<p>So I'm a High school junior (suburban, public school in MA), and I was wondering about my chances. Here's my stats as of now:</p>
<p>Academic:
-Currently have a 3.7 GPA, however its a "half-year" GPA; my all-year courses don't count in that yet... so my 94 in AP History hasn't been logged in. My end of the year GPA was 4.13 last year.
-Currently ranked #61/395; Again, its with my current GPA, at the end of last year I was #47.
-Freshman year I took honors intermediate algebra, honors world history II, honors physical science, h2 (average) French III, h2 English, and h2 band.
-Sophomore year I took honors English, honors US History I, honors biology, h2 advanced algebra, h2 French IV, and h2 band.
-This year I have taken/am taking AP US History, honors American Lit., honors chemistry, h2 pre-calculus, h2 French V, and h2 Business Law (no honors level offered). However I am a little worried as my term 3 grades in math and science were both a 78, my lowest grades ever, in my weakest subjects... I think this will hurt my GPA and my chances. I can pull the grades into the low 80s I think, but not much higher; I don't think the 78s will end up as a transcript grade, but it still won't be good.
-Next year I think I'll take AP World History, AP Psychology, AP US Government, AP English, honors band, AP Music Theory, AP economics, and a 5-student [extremely selective] directed study course taught by my current history teacher. I know I can get A's in all of the above, so maybe the weight behind the AP A's will balance off the low B's from Chem and Pre-Calc.</p>
<p>Honor Societies:
-Inducted into National Honor Society as a Junior; elected to the position of Historian
-Inducted into Tri-M Music Honor Society as a Sophomore; elected to the position of Historian
-Chapter Founder and President of Opus Bono Historiae (State Social Studies Honor Society)
-Chapter Co-Founder and Vice-President of Quill and Scroll (Journalism Honor Society)
-Chapter Co-Founder and Secretary of National English Honor Society</p>
<p>Sports:
-Marching Band (I know I know, not a "sport") since grade 9. Section Leader grades 10&11, Quartermaster grades 10&11, Drum Major for next year</p>
<p>Other EC's:
-Student Council since grade 9. Historian for grades 10 & 12 (we apply in the april for the following year), VP for grade 11
-State Student Advisory Council Representative [to the MA Board of Ed.] grade 12
-Student Rep. to the School Committee grade 12
-International Relations since grade 9. President for grade 12.
Harvard Model UN grades 9,10, 11 [UN Development Programme (Lithuania); International Court of Justice (Japan); Legal Committee (Malawi)], Boston University/MIT Model UN grades 9&11 [European Union (Bulgaria); International Criminal Court (Judge Mauro Politi)], UMass Lowell Model UN grades 9&10 [UN Development Programme (Hungary); European Union (Germany)]. As president I plan to add two more conferences, St. John MUNC, and the College of William and Mary High School MUN. For William and Mary, I really want to do the Northern Ireland Peace Talks, but thats tbd.
-School Newspaper since grade 10. Editor for grade 11, reapplying for grade 12
-Founder and President of the History Club, grades 11&12
-Symphonic Band since grade 9. First Chair Clarinet grades 11&12. Solo Eb Clarinet, grades 11 & 12 [I did band during lunch for grade 11]
-Concert Band grade 9 only [we only have one band now]. First Chair Clarinet
-Full Orchestra grades 9, 10, and most likely 12. I didn't take band this year (scheduling mishap), so I couldn't do Full Orchestra...
-Hoop Band grade 11 and most likely 12.
-Library Renovations Committee for Grade 10
-I submitted a paper on the historiography of the Election of 1876 for publication to The Concord Review</p>
<p>Summer Camps:
-UMass Lowell Symphonic Band Camp after grade 9
-NIAHD & the College of William and Mary Pre-Collegiate Summer Program in Early American History after grade 11
-UMass Amherst Drum Major Academy after grade 11</p>
<p>Comm. Service:
-High School Library Volunteer grades 10-12
-Peer Tutor at the middle school grade 10-11
-Blood Drive Volunteer grade 9
-Elementary school reading program volunteer grade 9
-Music Program Bottle and Can Drive volunteer grades 10 & 11
-Elementary school spring festival volunteer grade 11
-Next year I plan to volunteer for a local hospital for a day a week</p>
<p>Out of School Activities:
-2 different Irish Music Sessions [I play tinwhistle]</p>
<p>Stuff that shouldn't matter, but does:
-I'm 25% Irish, 50% Breton, and 25% Japanese
-Female
-Out of state
-My recommendation teachers are my English teacher for American Lit. honors [she has a masters in divinity from Harvard], and my history teacher of 3 years [Honors US I, AP US, directed study; he's also the advisor of the History Club and Opus Bono Historiae]</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT I: CR 740, W 620, M 660
SAT II: US History 660 (before I had US II; I just retook it today), World History 720 (retaking in June), Lit. 660 (in 9th grade)</p>
<p>Hobbies/Interests:
Irish History, Ancient Celtic History Family History, Heraldry, Cartography, Colonial American History, NCIS, Irish Rebel Music, Irish Politics... I don't know how relevant this is, but I'm a Celtic Reconstructionist/Neo-Druid (I wish we had a shorter name... lol)</p>
<p>Oh and in middle school I took Honors Geometry in 8th grade, so thats why I don't have that as a class.</p>
<p>W&M is really my top choice, but I would also love to go to UVa!</p>