<p>So, I'll try and keep it short and to the point. I'll be listing anything I see as beneficiary towards my application along with some side activities I may throw in. I will be a senior this fall.</p>
<p>-~3.96 GPA (or something very close; I've taken all honors classes throughout my high schools save for a B in one semester of Debate in Freshman Year [I don't tend to complain about things like these, but my teacher played favorites])
-All Honors/Enriched Classes throughout high school (save Gym, of course)
-IB History I and IB English I in Junior Year and IB English II and IB Psychology in Senior Year
-AP Chemistry (I received a 5 on the exam) in Junior Year and AP Biology and Calculus in Senior Year
-33 both times on ACT with a 34 super score. I don't plan on sending the ACT
-2330 on SAT Reasoning Test (790 in Math, 760 in Reading, 780 in Writing)
-French Club in Freshman Year
-No Clubs in Sophomore Year
-Cross Country, Social Action Club, WYSE Team, Earth Club in Junior year
-I plan on participating in the same extracurriculars (if not more) in senior year as I did in junior year
-As said before, I was on the WYSE team. I participated in Chemistry and English, where I received 2nd place in Chemistry at Regionals and contributed to my team's 4th place overall at State)
-The summer after junior year, I worked in an official lab working with the head of the Biology Department at a nearby university that is known for its Engineering Program. I will finish the labwork in roughly twenty days, for which I will receive an hour of college credit.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, due to a messup in registering for my SAT, I was unable to take the SAT Subject tests last June. I plan on taking Math Level II and Chemistry this October. I am very good with Chemistry and Math, so I plan on receiving good scores for both of these tests.</p>
<p>That's it, I think. There's probably a handful of worthwhile attributes I'm forgetting, but those are the things that stuck out to me most. I'll edit in some more if I remember them.</p>
<p>I’m clearly open to criticism, but it seems like you just pulled some numbers out of your ass right there. 45%? What? Why not 40 or 50%?</p>
<p>Regardless of joeybates evidently not really knowing what he’s talking about, I do understand that I’m in no way surefire accepted, so are there any last minute things I could do to touch up my schedule? I realize that I didn’t make this clear in my original post, but I didn’t make this thread for people to say “You have a 39.228% chance of getting in of course!!” I’m expecting more vague affirmations along with ideas of how to improve and specialize my application.</p>
<p>Thanks, MZGOOFY11, I like the idea of volunteerwork. Unfortunately, cross country, school and piano cloud up my schedule this fall, so I can’t get in a whole lot of volunteerwork.</p>
<p>Oh, and two things I forgot to mention are that, as I just said, I’ve been playing piano since I was eight years old (so nearly a decade) and I believe I’m in the top 10 for my school rank. Last time I checked I was number 7, but there are a number of problems with my school’s grades and weighting system, so I may be higher or lower (though probably higher).</p>
<p>I wasn’t expecting to receive a unanimous “yes” and perhaps not a yes at all, but an utterly arbitrary percentage is, well, arbitrary and pretty unhelpful.</p>
<p>As I said in my prior post, if there’s anything I could do last minute to spice up my application, I’d greatly appreciate some suggestions.</p>