<p>Chance me want</p>
<p>White Middle Class Kid
Crappy Public School
Applying for need based aid</p>
<p>Stats:
ACT- 32 (34 R, 29 M, 33 E, 30 S)
SAT- None
GPA (End of Junior Year)- 4.19 W, UW 3.6/4.0
Rank: ~top 20%
Most Rigorous Schedule according to counselor!</p>
<p>1st Semester Senior Grades-
AP English- A
AP Calc AB- B (Damn it, so close to straight A's got an 88.8% in the class)
AP Biology- A
Economics- A
Modern US History- A
Wind Symphony- A</p>
<p>2nd Semester Schedule-
AP English
AP Calc AB
AP Biology
AP Euro Hist (Self Study)
AP Gov
Wind Symphony</p>
<p>Other AP Classes- Took only other AP class offered (Modern US hist) junior year got an A</p>
<p>EC's-
Band- Tons of time, play flute in school wind symphony (at top band in Illinois, band sends 16+ people to all state yearly), flute choir and pit orchestra (for musicals), play saxophone in jazz band. All State musician on flute and district band 3 years, numerous awards</p>
<p>Boy Scouts- Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow (numerous leadership positions, etc) (100+ Hours of service projects)</p>
<p>Service Project to Biloxi Mississippi 2 years- spent christmas break rebuilding homes damaged in hurricane katrina</p>
<p>Service Project to Appalachia (ASP)- went down and spent a week in west virginia repairing homes</p>
<p>National Honor Society</p>
<p>Science Olympiad- Two years, multiple regional medals</p>
<p>Theater- Speaking roles in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream and Narnia</p>
<p>Other little things</p>
<p>Essays- Great and very unique according to English teacher!</p>
<p>Recommendations- Excellent my counselor and teachers love me and said they wrote great recs</p>
<p>Applying to (Visited and interviewed at all schools):
Grinnell College
Bowdoin College
Beloit College EA (Accepted presidential scholarship)
Knox College EA (Accepted $11,500 in scholarships)
Cornell College EA
St. Olaf College
Luther College (Financial Safety)</p>
<p>I mainly care about Bowdoin and Grinnell, fairly confident about the rest, My GPA is the only thing I am concerned about...</p>