<p>So even though I'm the first person to criticize the whole idea behind chance threads and make fun of people who make them, I finally caved and made one. I'm a rising senior at a slightly above average public school in IL who's probably going to major in philosophy, history, polisci, or some other unemployable major :D (details below).</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
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<p>ACT: 34..(32, 34, 36, 33) first try, might retake it just for ****s and giggles. (I know there's almost nothing to be gained college wise but I think I can do better) </p>
<p>SAT II: 800 USH, 780 WH (taken senior year for a class I took freshman year)
Will take Math II in the fall and I think I can reasonably expect 770-800, might take Math I or Lit while I'm at it </p>
<p>GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.8 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500
AP: 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 (WH, USH, Lang, Gov, Econ, AB, Psych, Human)
PSAT: Around 207 if I remember correctly. NM Commended in any case.</p>
<p>Awards: </p>
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<p>-National AP Scholar (got 8 5's with one self-study)
-National Merit Commended
- A couple of state level awards for Speech Team (pretty competitive) and DECA (not-so-much). Ended up going to state three times this year (the other being math team)</p>
<p>EC's</p>
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<li>My biggest commitment would be Speech Team, my event is pol-sci related and I've done it for 4 years, went to state. Super-time consuming, w/ leadership position</li>
<li>Tennis (Varsity/JV) (4 years)</li>
<li>Co-founded and help to lead our school's very own Philosophy Club (4 years)</li>
<li>Co-founded and helped lead our school's Debate Club (2 years)</li>
<li>Scholastic Bowl (Varsity/JV) (4 years)
-DECA: Competitive Business Club (2 years)
-Ultimate Frisbee Club [3]</li>
<li>Math Team: went to state and our team won sectionals (2 years)
-Debate Club: co-founded and helped lead [2]
-Spanish Honor Society [2]
-National Honor Society <a href="President">2</a></li>
<li>Had a summer job as a rising senior: (Crappy customer service, basically. Doesn't matter, made bank haha)</li>
<li>Briefly shadowed a doctor/professor at a nearby college</li>
<li>Had a job as a Congressional Campaign Intern during the 2012 election season </li>
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<p>Volunteering:</p>
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<p>-Volunteering at a Tennis Summer Camp
-Volunteering Library
-Voluntering at a Hospital
-Volunteering Tutoring
-Other various things for NHS seeing as I'm president, maybe 300-400 service hours all included</p>
<p>Leadership-y cool stuff:</p>
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<p>1) President of NHS
2) President of DECA*
3) Co-founder and Captain of Debate Team
4) Co-founder and Co-president of Philosophy Club
6) Speech Team Chairperson
7) Junior Class Treasurer
5) DECA Chairperson (11th)</p>
<p>Other Shenanigans:
-State (if domestic applicant):IL
-Country (if international applicant):
-School Type: It's an average-ish public school, act averaging around 23. We send kids to Ivy's rarely but have had a lot of success with Uchicago (3 admits last year in a class of 400). Not many apply to Ivy's I suppose.
-Ethnicity: asian
-Gender: male
-Income Bracket: 90-100k
-Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
-Senior schedule: Insane (currently thinking of toning it down, but 6 ap classes nonetheless:
-AP Calc BC, AP 12, AP Bio, AP Spanish, AP Stats and APES is what I'm planning on changing it to</p>
<p>-I'm pretty set on who I'm getting recommendations from and they should be very positive. Even though I'm a surprisingly lazy student in a lot of classes, I know a handful of teachers that absolutely love me.</p>
<p>-Intended Major: Something in the realm of philosophy, history or polisci and maybe pre-med. The doctor shadowing, the hospital volunteering, the Philosophy Club and the campaign internship and the subject test scores kind of help me out with that (or so I'd like to think)</p>
<p>Schools:</p>
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<p>Early:
1) UChicago
2) Georgetown ?
3) USC ?</p>
<p>Regular (somewhat depends on how I fare in early admissions but most of the following</p>
<p>Brown *****
Columbia *****
Upenn ****
Duke *****
Dartmouth *****
NU ***
Cornell *****
And possibly Harvard/Yale just because why not</p>
<p>Safeties will probably end up being Loyola University Chicago and/or U of I</p>
<p>I do appreciate any input that anyone reading this behemoth of a text post has to say. Comments and feedback are more than welcome, as are chances. Thank you!</p>