Hot Darn - chances please?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ok now that I have your attention, I hope I'll get more feedback this time.</p>

<p>Applying to:</p>

<p>-Harvard
-Yale
-Tufts
-Boston University
-Boston College
-Brandeis
-UMass Amherst
-MIT
-Georgetown
-Northeastern
-University of Miami Ohio</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>I'm enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program (a 2 year program with a reputation of being as hard as a first year in college) and take. These are my current junior year scores:</p>

<p>Chemistry - 1st term A- - 2nd term A
Biology - 1st term B+ - 2nd term B+
English - 1st term A- - 2nd term A
German - 1st term A- - 2nd term A
Information Technology - 1st term A- - 2nd term A
Math - 1st term A- - 2nd term A</p>

<p>Projected Rank:</p>

<p>~3/~60
That's about on the 5% mark.</p>

<p>Standardized Tests:</p>

<p>Commended PSAT National Merit Scholar (Not sure what my score was)
2200 New SAT (690 Verbal 800 Math 710 Writing) Taken twice.
AP French - 5
AP German - 5
SAT II still to come, but I will be doing German, Bio, Chem, French and Math
ACT 31 Taken twice.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:</p>

<p>Basketball since 4th grade - Varsity basketball since 10th grade
Club team basketball since 4th grade
11th grade Debate Team
12th grade Student Council (provisional since I'm not in 12th grade yet)
I help immigrant and refugee kids do their homework on tuesdays and thursdays
I'm also involved in the International Bazaar each year (proceeds go to charity)
I've been playing the piano since I was about 8 and plan to do a Royal Academy of Music certificate in the near future</p>

<p>Other Info:</p>

<p>I'm from Luxembourg, Europe
I speak/write four languages fluently: English, French, German, Luxembourgish
I'm taking Japanese courses
I have dual nationality: Luxembourgish/U.S.</p>

<p>Well thats all I can come up with off the top of my head. Any thoughts?</p>

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<p>depending upon your major, you might want to focus big on the EC that relates to what u want to do in college</p>

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<p>ok sounds good. any other ideas?</p>

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<p>any awards or leadership positions?</p>

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<p>Well, I've been on Honor Roll, Higher Honor Roll, and Highest Honor Roll from 9th grade on. I was co-captain of our JV basketball team when I was in 9th grade. I got German and Science awards in 10th grade. I participated in all kinds of ECIS Math competitions throughout highschool. Our Varsity Basketball team (10th and 11th grade) have won the NECIS tournament (Its a tournament which alot of international schools participate in) for the past three years. I got basketball Most Improved Player in 9th grade on JV. I got coach's award for 11th grade Varsity basketball. I don't know how the whole letters system works so I dunno about Varsity letters. Thats all I can think of right now. Oh and I've also applied to the NHS and hope to be accepted. Does that help?</p>

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<p>yeah, that's good. include all that in your app... i think you look stellar.</p>

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<p>you look great too ;)</p>

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<p>bumpety bump all in the trunk</p>

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<p>H, Y, M are big reaches for anyone. Your SATs are marginal. 3 SAT IIs over 750 will help. I think you have a nice spread of schools and will get into several of them.</p>

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<p>geez. how the hell did you get a 5 in AP french. o_o</p>

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<p>I'd say you're definetely into:
--Northeastern
--U. Miami
--BU
--UMass Amherst
--Brandeis
--Boston College</p>

<p>You have a good shot at the others, but those are the ones where I'd be surprised if you didn't get in.</p>

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<p>Thanks for that :). I've been doing French since 2nd grade and French is one of 3 official languages in Luxembourg. I've also only been doing English in school since 9th grade. APs are pretty easy if you're a native speaker.</p>