<p>Chances for ivies?</p>
<p>I am a female from Toronto, Canada, attending a private school with a very rigorous curriculum and competitive environment. Nearly 100% of graduating students have A averages.</p>
<p>These are my current stats.</p>
<p>White female
- The Acting Club. currently president.
- Was in 4 school plays/musicals.
- Wrote a one-act play that was performed in the school.
- Co-wrote/performed in a play in an drama program outside school, and performed in 2 others.
- Am currently refining a full-length play which i will produce and direct myself.
- Went on an exchange trip to France for three months in grade 9.
- 200 hours community service at a daycare, looking after small children.
- Stage Band for 4 years. currently section leader.
- Symphonic Band for 5 years
- Senior Choral for 2 years
- French Club for 1 year
- piano lessons for 11 years
- singing lessons for 3 years
- took a biology course in Italy last summer (independently from my school). </p>
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<li><p>Current SAT: verbal 750, math 620 (with little preparation. My last practice test scores were 780 verbal, 680 math). Will take the test again shortly. </p></li>
<li><p>Will take SAT II in Writing, Literature, French. Expect to get over 700 on all. </p></li>
<li><p>My private school education was paid for by my grandmother, who died this year. My mother is single, there is no court-arranged support from my father. My mum makes a bit under $50 000 US per year. </p></li>
<li><p>I can write unusually well (and have wanted to write since I was little). My first admissions essay, which was graded, received very high marks from my English teacher. </p></li>
<li><p>I am articulate, and likely to do quite well in an interview. I will probably get good recommendations from my teachers. </p></li>
<li><p>I know what I want to study in college: English and Drama (or Drama and English). I am very passionate about these subjects. I will contribute everything I can to these departments in whatever school I go to. </p></li>
<li><p>Downsides (I might as well make myself transparent): a slight lack of variety in my course load. I am currently taking two English courses (one of which is advanced, and required an interview for admittance), drama, interdisciplinary arts, politics, philosophy (a rigorous course) and calculus. I took biology over the summer. i was prevented from taking grade 11 French last year because it interfered with my drama course. I am not taking it this year, though I am involving myself in the French club. </p></li>
<li><p>My school offers a few AP courses, but only during senior year. The only APs it offers are Physics, which Ive never taken, Calculus, which I didnt test for, and Chemistry, which Im not taking this year. </p></li>
<li><p>My grades are good. In my school as in many Canadian schools 80% is an A, 90% is an A+. My average in junior year was A+ (91%) - Straight As with the exception of math, which was B+ (78%). With the courses Im currently taking, I fully expect this years marks to be higher. </p></li>
<li><p>My father went to Harvard (and MIT, which doesnt interest me), and taught at Yale for a year. </p></li>
<li><p>My school, like nearly all Canadian schools, does not rank students.</p></li>
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<p>so, what d’y’all think?</p>