<p>Female
White
Rising Junior (Class of '10)
Arizona</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0, Weighted: 4.7
Class rank: 3/500</p>
<p>Freshman Schedule:
English I Honors
Biology I Honors
Spanish II
World History Honors
Art I
PE
Geometry Honors</p>
<p>Sophomore Schedule:
English II Honors
Chemistry I Honors
Algebra II Honors
Spanish III
World History AP (4 on the AP test)
TA Biology</p>
<p>Junior Schedule:
English III Honors
Chemistry AP
Physics Honors
Trig/Pre-Calc Honors
US History Honors
Spanish IV Honors</p>
<p>ACT: 33 Composite (Re-taking next year)
SAT: Taking in November</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
1. Panacea--Community Service, Secretary (10), Service Director (11) 100 hrs.
2. Interact- community service club (9) 20 hrs.
4. Basketball- Freshman Team Captain (9)
5. Math Club (11-12)
6. Science Bowl Club (11-12)</p>
<p>Honors or Accomplishments:
1 vs. 100 game show contestant "super smart kids episode"
Spanish Honor Society (Vice President)
National Honor Society
Published in school's literary magazine</p>
<p>Research Experience:
Intern at the UCSD Medical School Department of Infectious Diseases during the summer of 2008 working 45 hours a week for 6 weeks performing research on various viruses. </p>
<p>Schools:</p>
<p>Duke (ED, legacy)
Georgetown
Dartmouth
UCLA (Legacy, OOS)
WashU in St. Louis
UPenn
UVA (OOS)
UChicago
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Chances for those schools? And I'm thinking I need more match and safety schools--any ideas about schools that are good in the sciences?</p>
<p>Only thing is that your extracurriculars are kind of lacking. It seems that once you started something you quit
"1. Panacea--Community Service, Secretary (10), Service Director (11) 100 hrs.
2. Interact- community service club (9) 20 hrs.
4. Basketball- Freshman Team Captain (9)"
Maybe you continued these clubs/sports through junior and senior year? I can't really tell from this but colleges like to see that you stuck with something. Your score on the other hand are phenomenal. Not 1 B, ranked #3, good ACT score, and legacy which is really good for ivy's. Even though colleges like to see your EC's I believe your scores are good enough to get you into those schools you listed.</p>
<p>Panacea is something that I started in 10th grade and I'm a junior now so I'm doing it this year (11). I plan to continue it in 12th grade, but I didn't put that there, as I am a junior now.</p>
<p>I did quit Interact, which was a community service club after freshman year, but I picked up a different community service the following year and had a leadership position.
I also quit basketball, but only because they wouldn't let me on the JV team because I'm only 4'10".</p>
<p>What I'm really trying to emphasize in my applications is that I do what I enjoy. I don't have a huge list of extracurriculars, but I spend a lot of time doing the things I do. </p>
<p>Are there any other schools that I should consider as matches or safeties?</p>
<p>Your credential just blows.
Looks like your forte is in community service. </p>
<p>For the ones that I 've been familiar with:
Johns Hopkins - low reach
UCLA - OOS makes it hard to predict but still match
Uchicago - low reach: i've heard many times it really depends on your essays.
Duke - I think you'll get in considering your doing ED and your a legacy. I've heard that they are heavy on scores so you seem like a very likely candidate.</p>
<p>Maybe Northwestern, Cornell, ? Northwestern has an insanely competitive honors medical program in which only 5-6% of people are accepted into (if that's what you're interested in). I really wish Northwestern had undergrad business, because I'd apply there if it did. </p>
<p>Seriously, you could apply anywhere and have a shot with your scores and class rank. Plus, because your only a junior you still have plenty of chances to raise your test scores if you want to, which would even further strengthen your app.</p>
<p>If Duke is your first choice for sure and you apply there ED, I don't think you have anything to worry about. I can't see them not accepting you. You've got above average stats for their standards and legacy.</p>