please chance me...there's a shocker

Chance Me / Match Me!
1

<p>Hey everyone!!!
I will be a junior this fall (wow time flies).
So am I on track for Yale, Cornell, Brown, Amherst, Dartmouth, and other top schools?</p>

<p>Academics
Freshman year:
GPA:
Weighted: 4.367
Unweighted: 4.0
Class Rank: 23/329
Took all honors classes and one "seminar" class. Seminars are between honors and AP in our school. However, no APs are avaliable for freshman year or sophomore years. </p>

<p>Sophomore year:
GPA:<br>
Weighted: 4.419
Unweighted: 3.71 (yes I know...)
Class Rank: 23/ 330
Took all seminars, which is a rigorous schedule in my school. No AP's offered</p>

<p>Extracurriculars
I've concentrated my ECs on 3 things: writing, theater/public speaking and community service</p>

<p>*Writing: *
1) School literary magazine
2)School newspaper </p>

<p>Theater/ public speaking
1)performed in three plays so far at my school
2)International Thespian Society
3)Speech and debate
4)I am planning to join mock trial in 11th. </p>

<p>Community Service
1) secretary of SADD
2)school's community service club
3) Key Club: Vice President
4)Outside of school, I volunteer at a therapeutic place with horses and children. </p>

<p>I'm also part of The National Spanish Honors Society. I did marching band for one year but I don't plan to do it again. I can play the violin, and have been playing for 7 years, but I'm not that amazing at it. I'm also learning how to play the ukulele! </p>

<p>So how am I doing? I know I need a hook and something that stands out, but I don't know what might happen during junior year! </p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

2

<p>I suggest that you don’t try to chance before your junior year. My junior year was the worst year, and caused a drastic change in the colleges I will be applying to this fall. Wait until next year.</p>

3

<p>Do you know what your junior schedule is?</p>

<p>By the way, you can’t really obtain a hook. Hooks are things like legacy, URM, and athletic recruitment.</p>

4

<p>My Junior Academic Schedule:
AP English
AP U.S History
Seminar Pre Calc
Seminar Chemistry
Honors Spanish 5</p>

5

<p>Not bad. Of course, it’s very hard to chance without SAT scores, but you seem to be headed in the right direction.</p>

<p>Why do you only have 5 classes?</p>

6

<p>I also have two electives, orchestra and understanding law. But we have 7 classes in a day, not including lunch, 5 academic and 2 electives.</p>

7

<p>Ah, I see. Orchestra should definitely help. Not enough kids are into music.</p>

<p>Again, I can’t give any solid advice because you lack test scores, but come back after you’ve taken the SAT or ACT; we can really begin to help you at that point.</p>

8

<p>I understand about the SATs, but thanks :)</p>

9

<p>bumpp bumpp</p>