NCSSM Chances?

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<p>Hey guys, I live in D9 (Mecklenburg County) and I was wondering what my chances are of getting into NCSSM. Here is my profile. Please rate my chances of getting in on a scale of 1-10.</p>

<p>Freshman Year
Honors English I
Honors Common Core Math III (Algebra II)
Honors World History
Honors Biology
Scientific Visualization
Health/PE
Men's Chamber Choir (Honors)
Chamber Orchestra (Honors)</p>

<p>Sophomore Year
Honors English II
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors Civics and Economics
Honors Chemistry
AP Human Geography
AP Psychology
Spanish I
Chamber Orchestra (Honors)</p>

<p>GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.75 Weighted
Rank: 15/700 (Although I am rank 15, I am tied for 3rd with a myriad of peers, so it may show up as 3 on the transcript)
SAT: At least a 2000, a reasonable approximation of my score would be around a 2100.</p>

<p>Awards, certificates, projects and recognitions:
2011 (7th) Duke TIP State Recognition (SAT)
2011 (7th) 1st Quarter 4.0 Ceremony
2011 (7th) Fixed and reconstructed iPhone 4 (GSM)
2011-2012 (7th) Announcer for Morning Announcements
2012 (7th) 2nd Quarter 4.0 Ceremony
2012 (7th) 3rd Quarter 4.0 Ceremony
2012 (8th) Guys and Dolls Jr. Musical (Lead)
2012 (8th) Winter Concert Solo Piece (Choir)
2012 (8th) 1st Quarter 4.0 Ceremony
2012-2013 (8th) Announcer for Morning Announcements
2013 (8th) 2nd Quarter 4.0 Ceremony
2013 (8th) NCMEA Honors Chorus
2013 (8th) Western Region MPA Superior Rating in Orchestral Performance
2013 (8th) 3rd Quarter 4.0 Ceremony
2013 (8th) Spring Concert Solo Piece (Choir)
2013 (8th) Talent Show Piece
2013 (8th) 1st Place NCASA Show Choir Competition
2013 (8th) NCMEA Superior in Repertoire and Sight Reading Middle School Choral Festival
2013 (8th) Graduation Ceremony Solo Piece (Choir)
2013 (8th) Outstanding Vocal Performance Award
2013 (8th) Graduation Ceremony “Most Improved in Algebra/Geometry”
2013 (8th) Established YouTube Channel
2013 (9th) Built and programmed PC
2014 (9th) NCMEA Western Regional Orchestra
2014 (9th) Announcer for Morning Announcements
2014 (9th) 2nd Place Men’s Chamber Choir (Have to find out exact competition)
2014 (9th) 5th Place NCTSA Technology Problem Solving
2014 (9th) Partnership with Fullscreen Inc. (YouTube)
2014 (10th) NCMEA All State Orchestra
2014 (10th) Mu Alpha Theta Honors Society
2015 (10th) HOSA Regionals (Has not happened yet, but I think I can place at least 3rd in the competition)
2015 (10th) CMS All County Orchestra (Concertmaster)</p>

<p>Volunteer Activities
2011-2013 (8th-10th) Volunteering at the YMCA – science summer camps and general volunteering
2013 (9th) Volunteering at Community House Middle School – assisting orchestra director through organized sectional rehearsals
2014-2015 (10th) Winterfield Elementary After School Volunteering – teaching students how to play an instrument through a CSO sponsored after school music program</p>

<p>Extracurricular
2011-2014 (7th-10th) Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra
2011-2014 (7th-10th) Private Violin Lessons
2013-2014 (9th-10th) Tutoring sister over the summer</p>

<p>Leadership positions and activities
2013-2014 (9th) Officer of IT Club
2014 (10th) Treasurer of IT Club
2014 (10th) Teacher’s Assistant for Winterfield Elementary After School Volunteering</p>

<p>By the way, I apologize for the long list of activities and such, I directly copied and pasted from the NCSSM application so you guys could get a more comprehensive view of my application. Another thing, my math teacher's recommendation won't be very good because she blatantly hates me, but my English and Science teacher recommendations will most likely be good. </p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>I’m in district 9 and applying too! I think you have a pretty good chance of getting in, your dedication to music looks promising.</p>

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<p>Thank you! Good luck to you! If you have any NCSSM friends, please show them this page. I’d love some more feedback haha</p>

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<p>Update: I got a 2150 on my SAT.</p>

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<p>Which high school do you attend?</p>

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I don’t want to give this information, but I go to a CMS school.

