I'm a magnet school student. Chance me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hello there! I’m currently a rising senior at a very competitive public magnet school (#1 in the state, #10 of all US magnet schools, #44 in the nation)!! Let me know what you think about my stats, what other colleges I should consider, etc.

4.0 GPA unweighted
ACT: 33 Composite, 35 Superscore
AP classes:
Human Geography (5)
Psychology (5)
US History (?) maybe 4
Chemistry (?) maybe 4
English Language (?) maybe 5
Spanish Language (?) maybe 5

Senior year courses:
AP Spanish Literature
AP English Literature
AP Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Biology
Dual Enrollment Physics
Writing lab-I will be an English tutor

Officer Positions:
Vice President of NEHS (junior)
Secretary of HOSA (junior)
Treasurer of Science NHS (senior)
President of NEHS (senior)
Secretary of HOSA (senior-hopefully!)

Clubs and Activities:
Varsity Volleyball (4 years, co-captain jr/sr year)
Varsity Softball (4 years, captain sr year)
National Honor Society
National Spanish Honor Society
National English Honor Society
Science National Honor Society
HOSA(state competitor and placer past 3 years)
Beta Club

Service:
Junior Volunteer Program at regional hospital (done for the past 2 years, logged over 120 volunteer hours in clinical setting)
Volunteer with county health department (done past 4 years, help run a public health fair each year, 50+ hours)
Volunteer with Hispanic Heritage Center to teach English reading skills to 1st/2nd graders (40+ hours)

Awards:
perfect attendance (4 years), Biomed class award, Bronze and silver awards on National Spanish Exam, Academic Achievement award by the American Psychological Association

Colleges I’m Considering: Sewanee (#1 choice), Vanderbilt, UAB, UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, Tulane, Rice, UK, Rhodes, MTSU (safety)

please let me know what you think! I’m hoping to major in Spanish and maybe chemistry. (definitely pre-med)

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Love it, esp. the deep volunteering. Multiple years and many hours. Looks like you have an interest in public health care. Could do that with Spanish. You look like a great candidate!

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" (definitely pre-med)"

Your senior year schedule doesn’t show any math courses. What level of math will you have achieved?

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@milee30 At my school, Dual Physics counts as a math course. I just finished advanced precalculus this past year. I was planning to take AP Calculus, but due to scheduling conflicts with several of my other classes, I had to settle for physics.

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I normally don’t chance but you peaked my interest.

You really should think about adding Calc. I’m not sure how you are going to handle college physics without at least 1st semester calc. High School physics is fine, since it is algebra based. AP Spanish adds nothing and if you are a native speaker, it looks like you are using it to pump up your GPA and running away from Calc.

While you ACT is fine for admissions, if you can squeeze another point or two into your ACT, I think you get into serious merit aid with a 34. Vandy and Tulane love high stats. You can do the homework and see what kind of merit is available for each school and decide whether or not to take the exam again or if they superscore the ACT.

Good luck, you are a strong candidate even if you keep the schedule as is.

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You’re definitely a strong candidate for Sewanee - if that’s your first choice, then you’re unlikely to come out of this process disappointed! I feel as if Wake Forest would fill a gap in this list - it’s similar in many ways to Vandy and Duke, but not quite as much of a reach. And if you like Sewanee and Rhodes, then maybe look at Centre also? Good luck - I think you have a great, balanced list.

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For elite schools (duke and vanderbilt) it will be quite a reach.
For top 30 schools, low reach/high match.
For state flagships, match.