How are these ECs?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey peeps! Now that sophomore year is done, I figured I would post my ECs to see what I need to do in the future. My academics are solid enough for the schools I'm aiming for, so I think it'll come down to ECs and essays.</p>

<p>Rank: 3/150ish
SAT: 2120 (taken in 9th grade as a bet. A practice exam I took yesterday was 2350, so hopefully I'll get something in that range)
PSAT: 231
UW GPA: 3.98
9 APs and 3 IBs by the end of Junior year, 12 APs and 6 IBs in total
IB Diploma candidate
I've taken 4 APs now:
APWH (5), I'm pretty sure I got a 5 on these too: AP Comp Sci A, AP Calc AB,
AP Physics C Mechanics</p>

<p>ECs:
Debate:
4th in State in Extemporaneous Speaking (2008, 2009) [I got jipped so badly this year. >_>]
I double qualified to nationals in Public Forum Debate (2nd) and International Extemp. (1st) this year.
Semi-finalist (top 12) in Impromptu at Wake Forest Earlybird, Blue Key, Laird Lewis (Myers Park)
Semi-finalist (top 12) in Extemp at Emory
6th place at Laird Lewis in Extemp</p>

<p>I'm a public speaking chair (in charge of training of novices) in the debate team right now, pretty sure I'll get captain my senior year. </p>

<p>Youth in Government (YIG):
Attended like 16 conferences
Attendee of the Conference on National Affairs (CONA) this year (2009). Delegation of 20 from each state get selected to go.
Chosen as a Premier Presider for the 2009 SC conference.
I'm running for Speaker of the House this year, and it looks like I'll win :D</p>

<p>SGA:
Freshmen Year: class VP
Sophomore Year: class VP
Junior Year: Student Body Secretary</p>

<p>Tiger Ambassadors:
30ish kids get selected each year to represent the school in various functions. eg. wear a suit and direct people around the school during parent nights. We also get to go talk to middle schoolers about the IB program.</p>

<p>Math:
SC All-State math team (08-09)
Mu Alpha Theta (07-08). The teacher left so it died this year. I'm trying to get it restarted next year.
AMC 10 school winner (x2).
AIME qualifier (failed it. badly)
SC ARML team (09)</p>

<p>Fundraising Club:
My friend and I also started a club this year to raise money for various school organizations. Some sort of financial mishap happened, to where our school doesn't have enough paper anymore. We hope to raise 8-10k over the summer. We'll see how that goes.</p>

<p>USAPO:
Founding a club for it next year. I'm not sure how I'll do or how it will go in general, so don't really consider this. Just wanted to put it down.</p>

<p>Varsity Tennis (2007-2009)</p>

<p>Other stuff is fairly insignificant. The debate/speaking stuff should continue to improve, and I hope to final at a couple of national tourneys next year, with the assistance of forensics camp. Math and fundraising will probably also continue.</p>

<p>I'm interested in:
Yale
MIT
Caltech
Duke
UC Berkeley
Stanford
JHU
The rest are safeties</p>

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<p>buuuump? 14 views? I guess my title wasn’t enticing enough.</p>

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<p>your stats are kinda like mine…i think you should retake SAT and if you get 2250+ with atleast 720+ on each subject, then I think you have a great shot</p>

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<p>Those ECs are awesome, and so is your overall profile. You’ll get into at least half of those schools.</p>

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<p>Are you kidding?! Your ECs are excellent (how do you fit them all in!)</p>

<p>With your projected 2310 on the SAT (per your PSAT) you should get into most of your schools. Perhaps add Northwestern to your list? I think you are in at JHU, Northwestern, UCBerk, and Duke (just a guess, but you are quite a qualified applicant. But random stuff does happen).</p>

<p>Good luck! Perhaps consider UMichigan as a safety :)</p>

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<p>“your stats are kinda like mine…i think you should retake SAT and if you get 2250+ with atleast 720+ on each subject, then I think you have a great shot”</p>

<p>Lol. I wasn’t planning on using the 2120, xD. It was just a bet with a friend. I hope to get a 2300+ when I take it for real this fall.</p>

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<p>Haha you call me cocky, and then post a thread with these stats asking if your amazing EC’s are ok…I call mega-hypocrisy right here</p>

<p>Regardless, great work, your EC’s are * exceptional *.</p>

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<p>I definitely agree with DataBox, hypocrisy is not a good thing son…</p>

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<p>My ECs? There aren’t any national awards really, and I feel like I don’t show my passion in the sciences enough. My friends told me I was screwed. >_>. But either way, I was just trying to see what I needed to change, etc.</p>

<p>I’m sorry if I was being hypocritical, and also I reread my posts in DataBox’s threads, and I guess I was being harsh. Regardless, DataBox, you’re a great applicant, I don’t think you need to worry at all. </p>

<p>Let me rephrase my question then, something to what DataBox was asking. I want to major in BM Engineering. Will the fact that I spend 90% of my team debating and doing political type stuff (YIG) instead of researching or curing cancer or doing anything in the math/science field hurt? While I’d love to do that kind of thing, there aren’t many opportunities at school and I loooooooooooove debate.</p>

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<p>Can I bump? I’m really worried about this.</p>