<p>What are my chances? Here is a list of the schools I'm applying for in the fall:
Yale, Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Dartmouth, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Georgetown, UVA</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.87
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Class Rank: Top 5%
Class Size: 400</p>
<p>SAT I Scores:
780 (Critical Reading), 760 (Writing), 680 (Math)
SAT II:
US History: 800
World History: 800
Math I: 720</p>
<p>Leadership Positions:
- Student Council, Class President (9-11)
- Teenage Democrats, State Chairman (10-11)
- Asian American Youth Spectrum Magazine, Editor-in-Chief (10-11)
- County Student Council, Public Relations Coordinator (10-11)
- Young Democrats, Vice President (10-11)
- Unity 08/Unity Petition Project, State Coordinator (11)
- Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, Chairman (11)
- County Public School Health Service Committee, Student Representative (11)</p>
<p>Other Significant Extracurriculars:
- All County Orchestra
- All State Orchestra
- Played at Carnegie Hall (NY) in early 2007
- Tri-M Member</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
- Congressional Black Caucus Delegate
- Who's Who Among America
- National Society of High School Scholars Member
- Student Speaker at the 2006 annual Champions for Children
- 11th Annual Student Leader Workshop on Capitol Hill
- Maryland Youth Leadership Conference
- American Citizens of Taiwanese Citizen for Outstanding Academic and Service Excellence
- Emerging Leaders Program by MCBRE: State Legislature
- MSBA Leadership Academy's Youth Violence Conference </p>
<p>College Summer Programs:
- JSA Georgetown 2005
- JSA Yale 2007</p>
<p>what state do you live in? that is a large factor when determining whether you are more likely to get into UVA. if you are in state, you have a great chance, but if not, it will be tough.</p>
<p>Overall, you have good stats, but the Ivy's (as well as Georgetown and Chicago, to an extent) are a crapshoot, so it's too tough to predict. You need to stand out in your essays/recs, because there are thousands of applicants to your target schools that have as good/better stats than you do. Overall, though, I would guess that you would get into one of your target schools. Good luck!</p>
<p>Maryland. I'm not too worried about the essays/rec letters/interview. In fact, I'm counting on them to give me an advantage over the other applicants. What I'm worried about are my grades and SAT scores. I think they're pretty decent, but the fact that so many others did way better is intimidating. </p>
<p>Also, I was wondering if a senior internship would hurt my chances. I'm applying for the Superintendent's Leadership Program in my county (which admits around 14 people annually) and I think I have a very good chance of getting in. Basically, it matches the student with interships in their chosen fields (for me, it'd be politics) and couples the internship with Harvard style weekly seminars, usually presided by the Superintendent himself or some government official. Additionally, the program is translated to two honors credits on the transcript. </p>
<p>My choices for the internship sites are US Senate, Brookings Institute (think tank in DC), or a lobbying firm. </p>
<p>The problem is that if I am accepted to the program, I will only be taking four classes in the morning, since I have to head over to the site in the afternoon. I will most likely be taking Multivariable Calc, AP Lit & Comp, AP Bio, and AP European History. </p>
<p>Do you think that this will look favourably in the eyes of the admission officers?</p>
<p>I think that a Senate internship will look much better than a few classes. In regards to the Bookings institute and a lobbying firm, I'm not sure, but the Senate thing is something you should definitely do if you have the chance.</p>
<p>How do you count on them to give you an advantage so early?</p>
<p>Up your Math SAT. Leadership looks great. Your awards/honors are iffy. Take out Who's Who and NSHSS. Are the conferences really noteworthy?</p>