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I apologize. I should have phrased it better. Because NCSSM looks at your achievements in comparison to what your school has to offer, I was wondering what type of school you attended. (ie magnet, IB)

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Good job on you app, looks great! I have applied as well.

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Hi ya’ll!
I’m a prospective freshman! I really want to go to NCSSM like really bad! But I have absolutely no idea of my chances. If someone could size me up that would be great. I’m from CD 10.
Prospective SAT(have yet to take it):1900
Classes this semester:
Debate I Honors: 98
Biology Honors: 99
World History Honors: 97
Theater I: 105
Second Semester:
Math III Honors (Algebra 2)
English I Honors
Some sort of scientific 3D modeling class?? (I’ve yet to clarify with counselor, but it is honors)
PE
Classes Next year:
Honors Discrete
Honors Pre calc
Honor English II
Honors Chem
Chinese I Honors
Civics Honors
Play Production Honors
Honors Physics
Extracurricular:
Prospective internship with NC State climate researcher, Varsity Student Congress (got into most prestigious tournament in the nation), Hebrew tutoring, Sunday school teacher,Gay Straight Alliance, National Math Honor Society, I work with an interfaith peace organization, school play
Achievements:
NJHS President (8th grade), Best in science in my grade (8th grade), 99th percentile on 8th grade science EOC, director of middle school student news, 98th percentile in the nation on Bio EOC

So yeah!
If you could tell me how I’m looking and what I could do to get better that would be lovely! :slight_smile:

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@mostlyasleep Start your own thread.

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@richarddkim: I really do not think it is a good idea for you to list your county, put your real name as your username, and include everything that you put in your application for NCSSM…though it is extremely likely since it is in the heat of application season (as opposed to you posting this in say, June-August), an AO could be lurking here.

But I feel your pain about worrying if a teacher put in a bad/average recommendation for you. I thought one of my recommenders really liked me, as he was always complimenting me on how I was mature and hard-working and always giving me high-fives, so I asked that person for a rec. He told me a summary of what he wrote after he was finished, that he marked everything as “average.” :frowning: I really hope your math teacher wrote a good recommendation, even if it was decent.

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What?!?!?! @thelittleswimmer

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What’s the deal with people taking discrete math?

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Hello @mostlyasleep‌ your schedule looks pretty good! The only thing I would recommend is to add some more AP classes if you’re allowed and maybe change discrete to something a bit more challenging or technology oriented. Otherwise don’t stop doing what you’re doing!

@thelittleswimmer‌ Ahhhhh that sucks I’m sorry hopefully your other teachers will write astounding reviews! Same for you @richarddkim‌!

@richarddkim‌ I think you’re extracurriculars are astounding (you make me embarrassed :sweat_smile:) and you have a very good amount of hard classes in your schedule! Your district is tough but I think you’ll do really well and get in!

I’m applying from CD 7.
Here’s my stats:

Freshman year:
Honors Earth/Environmental-98
Honors English I-97
AP World History-95
Honors Math II- 97

Semester 2:
Honors Civics & Economics-96
Health/PE-96
Honors Math III-97
Honors Biology-98

My GPA my freshman year was a 5.0.

Sophomore year:

Latin I-99
Honors Chemistry-95
Honors Physics-93
AP European History-93

My GPA is a 5 currently.

Semester 2: currently
Latin II-97
Pre-calculus (honors credit)-100
AP Environmental Science-96
AP United States History-92

Extra-curriculars:
Debate Club, Drama Club, Math Counts, and Latin Club
As well as things from out of school.

I was first in my class in freshman year but I have no idea what I am now.
Tell me what you think if you’re feeling up to it!

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I am anxiously awaiting NCSSM decisions. I am in CD 9. My SAT superscore is 2220 (800 on math) which is over 700 points higher than my school average. I have a 4.0 unweighted and 4.9 weighted. I came into high school with 5 HS credits. Freshman year I took AP-US Govt, Honors Chem, ROTC, Honors English II. Sophmore year I am taking the following (thus far all As): Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Bio, Human Geo, and English III. I have decent extra-curriculars (charter member on some clubs, lots of Duke TIP stuff), not much in the way of sports. I am hoping I have a good chance.

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I should clarify: the bio, calculus, English III and Human Geography are all APs. So I will have 6 APs by the end of my sophomore year.

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I thought you took either AP Calculus AB or BC, not both? Is there a reason to take both?

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AB and BC are each a semester at my school and are typically taken in one year.

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Ditto what thatasiankid said.

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ok, thanks very much