<p>I wish a merry Christmas Eve to all (even though my religion doesn't believe in that, haha). I thank everybody in advance for taking the time to read through this thread. I am wondering a few things from the generous CC population. One, what are my chances at the schools listed at the bottom? Two, does anybody have any suggestions for schools to look into? Three, does anybody have any suggestions to improve my chances? I will chance back everybody, provided they leave a link to their thread. Thank you very, very much!</p>
<p>Race: Caucasian
Religion: Jewish (well, atheist, but that's beside the point)
State: Florida
School: Top 100 public school (both US News and Newsweek); magnet arts school
Financial Aid: will not be applying
Possible Areas of Study: Economics, ecology, biochemistry, political science, physics</p>
<p>Grade: Junior (class of 2011)
GPA: 4.00
Rank: 1/332
SAT: Composite 2300; 2190 (740 CR / 750 M / 700 W / 9 E) (October 2009); 2260 (700 CR / 770 M / 790 W / 10 E) (December 2009)
SAT II: Biology M (740) (June 2009); taking more eventually, haha
PSAT: 216 (National Merit cutoff for Florida has been 211, 211, and 212 over the past 3 years)</p>
<p>Middle School Courses for High School Credit
Algebra 1 Honors - A/A
French 1 - A/A
Integrated Science Honors - A/A</p>
<p>Freshman Schedule
Jazz Ensemble 1 - A/A
French 2 - A/A
Symphonic Band 3 - A/A
Geometry Honors - A/A
AP Human Geography - A/A (4)
Biology Honors - A/A
English 1 Honors - A/A</p>
<p>Sophomore Schedule
Jazz Ensemble 2 - A/A
AP World History - A/A (5)
English 2 Honors - A/A
AP Biology - A/A (5)
Wind Ensemble 4 - A/A
Algebra 2 Honors - A/A
French 3 Honors - A/A
AP Macroeconomics (FLVS) - A (5)
AP Microeconomics (FLVS) - A (5)
Personal Fitness (FLVS) - A
Trigonometry (dual enrollment) - A</p>
<p>Junior Schedule
Jazz Ensemble 3 - A
AP English Language and Composition
AP Calculus AB
AP Psychology - A
Wind Ensemble 5 - A
AP Physics B
AP US History - A
AP US Government and Politics (FLVS) - A
AP French Language (Laurel Springs)</p>
<p>(For junior year, I'm still waiting on my semester results for the courses without grades.)</p>
<p>My schedule is as rigorous as possible. I had a schedule conflict and could not take calc BC. My school does not offer AP Physics C. My school does not offer AP Macro or Micro, which is why I took them on FLVS. My school does not offer anything past French 3, which is why I'm taking AP French online.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars</p>
<p>Little League Baseball - volunteer manager during 10th grade and beyond. I am extremely dedicated to the organization and attend regularly scheduled board meetings.</p>
<p>Music - I have played the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones for seven years. I attend a performing arts magnet school for saxophone. I play in the school's wind ensemble and jazz band. I made the All-County Jazz Band in 2008. I have played many pieces at the solo and ensemble festival. At the district level, I received two superiors (top grade) my freshman year, one of those being on a saxophone quartet I composed. I received three superiors my sophomore year, one of those being on a saxophone quintet I composed. In 2007, I finished in second place in a Florida composing contest.</p>
<p>Writing - six opinion pieces published in the local newspaper (2007-2009)</p>
<p>Rotary International - in 2009, I attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards meeting. This was my first exposure to Rotary. There, I won the Mike Donovan Award for speech. I saw many incredible speakers who were selflessly changing the world and helping those in need. The conference was filled with kids who want to help others as much as I do. Leaving the meeting extremely inspired, I founded a Rotary chapter, Interact Club, at my school and have been volunteering for the past half-year.</p>
<p>Mu Alpha Theta - ever since a friend and I started it at my school this year, we have been very busy participating in the three sectors of our chapter - competition, service, and creativity. For competition, we have already done two MAO competitions and plan on doing more. We also are going to be the first students at my school to take the AMC test. For service, we are doing tutoring in math, both in-school and online (via NSTEP). For creativity, we are making various math-related posters and songs. We are also working on entries for the MAO video competition. Overall, it really is nice to be engaging in math at an arts school, where stuff like this has literally never been done here before.</p>
<p>Young Democrats - I have volunteered for many democratic campaigns. My personal favorite was working with the Barack Obama campaign. This culminated in me attending his inauguration in DC, an experience that I will never forget.</p>
<p>Interact Club (10-11) - founder and president (10-11)
French Honor Society (9-11) - treasurer (11)
Young Democrats Club (9-11) - treasurer (11)
Mu Alpha Theta (11) - co-founder and secretary (11)
Environmental Club (9-11) - secretary (11)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (10-11)
National Honor Society (11)
A-Teams Academic Competition (10-11)
JSU debate (11)</p>
<p>Awards</p>
<p>PROMISE Award (2008)
French 2 Most Outstanding (2008)
Biology Honors Most Outstanding (2008)
French 3 Most Outstanding (2009)
Algebra 2 Honors Most Outstanding (2009)
AP Scholar with Distinction (2009)</p>
<p>Schools</p>
<p>Princeton (legacy)
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
UPenn (Wharton)
Georgetown
Stanford
WashU at St. Louis
UNC Chapel Hill
UMich Ann Arbor
NYU
UF
Rollins College</p>
