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<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.94</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.61 (from IB/AP classes)</p>

<p>ACT Score: 34 (34 English, 33 math, 35 reading, 32 science)</p>

<p>Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5% of a prestigious northeastern school</p>

<p>AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World History (4), AP U.S History (5), AP Latin (4), </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: 4 AP classes, 3 honors.</p>

<p>Awards: AP Scholar, </p>

<p>Extracurriculars: Varsity football (9,10,11,12), National Honor Society (11,12), Math Honor Society (10,11,12), Pirate Nation (9,10,11,12), Knights of Setonia Liturgical Society (9,10,11,12), Basketball (9,10)</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Tutor students in Latin and math, volunteer for the Pittsburgh Project (rebuilt homes for the impoverished), ambassador for my school, run a gift collection program for kids that would not normally receive christmas presents, and a sunday school teaching assistant</p>

<p>Essays: Common App was very good, relating a photograph and a personal growth experience. My why Duke essay was also very good.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: Both were amazing, very personalized. </p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Go to a large private school, but very good.</p>

<p>Additional Rec: Extremely good recommendation from a counselor, saying I was a leader among my peers.</p>

<p>State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey</p>

<p>School Type: Private</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Caucasian </p>

<p>Gender: Male</p>

<p>Income Bracket: >300k</p>

<p>Strengths: SAT/GPA/Rank/Aps (I think I’m pretty good for the most part when it comes down to numbers), Volunteer activities </p>

<p>Weaknesses: not many national awards, lack of extensive work experience, ethnicity, or definite leader positions</p>

<p>Please let me know what you think!
Thank you.</p>

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<p>You look like a pretty strong candidate. Your consistent GPA/ACT and unique essays will definitely help. What are you planning to major in? Don’t worry too much about the national awards/leadership. As long as you showed passion and presented your ECs coherently, I’d say you have a great shot! </p>

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<p>Passion is what is the most important thing to stress. I do think leadership is also important, but it looks like your additional rec might cover that. All in all, you have a good chance. I think that hardest thing for applicants to do is stand out, and they get bogged down in the minute details. Remember, you’re a person, and so if you stress what gets your blood going and how you’ve pursued that through your ECs, you make a strong case for yourself. In other words, don’t fret about the awards.</p>

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<p>You’re a really strong applicant and I’d be excited about Thursday if I were you (assuming you applied ED and are looking for comfort?). The one problem I see is that your ECs seem a little weak, just sports and one or two clubs. If anything hurts you, I think it’ll be that, not the lack of national awards (since there’s only so many of those to go around).</p>

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<p>You have really good stats. I think you should be able to get in perfectly fine, as your GPA and SATs are well above average. You also have impressive extracurriculars, so good luck!</p>

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