Last minute advice for HS Senior

College Search & Selection
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<p>My "friend" has already applied to a few schools and but really wants a few more suggestions.</p>

<p>SAT: 770 Verbal, 650 Math
ACT: 29 (35 in English)
3.5 GPA weighted and rank only top 50% :(
From very Under-repped state
Attend college-prepatory parochial high schol
Catholic
Want to study poli Sci or econ
Strong writer
Likes both universities and liberal arts colleges.
Likes the eastern and southern parts of the country.
Diagnosed learning disabilities
Worked as salaried employee in DC one summer
Politics Club President (12, Treasurer 11, VP 10)-tripled the membership
Organized a summit on 1urban renewal that generated ideas for a multi-billion dollar civic improvement program began last year
On my fairly metropolitan city's youth council
Key Club President
One of most active Student Council members
Member of link crew
Write for local newspaper's youth section (circulation is about 200,000 subscribers plus newsstands)
Editorial Editor for School Paper
Worked at grocer for a few mos.
Qualified for Regional Debate tournaments, won several debate awards</p>

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<h1>1 Rhodes College</h1>

<h1>2 Franklin & Marshall College; Dickinson College</h1>

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<p>George Washington University
American University</p>

4

<p>Furman U, Loyola U in MD, Lafayette, Gettysburg</p>

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<p>Would be a great match for Holy Cross, also might try Duke as a reach.</p>

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<p>I also starred in a school play and served as a precinct chairman for a US congressional campaign (when i was 14), then a student volunteer director (hs and college), then a campaign strategist my senior year.</p>

<p>My candidate won my predominantly other-party precinct and defeated the popular 2-term governor's wife in the primary and then beat a popular local newscaster in the general.</p>

<p>Also, I went to Boy's State (where I was a state Senator and elected to chair the most prominent commitee, served briefly as pro-temp), was the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference Nominee.</p>

<p>Also took generally the most rigorous curriculum except in math and science and scored a 5 on the APUS exam and a 4 on the Spanish Language.</p>

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<p>check out Lehigh</p>

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<p>Wake Forest</p>

<p>Davidson</p>

<p>Emory</p>

<p>Texas-Austin</p>

<p>Georgetown</p>

<p>Boston College</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the help and happy Chanukah to everyone! If you were to bet on the odds of me getting in to Georgetown, what would you say? Ten percent chance? Less or more?</p>

<p>Also, if you have more schools please feel free to add them.</p>

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<p>Kenyon, Occidental, U Chicago.</p>

<p>Essays and rec's will be critically important. GT is a very long shot, but if you don't try you'll never know.</p>