<p>Hey! I just wanted to know what my chances are for these schools. I'll put them in order of preference:</p>
<p>1) University of Virginia
2) Georgetown University
3) New York University
4) University of California - Los Angeles
5) University of Florida
6) University of Miami
7) University of Central Florida
8) Rollins College
9) Ohio State University</p>
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<p>Stats:</p>
<p>GPA: 2.7 (cringe, I know... but it'll be explained)
ACT: 35 (retaking for the 36)
SAT: 1980 (retaking for at least a 2050)</p>
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<p>AP Scores:</p>
<p>AP Biology (2)
AP World History (4)
AP Spanish Language (5)
AP United States History (5)
AP English Language (5)
AP Comparative Government (3)</p>
<p>*AP Scholar with Distinction!</p>
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<p>Current Senior Schedule:</p>
<p>AP French Language
AP Statistics
AP American Government/AP Macroeconomics
AP Microeconomics/Chorus IV (honors credit)
AP Calculus BC
AP English Literature
AP Environmental Science</p>
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<p>Tests still to take:</p>
<p>SAT Subject for US History
SAT Subject for Math II
SAT Subject for French Language
SAT Subject for Spanish Language</p>
<p>Holistic Application:</p>
<p>-President of French Club (12th), VP (11th)
-President of French National Honor Society (12th)
-Historian of Spanish National Honor Society (11th-12th)
-Induction into Tri-M Music Honor Society
-Founder of Rho Kappa Honor Society (12th)
-Invitation to Stetson University Choral Clinic (10th)
-Founder and President of Operation Haiti (9th, a brief project to help the '10 quake victims)
-Tutoring Spanish at local middle school (9th-12th)
-Mu Alpha Theta (11th-12th)
-Internship at Republican Party of Florida
-Assistant to Campaign Manager for local congressman
-Philosophers Club (11th-12th)
-Key Club (11th-12th)
-Extracurricular Choral Ensembles (9th-12th)
-Worked at Barnes and Noble between July 2011 - April 2012 (quit to study for 2012 AP tests)
-Work in family business 3 days a week</p>
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<p>My essays regarding my GPA will tell the story about my dad being diagnosed with stage III lymphoma. I had to get that job at Barnes and Noble to help pay the bills and I had to devote the rest of my time with helping out in the family business since he was at home recovering from multiple series of chemotherapy. Because of so much tension, my parents were on the brink of divorce, and with my older brother leaving the state for grad school, it also became my responsibility to keep the house in order.</p>
<p>However, working in the business so much kind of grew on me. I mainly worked at helping my mom keep the monetary records. I learned how to do cost analysis, put people on payroll, and all the micro financing going on in the business. Essentially, my love for economics started through this experience, and that's what I want to do.</p>
<p>I quit my job in order to focus on my studies at the end of junior year. Over the summer, my dad was officially cancer-free, my parents reconciled, and I no longer had to work, so that's why my extracurricular activities really increased my senior year. I've also been able to focus on school. We're half way through the semester and I have all A's in my 8 AP classes. I'm hoping to use my ACT score, AP scores (regarding my Bio score, eh... it was my first ever AP back in freshman year, never had a background in Bio, and it was the first time I had ever taken a class that challenged me. It was certainly a learning experience; I learned how to adequately prepare for the AP exams through my failure in AP Bio), and my first semester grades to prove that I am academically capable.</p>