If college admission boards were made up of random online high school students....

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OK, this is exceedingly pointless...but I'll try it anyway</p>

<p>SAT-700 verbal-660 math-590 writing
GPA-Always have taken the hardest classes in my school, the past few quarters Ive gotten
3-4 As
3-4 Bs
1 C
Grades fluctuate alot I have gotten an A in all classes but one at some point this year...got all As freshman year (although I doubt that is a plus)</p>

<p>-Went to JSA Summer School @ Yale (government stuff), learned a **** load of stuff, got an A- and a B+</p>

<p>Took the AP Government test last month without taking a class for it...dunno what I got, but I think I did well</p>

<p>ExtraCurricuar Stuffs</p>

<p>-Started a JSA Chapter at my school my sophmore year (JSA.org if you dont know what that is), president since it started
-Was on JSA Regional Cabinet this year, and will be in a higher post next year (helped run events and stuff)
-AcaDec Team Member, won 4th place Econ medal (only person on the team remotely good at it)
-Founding member of Historic Somerville (umbrella organization for historic stuff-mostly grown ups)
-Volenteered for the Historic Comission-Living History sort of stuff
-Volenteered, and was intern for the Kerry Campaign in Boston August 03-November 04, put in ALOT of hours there
-Founded Students Against Mitt Romney, network of high school students from across the state who are (duh) against Mitt Romney-Boston Globe did an article about us
-Greater Boston Student Advisory Council to the Deparment of Ed-2004/2005
-State Student Advisory Council to the Deparment of Ed-2005/2006
-Helped out kids at my old elementary school make a video about the school for publicity to parents. Put in about 20 hours
-Member of Students Council since freshman year, have about 50/50 chance of being president next year
-Orchestra since 4th grade
-NHS</p>

<p>perhaps some random other stuff...I dunno</p>

<p>Here are some schools Im lookin' at (in order of hard-to-get-into-ness)
UPenn
Columbia
Georgetown
Tufts (which is in my hometown-giving me a bonus)
GW
Lafayette
Franklin and Marshall
American
Hood</p>

<p>Any other suggestions for decent sized good poli sci schools would be appreciated, btw</p>

<p>At first I thought of Georgetown as a reach, but my SAT scores are right in the middle of their range. Is it more reachable then previously calculated?</p>

<p>I think I want to go to school in DC though. Meh. What do ya think?</p>

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<p>I don't get it....this isn't accurate at all as an "average" high school student......</p>

<p>First of all, an average student doesn't take an all rigorous courseload, isn't in NHS, and doesn't go to Yale in the summer...</p>

<p>and they probably wouldn't start a JSA chapter either...</p>

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<p>The writing score is a bit low for Georgetown. Georgetown is a reach for you, as it was for me. (I had the exact same SAT I scores, minus the SAT I Writing... 700 V, 660 M, 780 WR).</p>

<p>But, on the plus side for you, Georgetown will throw out the new writing score from the new SAT I. </p>

<p>Your extracurriculars are interesting, so to say, but you have to remember, the one thing that is so daunting about Georgetown admissions is that two digit number -- 21%. That's the number of students that are accepted each year, with little to no fluctuation. (I think it was 21.9% this year, I'm not too certain).</p>

<p>The school that you apply to at Georgetown will also impact your admissions.</p>

<p>As far as GW, once again, I had the exact same scores and was admitted as a Presidential Scholar (half-tuition) to GW. I've also pulled similar grades like you have (all As, 1 C for the past.. four bloody semesters, including senior year), so not to worry about the grades.</p>

<p>You should consider American your DC safety.</p>

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<p>some stuff I forgot...</p>

<p>French Honor Society</p>

<p>History Day Freshman year-honerable mention</p>

<p>Science Fair Freshman, Sophmore and Junior years-every year got honerable mention at school level, and participated in Regional Science Fair, sophmore year I got a $20 award from science dept.</p>

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<p><strong><em>bump</em></strong></p>

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<p>Hey, I'm from Boston, too, and I was under the impression that being from Boston was more a disdvantage than anything else. I'd very happy to be proven wrong though</p>

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<p>I have heard that Somerville High students get a bit of an advantage because a good bit of Tufts is in Somerville. Somerville Students can also take Tufts classes for free (I think) while in HS. Similar to the relationship between Cambridge and Harvard/MIT. Somerville residents can also audit Tufts classes for free. Tufts doesnt pay property taxes, and I suppose all of this would be a way of giving back to Somerville (and Medford I assume)</p>

<p>Being from the Boston Area might be a disadvantage because there are more students applying to college from around here. If you were from, say Alabama or Montana, there would be a lot fewer applacants from your part of your country. Colleges that want a geographically diverse freshman class would give such students an advantage.</p>

<p>I would guess that applying to Tufts from Somerville is better then from New Jersey, but worse then Nebraska.</p>

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<p>You never ** did ** mention what school of Georgetown you were planning to apply to.</p>

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<p>I would probobly apply to Georgetown college. Which schools are hardest/easiest to get into?</p>

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<p>Statistically, the College is technically the hardest to get into, but because of the small size of the program, I would have to say SFS.</p>

<p>In order of difficulty (actual difficulty, not just percentages), I'd say:</p>

<p>SFS (hardest)
COL
MSB
NHS</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>