big name" school such as Tufts, Notre Dame, UChicago, Brown, George Washington, Johns Hopkins, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, etc... Here's my stats, if someone could please give me a rough estimate of my chances at such schools, it would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>*GPA: 4.0 on a 4.0 scale (my school does not weigh grades)
*Class Rank: 1st of 205
*SATs: Verbal - 690 Math - 630 Writing - 610 (I'm taking the SAT II in World History, U.S. History, and Literature in the Fall.)
*I have taken Junior AP English Language class and I will get the scores in July (I think I at least got a 3) I will take Senior AP Eng. Lit next year.
*NO AP Social Studies classes are offered at my school, but I do take "advanced" Social Studies classes that are offered.
*Although "A modern foreign language background is expected" at these schools, I have taken 3 years of Latin. However, I took a non-credit night class in French at a local university and am continuing my studies, does this help/hurt?
*Member of several clubs: 10 yr 4H member, Key Club, Student Council, Junior Classical League, National Honor Society, Youth Group at Catholic Church. I have done community service with each of these clubs.
*Athlete: Football 3 yrs, Baseball all 4 yrs.
*HOBY Ambassador, returned as a Junior Counselor
*Selected from my school to attend a foreign policy seminar hosted by Senator Richard Lugar
*Hoosier Boys State Delegate; member of the State House of Reps there
*No real minority status (white male); both parents are public school teachers
*My Grandfather Attended the School of Foreign Service in the '50s, but left to join the Army for the Korean War, if that's worth anything.</p>
<p>I think that's it, I'll update as needed. I'll try and answer any questions that are asked. Thank you very much for reading this and any help is much appreciated. Thanks again.</p>
<p>i don't have time to read through all that, but i'll comment on what i've read</p>
<p>your GPA and rank are excellent, but your SATs don't show it. colleges might think your taking the easiest courses available to you. study over the summer and bring them up</p>
<p>about APs, you don't have to take the course to take the test. do some self-study in a few subjects your really interested in, get the practice books, take a few practice tests, and if you did well then take the APs</p>
<p>I have taken classes necessary for Indiana's Academic Honors Diploma (the highest HS diploma in the state), and have taken the most difficult Social Studies and Language Arts classes possible. However, I have taken math and science courses that are not the most difficult in my school for I have no intention to study anything past the basic courses in those disciplines. In case anyone is interested, here are my grades by semester:</p>
<p>10th grade
Geometry: A/A
Integrated Chem/Phys: A/A
3D Art (woodshop, an art credit is required): A/A
Latin II: A/A
Adv. Lang. Arts: A/A
World Hist/Western Civ: A/A
Health (1st sem)/Etymology (2nd sem): A/A</p>
<p>11th grade
Algebra II: A/A
Earth/Space Science: A/A
Adv. US Hist: A/A
Latin III: A/A
AP Eng. Lang: A/A-
Yearbook: A/A
Radio-TV-BC: A/A</p>
<p>I don't know your chances, but hope you get in (I'm from Indiana too and want to go to SFS; not applying anytime soon though ;) ). But I would imagine, just in general, the Midwest application pool at G-town would be less competitive than the Northeast and Southwest thanks in part to Notre Dame and just the fact that Midwest is just less competitive. Just a suggestion, how about writing your essay about living in a small town and
Just a suggestion, how about searching for a good connection from small town life to the intl world/tell them about your desire to contribute to it (etc.). Its hard to really show your interest in it living in Indiana isn't it?</p>
<p>Also, ND looks like a reach, just b/c you do live in Indiana.</p>