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<p>Hey Guys!
I will be a Senior at a non-ranking public high school in Pennsylvania.</p>

<p>Ethnicity:Persian</p>

<p>Academic Profile</p>

<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.81
Weighted GPA: 3.94
SAT: 2210 (760 Math, 720 Reading, 730 Writing)
SAT II:
Math IIC- 720
US History- 710
Chemistry- Awaiting Scores</p>

<p>School is non-ranking but approximate class rank: 4/425</p>

<p>TOUGHEST COURSELOAD:</p>

<p>9th Grade:</p>

<p>Honors Biology- A
Honors American Literature I- A
Honors Geometry- A
Honors US History- A
German II- A</p>

<p>10th Grade:</p>

<p>Honors Chemistry- A
Honors American Literature II- A
Honors Math Analysis- A
AP US History- A
German III- A</p>

<p>11th Grade:</p>

<p>AP Chemistry- A
Honors Physics- A
Honors World Literature- A
AP Calculus- B
AP European History- A
Honors German IV- A</p>

<p>12th Grade (will take the following):</p>

<p>AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP British Literature
AP Statistics
AP Government
AP German</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:</p>

<p>Long-Term Commitments and Employment</p>

<p>• 50 Hours spent analyzing experiments in the lab of Temple University (2005)
• 1600 Hours working as a math and reading tutor at Kumon Learning Center (2004-Present)
• 20 Hours Spent doing Various Lab Experiments at Rohm and Haas
• Host and Organizer for Laser Shows and Star Gazing Events through Upper Dublin (2004-2005)
• Self-Employed Personal Tutor for Math, Chemistry, English, and Writing (500 Hours)
• Attended Persian Society and Shabahang meetings and aided in their organization (15 hours)
• Worked as a Babysitter for various people (50 hours)</p>

<p>After School Activities</p>

<p>• Secretary of Junior Class- Director and Planner of Junior Prom, Spirit Week Officer, Director of Class Fundraising, Director of Class Sales (2006-2007)
• Officer and Member of NHS – Delegate (2007-2008)
• Member of German Club (2004-2007)- Newsletter Editor (2007-2008)
• Member of Golf Theory Club (2005-2006)
• Member of Chess Club (2005-2007)- Attendance Officer (2007-2008)
• Member of Ultimate Frisbee Club (2006-2007)
• Member of Debate Club (2006-2007)
• Member of Astronomy Club (2004-2005)
• Intramural School Basketball (2006-2007)</p>

<p>Athletics</p>

<p>• Member of the JV Tennis Team (2005-2006)
• Intramural Soccer Player (2004-2007)
• Intramural Basketball Player (2006-2007)</p>

<p>International Studies</p>

<p>• Attended a private school in Germany, and received certificate for completing curriculum (2006)</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p>• A score of a 5 on the US History AP Test</p>

<p>Awards:</p>

<p>Mathematics</p>

<p>• School Semi-Finalist in the AMC/AIME testing (2006)</p>

<p>International Studies</p>

<p>• Award-winner for most orally advanced German II student in Montgomery County (2004)</p>

<p>Literary Accomplishments</p>

<p>• Gold-key winner at the regional level for The Scholastic Writing Awards
• Awards and Publications of a number of writings (7) in the Creative Communications Competitions
• Award for completing the Reading Program of Kumon, and being ranked among the top 40 in the nation (2004-2005)
• Certificate of Merit for Creating an Ad and editorial for the Intelligencer Record</p>

<p>Misc.</p>

<p>• Chemistry Olympiad School Finalist/Regional Competitor (2007)
• National Merit Letter of Commendation (2007)</p>

<p>I'd like to see my chances at the following colleges (either % or safety/match/reach etc):</p>

<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Penn
Schreyers (Penn State Honors College)
Cornell
Dartmouth
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Chicago</p>

<p>THANKS FOR YOU HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>there's no such thing as "AP british literature"</p>

<p>mediocre test scores... 720 on math II? that's 64% percentile... (<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005/16_subj_test_percentile_ranks_0506.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/about/news_info/cbsenior/yr2005/16_subj_test_percentile_ranks_0506.pdf&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>decent rank</p>

<p>i doubt you spend 2100 hours tutoring</p>

<p>a lot of "member", which is not impressive ("attendance officer" is bs, and adcoms aren't stupid)</p>

<p>HYP & wharton:reject
in at the rest</p>

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<p>yes our school has a class called AP Brit Lit. u doubt i spend 2100 hours tutoring? alright nice i didnt ask what u doubted about my resume (which is legit btw), i asked whether i have chances at certain colleges, which i appreciate that u addressed at the end. and actually as attendance officer i am the hardest working officer as I have to tally up points and make sure everything ends up working out, which is much harder than arranging meetings, etc... is 4/425 really only decent i thought i was doing pretty well?</p>

<p>u say I'm not in at HYP. Would it help that:</p>

<p>1.) I'm applying SCEA to Yale
2.) I retake math IIC (its 82nd percetile according to my score report)</p>

<p>????</p>

<p>plz any answers :)</p>

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<p>Ap Brit Lit is probably just AP Eng Lit (at our school, we read American novels in Eng Lang and Brit novels in Eng Lit)</p>

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<p>The fact is that unless you have a hook like athlete or legacy, eighty anything percentile will not fly at the top schools. Throw your application on the pile like everyone else here, but the CDSs suggest your chances are slim at ivies with your current scores. You need to balance your list with matches and safety schools.</p>

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<p>You have a pretty good shot at all those schools. If your numbers and ec's are accurate then congratulations on being so awesome. Look how much you've accomplished in High School. Even if you don't get into any ivy your definitely going places. Ivy's are always hard to guess when it comes to admissions. I've heard of kids with perfect scores getting rejected all the time and then occasionally you hear about the kid with a 27 Act and 3.8 GPA (less than average for these schools) that gets accepted. Write an awesome essay and I don't see why you won't get accepted. Good Luck!</p>

<p>Hey do you think you could chance me? I'm not getting any responses
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362114%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362114&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>well considering the Math IIC is my only 80th percentile in anything, would u recommend retaking it?</p>