<p>If I were born in a different state, I’d be graduated already. I have a friend who’s exactly a year younger and in the same grade, because she’s from NY.</p>
<p>Hmm, that seems like the case for a lot of people here as well. I was born in March, which I thought was pretty late (so i’ll be turning 18 right before graduation), but at the same time i’m one of the oldest people in my grade, because like 90% of them were born in June and the other summer months. The youngest person in our grade was born in mid-November, but is still graduating with us.</p>
<p>The youngest people I ever knew to graduate was my friend, who turned 17 a few months before she graduated. I also know a rising junior who is just about to turn 15.</p>
<p>I think the cutoff is something like August 30th here. u___u</p>
<p>One of my best friends will turn 16 this August, and she’s in our grade o.O</p>
<p>I turn 17 in august! i will be a 16 year old senior for a week</p>
<p>I will be applying to college as a 16 year old 
My birthday is late december, I would have been a grade lower if I was born a week later! So glad only one year left till graduation :D</p>
<p>I have a friend (class of '13) who won’t be 16 until December. So she could potentially be accepted as a 15 year old.</p>
<p>Friend is turning 17 in January</p>
<p>I feel so old lol. I’m turning 18 in October.
It’s normal though, where I’m from. :P</p>
<p>I think I did super on the ACT today!</p>
<p>@Rayna, I turn 18 in November. I know the feeling</p>
<p>I turn 18 the September of Freshman year in college, Cut off in NYS is or was December 31</p>
<p>So, I’ve been doing college tours, and we had a really funny and smart your guide at one of the colleges. Towards the end of the tour my dad asked the tour guide about my favorite school so far (Rice), because the tour guide lives in Houston. The tour guide basically said all these bad things about it, one which wasn’t true, one which was subjective and probably not true, and one which was just a reason he thought his college was the best. Although his argument seemed really flawed to me, my dad totally bought into it, and now whenever I bring up Rice he just quotes our tour guide, thinking he’s now an expert. /rant</p>
<p>ugh. frustrating situations. Well, anyways, I just got back from my college tours at JHU, Penn, and Georgetown, so if anyone here’s interested in those schools but can’t visit just send me a message and I can send you my thoughts on each of the schools.</p>
<p>So I did this program that finds me an internship for the summer. After months of waiting they said the best they could find is a children’s museum - which is not related to the politics/journalism I requested. At all. Do I accept it and spend my summer doing blah, or reject it and just have a good summer and go on vacation?</p>
<p>I gave up on doing anything that will look good this summer because I couldn’t find anything :(</p>
<p>@CSIHSIS: I wouldn’t do it. If you have no interest, don’t waste your time. 
@runallday4: I bet there are loads of things you can do that are good. Maybe it’s not exactly an internship or job on your resume, but it can be a great catalyst in an interview.</p>
<p>I might be getting a fee waiver for a course at the local college and I could use that to take an American Foreign Policy class :o</p>
<p>This summer I’m trying to find a job. No one around here is hiring because too many adults are out of work and have taken up the jobs. I’m also traveling around a bit with my family. I have a ton of scholarships to find and start applying to. I have a lot of work to do for school.
While I won’t be doing much that you guys think is “amazing”, I’d rather spend my time hanging out considering that this year was so crazy.</p>
<p>HEY GUYS!! I want to be chanced, lol This is really long, I sorry, but please please read it!! </p>
<p>Could you help me out? I’d really appreciate it if you could be gentle if you don’t think I could get in, and tell me why… don’t just say “Forget JHU, you’ll never get in there!” Lol.</p>
<p>I want to apply to:
Johns Hopkins University
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
Carnegie Mellon University
George Washington University
University of Maryland, College Park (the main campus everyone knows about)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Meyerhoff Scholars Program)
Penn State University, University Park (main campus)
American University</p>
<p>Intended Majors:
Biomedical Engineering, Pre-Med <3 (I’m afraid my SAT I math score may hinder me though, especially at Hopkins. Hopefully a good SAT II math score and my 5 on AP Calc, which I worked REALLY hard for, balance it out. What do you think?)
Biology (Back-up)
Chemical Engineering (Back-up) </p>
<p>High school junior! (c/o '13, yeaaaaa!! )</p>
<p>I’m from Maryland and our transcripts include a regular cumulative GPA out of 4.0 and a weighted GPA (called a QPA, or quantitative point average) out of 6.0, depending on whether you’ve taken standard, honors, gifted and talented (G/T), AP/IB courses (listed in order of least to greatest weight. G/T and AP/IB are weighted the same. It is NOT possible to get a perfect 6.0 unless you’ve taken like G/T Physical Education and courses alike, which aren’t offered.)</p>
<p>Ethnicity/Race and gender(this shouldn’t matter, but I heard it could be a deciding factor): African-American female</p>
<p>Lower to Regular Middle Class</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9/4.0
QPA: 5.4/6.0
AP courses: Calculus AB- 5
Biology- 5
English Lang- 4
Chemistry (Senior year)
Calculus BC (Senior year)
English Lit (Senior year)</p>
<p>Never ever gotten a C as a quarter or final grade, and I pride myself in that </p>
<p>Other notable courses:
Pre- IB Physics
College level Physics (at community college)
Pre-IB Chemistry
Anatomy and Physiolocy Honors
AP US HIstory (no AP score; don’t really like history so I didn’t want to take the exam)
4 levels of G/T and IB Spanish
G/T Pre-Calculus
Honors Trigonometry with Analytical Geometry
Honors Application to Robotics and Principles
and others (mostly arts, history, english, and courses needed for graduation from a Maryland public high school)</p>
<p>Class Rank:
1 out of 202</p>
<p>SAT I:
1930
M- 640 CR-600 W-690 Essay- 10</p>
<p>SAT II:
Just took it last week (June 2012). Scores come out in 2 weeks, so I’ll update this post when its out.
Biology M
Math II
Physics (in October, after my college physics course)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (not in any particular order):
Current Student Member of the Maryland State Board of Education
President of the National Honor Society
Leader of the Robotics Team
DECA
Debate Team
Its Academic! Team
Leader of a Christian teenage group that participates in community outreach programs
Mentoring Program
Pittsburgh Project: Rebuilding houses for the needy in the city of Pittsburgh, PA
A community walk to raise money for water wells in Africa and other developing countries and regions
Girls Track and Field
Girls Varsity Soccer
Bible Club
Cheerleading
Captain of JV Track team (10th grade only)</p>
<p>Jobs:
Founder of Infinite Pride Tutoring (Pretty cool, huh? I actually wrote a business plan and everything.)
Babysitting</p>
<p>Achievements:
DECA Marketing Mathematics Regional Champion 2012
DECA Marketing Management Regional Champion 2012
DECA Marketing Management State Champion 2012
Front page article of community newspaper acknowledging nomination for the student member position of the Maryland State Board of Education
MPSSAA Student-athlete Certificate (Grades 9, 10 and 11)
Academic Honor Roll since the sixth grade
County Champion in the 300m hurdles, runner-up (2nd place) in the 100m hurdles, 2nd place in the 4x200m relay, and 1st in the 4x100m relay
Regional Competitor (5th) in the 300m hurdles in the 10th grade</p>
<p>NOTE: NONE OF THIS IS MADE UP!!!</p>
<p>Thanks so much!! I’ll chance back :)</p>
<p>^If you wanna be chanced, maybe go to the chances forum…?</p>
<p>^^not a chance forum! sorry!</p>