<p>I am currently a junior and while I feel I have a good grip on the college process, I would like to hear some others' opinions on my chances at a few institutes of higher learning. NOTE: ECs/classes for senior year are what I plan to do...and I stick to plans quite well. Here goes nothing...</p>
<p>ME:
Semi-upper-middle-class white male.
I'm not a legacy at any of my schools.
Southwest PA.</p>
<p>GPA:
9th grade: 4.0 uw/4.06 w (cumulative 4.0 uw/4.06 w)
10th grade: 3.86 uw/4.29 w (cumul. 3.93 uw/4.17 w)
11th grade: 3.73 uw/4.33 w (cumul. 3.87 uw/4.22 w)</p>
<p>CLASSES:
9th: 2 honors
10th: 2 honors, 2 AP (World History, Calc AB)
11th: 1 honors, 4 AP (Eng. Lang., Calc BC, Spanish V, US History)
12th: 4 AP (Eng. Lit., Chem, Econ, Statistics)</p>
<p>CLASS RANK:
1st decile weighted/4th decile unweighted
(The difference is due to some "B" grades in my AP classes...GC only reports the best (weighted or unweighted) decile to the college...we don't rank individually)</p>
<p>SCHOOL:
Competitive public, upper middle class suburb, blue ribbon school a few years back, 2 USA Today Academic All-Americans in the last 5 years, 3 current seniors with perfect 2400 SATs, sends a fair number to Ivies</p>
<p>PSAT:
72 CR/67 M/74 W = 213
Commended YES, Semi-Finalist NOT SURE</p>
<p>SAT I:
1st sitting: 730 CR/760 M/780 W (11 essay) = 2270 (1490 M+CR)
<em>should I retake the SAT I?</em></p>
<p>SAT II:
Math IIc, US History, Chemistry SCHEDULED</p>
<p>AP TESTS:
10th: World History (5)
11th: Eng. Lang., Calc BC, US History SCHEDULED
12th: Eng. Lit., MicroEcon, MacroEcon, Stats, Chem SCHEDULED</p>
<p>ECs/AWARDS:
IN-SCHOOL:
-JV Cross Country (9th)
-Freshman Baseball (9th)
-JV Baseball (10th, 11th)
-Varsity Baseball (11th, 12th)
-Varsity Golf (12th, confident I can make it...only 12th b/c I just started to play at beginning of 9th grade!)
-Spanish Club (10th)
-Helped to found school's Cricket Club (10th)
-Cricket club secretary (10th, 11th, 12th)
-NHS (10th, 11th, 12th) (can run for prez 12th) (participate in food drives/community tutoring, 2-4 hrs./week)
-Honor roll (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
-School store volunteer (11th (as part of marketing class work experience), 12th)
-Member of 3-person quiz team for a local TV quiz show (11th)
-Architecture Apprenticeship (11th)
-Business Apprenticeship (12th)
-Commencement Speaker (12th, I plan to...school doesn't have vals/sals anymore...too un-PC I guess)
OUT-OF-SCHOOL:
-Junior American Legion Baseball (8th (team made it to state championships), 9th)
-Community Baseball (8th, 10th (team won league championship))
-Volunteer at church (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) (read the liturgy 2 times/month...3-5 hrs./month since start of high school)
-Caddie at golf club (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th) (started at start of high school...20-30 hrs./week summer, 4-8 hrs./week fall & spring...reached "A" caddie status in less than 2 years)
-Bag room worker at golf club (11th, 12th) (same hours as above)
-Junior golf tournaments (1-9th, 3-11th)</p>
<p>Now that you've heard my life story, would you please kindly chance me for the following schools? (I plan on majoring in finance or economics, but I might put down "undecided" so they can't discriminate against a common major.)</p>
<p>IVIES:<br>
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Brown
Cornell</p>
<p>MATCH:
University of Virginia
Carnegie Mellon University</p>
<p>SAFETY:
University of Pittsburgh (employee parent=free tuition, plus I'm honors college eligible by a long shot.)</p>
<p>Thank you very, very much for your input! I welcome undeserved praise as well as criticism and advice (but I prefer the latter 2).</p>