Guys, I'm sorry, but it's getting down to the wire and I'd like to know--chances?

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<p>Scores: SAT (once, planning to take again) 2240--780CR/720M/740WR (essay 12)
APs: 10th grade-Gov. and Pol., 5
11th grade-Calc AB, Physics B, Eng.3, Spanish, Music Theory, US History, all 5s.<br>
I'm taking 7 more next year. </p>

<p>ECs: Crew, 4 yrs. (Varsity rower and coxswain 3 yrs of the 4)
Drama Club as well as every production so far; I've been Liesl in the Sound of Music and am going to be Cinderella next year.
Philosophy Club, 3 yrs, President next year
Spanish Honors Society, National Honors Society
International Thespian Society, 2 yrs, President.
Student Legislative Assembly (mock-Congress), 3 yrs., committee co-chair 2 years
Student Government, 1 year
I founded a local soup kitchen and have been pretty much single-handedly running it for about 5-6 months, now it's a church-wide mission project. </p>

<p>Awards: Yale University Book Award, 5th in the state on the National Spanish Exam, 3rd place Princeton University 10-min. play contest for HS juniors, attending Governor's School for Drama and nominated to it for History as well. </p>

<p>I speak Spanish near-fluently and am pretty handy with Portuguese and Latin as well. </p>

<p>I'm pretty artsy, I guess, I write all sorts of things and am also musical--I write songs and play alto sax, piano, flute, and guitar, but none award-winningly, per se. </p>

<p>Hooks: No legacy, and I'm white, middle class, and female (grrk, I know).<br>
I did, however, skip two years of Spanish, taught myself Pre-Calc in the first 6 weeks of the school year on top of all my other classes and switched into Calc, and am about to skip two years of Latin. </p>

<p>Opinions would be very much appreciated.</p>

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<p>Oh, also, my class schedule junior year was impossibly hard--7 classes in a 6 class day, 6 of which were APs and the only non-AP was an independent study to do two years of latin in 1. </p>

<p>Next year's going to be pretty intense as well, I'm going to be taking 9 classes total (somehow), but I have more going on for me than just school.</p>

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<p>Yet another well-qualified non-hooked applicant. You could be accepted or rejected, and neither outcome would be particularly surprising. Work really hard on your essays. They could make or break you. Take a look at the RD thread for this year. It can give you a good idea of where you stand.</p>

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<p>thank you--</p>

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<p>unless there's something you can find that makes you stand out, i'm not sure. also-what do you want to major in? if you want to major in humanities, i wouldn't bother taking sats again. also-SAT II scores? those are very important.</p>

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<p>SAT IIs: 780 Spanish, 760 Math II, 800 US History</p>

<p>And I want to major in physics, and specialize in either astrophysics or quantum physics. </p>

<p>Any suggestions about standing out? What should I highlight?</p>

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<p>wait wats ur GPA?</p>

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<p>Right now, it's 3.947 UW, and they don't tell us weighted but from what I can gather it's a 5.0. My courseload next year should be 9 courses, three independently, 5 of which are APs, one a beyond-AP level, so it ought to raise that a bit.</p>

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<p>you should try to get recruited for crew, otherwise it is a toss-up.</p>