Not A Regular Resume--please chance me!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>OK, to keep it simple.</p>

<p>I am currently a junior in a very competitive small private school in LI, NY. I have recently taken a long look into some colleges that might fit me, but many people are just pointing me in different directions, leaving me kind of unsure where to go.
So, I was hoping that you "Resident experts" could help me out!</p>

<p>I am an Israeli-American, and I am the youngest of 4 brothers and sisters (BU, Harvard, McGill). My family is a very ambitious one, and they have long pushed me towards top colleges. However, my less than excellent grades and not-super SAT's make me think I am not good enough. That having been said, I am much better looking off paper than I am on. My numbers are not my thing. Everyone I know says that. I don't know what the hell my chances are really anywhere, so I was hoping for some direction.
I do know that I plan to major in political science or international affairs.</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: will end up about 90. (Freshman year was 85ish because I just really had no idea what the hell to do, sophomore was 91 because i woke up, and my first quarter 11th was 94, and it will most likely stay around there.
GPA - Weighted: no AP's, all classes are AP level, and there is only one class im taking that is not advanced.
Class Rank: No Rank.
Class Size: 30 </p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 580 (hoping to raise that--I am going to take classes and getting a tutor so we'll see)
SAT I Critical Reading: 700 (scores have varied accordingly as I practice but that was my general score...)
SAT I Writing: 700 (same as above)</p>

<p>SAT II U.S. History: 780
SAT II World History: ~700
SAT II Spanish with Listening: ~650 (hoping to raise)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars:
-- Head Delegate, Model UN for 4 years
--Founder/Editor in Chief, Carmonreport.com (staffed website I have been running since 9th grade)--recently broke national news story featured from USA Today to AP.
--Syndicated paid Columnist, YoungWriterBlock.org, Allvoices.com--
--Piano, 11 years
--School Newspaper, head political columnist
--Teacher, Politics and Debate Club (I started and teach this class. Twice a week)</p>

<p>Leadership positions:
--President of Freshman Year
--President of Sophomore Year
--Student Body President (youngest in school history!) Might be next year too...
--Captain, Varsity Soccer Team (2008 LI Private school champions!)
--Founder/Moderator of Politics and Debate Club
--HOBY Ambassador</p>

<p>Athletic Status - list sport and your level:
--Varsity Soccer, 4 years, Captain for 2--, (some awards).
--Varsity Baseball 4 years (awards)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
--Intern/Staffer, Eric Gioia for Public Advocate (NYC). I staffed fundraisers, volunteers, and ended up running GOTV operations on election day in Jackson Heights, Queens.
--Field Organizer, Obama campaign
--Volunteer, Community Service Club
--Volunteer, Waldorf Choral Society
--National Voice for Reason
--School Ambassador
(I'm hoping to be a congressional page this summer for Charles Schumer or someone else similar)</p>

<p>Honors and Awards:
--Soccer and Baseball distinctions.
--2009 NYTV8 Speech Competition winner at Columbia University
--school doesn't give awards until late junior year and senior.</p>

<p>Anyway that's it. I still maintain that my best qualities lie in areas that I fear colleges cannot see. I know exactly what I want to do (work in politics, serving the people and country that gave so much to me).
I am like bffs with my principal, and he says that my best advantages are leadership, charisma and things like that (not trying to be cocky...just frank). I would appreciate all words of criticism, encouragement, and advice.</p>

<p>I know my grades aren't super and my SAT's suck. But I'm hoping the intangibles will help me.</p>

<p>Please chance me for:
Georgetown (possibly EA)
GWU
BC
BU
NYU
William and Mary
Fordham
Johns Hopkins
American
UConn</p>

<p>EDIT: I should also mention that I am almost tri-lingual.
(spanish, hebrew, english).
I also recently broke a national news story on my blog, which will probably be the subject of my college essay.
Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>If you can push that math score up a bit then it won’t be that bad at all given all the other positive aspects of your application. Not many of your colleges really put much stake in the writing which is a shame.</p>

<p>I’d say (obviously depending on how the rest of your junior year pans out)</p>

<p>Georgetown (possibly EA) - Low Reach
GWU - Match
BC - High Match
BU - High Match
NYU - High Match
William and Mary - Low Reach ((one of those schools who could care less about writing, probably High Match-type if they did))
Fordham - Low Match/Match
Johns Hopkins - Low Reach
American - Match
UConn - Low Match</p>

<p>You definatley have room to apply to some tougher schools if you feel the desire to, as I’m sure you could get into some of the 2nd tier type schools if you tried hard enough. I hate to sound like a broken record, advertising smaller LACs to people, but they really do have a more holisitc approach to looking at the application which means even some of the more difficult LACs will gladly accept you. If you get the math score up into the 620-640 type range then it’ll give you some more wiggle room as some of the colleges you are looking at now wont necessarilly have to think as long as you’re within their reported score ranges. All the best.</p>

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