<p>I've already sent in my application, so there really is know going back, but I'm curious to hear what you guys think my chances are, so here goes. </p>
<p>Waiver: yes</p>
<p>SAT: 2030- would have been so much higher had i not fallen asleep, sadly</p>
<p>SAT IIs (10th grade): 720 in Latin, 670 in Bio (Guidance Counselor completely screwed up my waivers and couldn't afford to take them again)</p>
<p>4.26 weighted GPA: most rigorous courseload of any student in my school apparently. Graduating with 7 of 9 possible APs (my school only lets us take up to 3 a year) and single-handedly organized an independent study for Advanced Honors Latin Literature because it didn't fit in my schedule</p>
<p>No ranking, but in the top 3 of 272 students</p>
<p>AP Scores Available: Latin-5, Bio-5, Language-5 Phys.-4</p>
<p>Senior Year Courseload: AP Calc, AP U.S., AP Lit, International Relations, Chemistry, Advanced Honors Latin Lit</p>
<p>Major Awards: National Merit Commended, National Achievement Semi Finalist, more than 30 state awards, AP Scholar with Honor, Summa Cum Laude on NLE every test taken, Fifth Place state award in Classics, several writing and debate awards, a First Place Harvard J.E.T.S. Competition Award, etc.</p>
<p>Extra-Cirriculars: Junior Classical League for 6 years (Parliamentarian, Vice President), Girls Group, Harvard Athena Mentoring Program, Harvard Crimson Summer Academy (2 time class speaker), National Honor Society, Certamen (Latin Jeopardy) Team, Debate Team, etc.</p>
<p>Job: Teen Tutor, Student Activist, Girls Mentor </p>
<p>Volunteer: Tutoring, Girls leadership and activism programs, etc.</p>
<p>Summer: Crimson Summer Academy for 3 years, Harvard credit courses (4 credits earned)</p>
<p>Essays: Everyone seemed to love them. Common app was about how i began playing Latin Jeopardy, additional was about my spoken word poetry and its connections to my social activism and feminism</p>
<p>Recs: Excellent, chose teachers who love me</p>
<p>Counselor rec: loves me, even calls me her most motivated and hardest working student</p>
<p>Additional rec: CSA staff, has known me for several years and love me, not to mention an excellent writer and former head of the writing department at Harvard</p>
<p>Interview: went really well, interviewer told me that if i wasn't accepted, it would be yale's loss, so fingers crossed</p>
<p>FA: YES, in extreme need (income less than 10,000 per year)</p>
<p>Intended Major: Classics (Latin) also, some sort of women and gender studies concentration </p>
<p>State: MA</p>
<p>School: Public Exam school (test taken for acceptance)</p>
<p>Ethnicity: African American</p>
<p>Gender: F</p>
<p>Income Bracket: < 10,000 :( (single parent household, legally disabled mother who is unable to work)</p>
<p>Hooks: URM, first generation, Latin nerd, Spoken word artist, social activist</p>
<p>Strengths: writing, personality, grades, and i guess im pretty likable. i also take advantage of all resources available to me</p>
<p>Weaknesses: Standardized tests, due to allergy medicine induced sleepiness and a waiver screw up, which i can't exactly explain to them I guess</p>
<p>Chances Anyone?</p>