<p>Hi! I am a very very nervous rising senior applying to ivies (like half of the ppl on this board lol) and many other colleges</p>
<p>Wish List:
--Yale EA....(if I get in here, I will NOT be applying to anymore colleges...ok maybe just Harvard and UVA)
--Harvard
--Columbia
--Emory
--Duke
--U of Chicago
--Stanford</p>
<p>Reality Check
--UVA
--William and Mary
--George Washington
--Virginia Tech</p>
<p>Anyways, here are my stats</p>
<p>Ethnicity: African American (if you didnt get it from the title)
Location: NOVA..not Fairfax though.
Income: Very very low income; large family; parents did not go to college. dad works crappy job 24/7 </p>
<p>GPA: 3.77 (UW) 4.73 (W)
Rank: 2 out of 366
PSAT: 195 (National Achievement Semi-finalist hopefully)</p>
<p>SAT’s: Superscore: 1380/2110, highest composite: 2070 (after 3 retakes.....should i retake in October? I haven't taken any prep classes and the avrg SAT at my school is 200 pts below average! But then again I dont want "Taking the SAT" to be on my list of EC's haha)</p>
<p>ACT: will take in October, hoping for 33-34</p>
<p>SAT II's: 700 Spanish, will be taking US History and English Literature</p>
<p>Course schedule: Very rigorous. IB diploma candidate. Enough said</p>
<p>7 on my IB Spanish exam (SL)</p>
<p>AP’s:
AP World History: 5
AP Euro History: 5
AP English Language: 5
AP Spanish Language: 4...boo hoo
AP Bio: 3 (with good reason)
AP Scholar with Distinction!!! (I’m the first to get this award as a junior; most AP students get 1’s, 2’s, and a few 3’s.)</p>
<p>EC's, Awards, etc.-- relatively strong, but in CC standards, mediocre. I've received mostly school/county awards but a couple national/state ones.
I have a lot of leadership--- I will be Prez of spanish club, and hopefully president of Service Club. I can list on and on award everything I do.....but you never know who is reading your threads hehe. </p>
<p>Mentor for little kids
Over 300 hours of hospital volunteering
P-T job at Burger King (yum)
Harvard Book Award recipient
Governor's summer school (selected, state-wide)
Many many school awards (language student of the year, chemistry awards, etc.)</p>