Please chance me!

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<p>Race: Caucasian
Grade: Rising senior
Gender: Female
State: CT
School Type: Public for freshman and sophomore years; private, coed, nationally-recognized for junior and senior years</p>

<p>A bit about me:
-My parents are divorced. Half of the time, I live with a low-income parent and the other half, I live with an upper-middle class parent. I have a stepmother and 6 year-old half-sister. This situation has been a struggle though I don't want to tell some sob story.
-I have traveled a lot more than the majority of my peers which gives me a unique view of the world. So far, I have visited France, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Spain, Denmark, Morocco, England, Ireland, Mexico, Italy, and Jamaica.
-I'm trilingual. Aside from English, I'm fluent in Spanish and French (mostly self-studied). In addition, I'm currently learning Latin. I love words and learning new languages.
-Besides my passions for the environment, writing and photography, I also love music and cooking. I've been playing the guitar since I was 15 and I'm currently learning how to play the piano.</p>

<p>Honors Courses: English 9, Ancient History, Spanish 3, English 10, Civics, World History, Geometry, Biology, Algebra II, Spanish 4, Chemistry [11 total]
AP Courses: Environmental Science, U.S History (11th) Biology, Euro, English and Spanish (12th) [6 total]
College-Level Electives: Research and Experimental Design, Bioethics, Poetry and Playwriting, Art History, Black Gold- Oil, Astronomy [6 total]
Summer Courses: Precalculus</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.62 (Should be very close to a 3.7 after 1st semester of senior year)
Freshman: 3.4, Sophomore: 3.5, Junior: 4.0, Senior: 4.0
*The lowest grade on my transcript is a B.
Rank: My school does not rank or weight classes but as of now, I'm estimated to be #9/72. </p>

<p>Standardized Test Scores:
ACT- 35
SAT Subjects- Literature: 800, Biology: 800, U.S History: 780, Spanish: 770
APs: Environmental Science: 5, U.S History: 5, English Language (self-studied): 5, Psychology (self-studied): 5</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: *I don't include specific names for privacy purposes.</p>

<p>Sustainability-focused NGO (11, 12)
Outreach Coordinator and Member-at-Large (11)
Media Relations Coordinator (12)
Agents of Change program <a href="11,%2012">Connected to the NGO</a>
-Helped organize, attended, and spoke at numerous summits/delegations/conferences regarding biodiversity, climate change, etc. at the U.N and around the world.. I was one of the youngest, if not the youngest participant at most events.</p>

<p>Environmental Youth Corp. (11, 12)
-Founder and Chair
-Worked on a multitude of projects, most pertaining to environmental issues in my city/state
-Helped start more branches of the group in other parts of CT</p>

<p>City Waste/Recycling Department (10, 11, 12)
-Unpaid intern
-Made tons of presentations at summer camps and schools
-Created a composting program implemented at all of the city's public schools and in some parks</p>

<p>Green Team (9, 10, 11, 12)
-President (12)</p>

<p>Literary Magazine (10, 11, 12)
-Poetry Editor (11)
-E.I.C (12)</p>

<p>Newspaper (10, 11, 12)
-Art Section Editor (12)</p>

<p>Photography
-Photography Club member (11, 12)
-Blogger </p>

<p>Theater (11) [My school requires each student to play a sport or do theater for 1 season/year. I might do sailing next year..]
-Lead in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania)</p>

<p>Volunteer (10, 11, 12)
-Worked with an autistic child almost every Sunday morning</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Freelance writer (Published in local, state, regional and nationally-published newspapers and magazines)
Babysitter</p>

<p>Awards and Other Achievements: *I don't include specific names for privacy purposes.
Published an award-winning children's book about the environment
Finalist in an international environmental competition
1st place in a national environmental competition
Finalist in a national environmental competition
Semifinalist in a national environmental science competition
1st and 2nd place in state and regional science fairs
Local and state awards for my environmental efforts
Winner of three national writing awards (novel-writing, poetry, and creative nonfiction)
Winner of a regional writing award (playwriting)
1st place in two categories of a local literary competition (poetry and nonfiction)
Had photography utilized in my city's recycling campaign
Won local, state and regional photography contests
Had my photography shown in a gallery</p>

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<p>have a decent shot.</p>

<p>apply and see</p>

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<p>^ “decent” ?!?!?</p>

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<p>ive seen people with maxed out stats get rejected.</p>

<p>Further - decent is leaning positive. Stats look good. Im not on the adcom so decent is above average but not guaranteeing anything</p>

<p>I encourage everyone to apply. They make the decisions. What I say makes no difference. So why should someone on CC stop them from applying?</p>

<p>A “Where can I improve” thread may be better worded and useful</p>

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<p>Thank you both… I’m a rising senior so I don’t think there’s much I can improve on, but I’m open to suggestions.</p>

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<p>Maybe I’m misinformed about Rice’s selectivity but it looks to me like she’s guaranteed to get in, (35 ACT, HUGE dedication to environment, 800 SAT II’s), but Antarius you’re the one who’s going to Rice so I guess you’re right.</p>

<p>As for improvement, there’s not much you can do now about your resume, but you should work on your essays right now and talk especially about either languages or your dedication to the environment (related to your awards).</p>

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<p>in all likelyhood - she will get in.</p>

<p>However, i have seen many super qualified applicants get turned down. If the admission process was plug and chug , then I would say yes</p>

<p>But a lot depends on essays, recommendations and just how they feel about you. A lot of the process is using data provided to see who will fit into rice well and succeed here.</p>

<p>ripemango - my opinion is that she has good stats and I could easily see her getting into rice. But there are a lot of unknowns to me and adcoms have their own way of determining things that it could go the other way</p>

<p>op - this applies to everyone, not just you. In terms of SAT/ACT scores you have done significantly better than I did. But I know people who had better stats than I did get rejected, and those with worse got in.</p>

<p>Basically, just apply. You have good solid stats and a good list of EC’s. Do the best you can on your application and good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you very much! I won’t get my hopes up.</p>

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<p>its not a question of getting hopes up. Rice is hard to get into - that is a fact. You should be able to get in.</p>

<p>All im saying is dont relax and coast now and make sure that the other parts of your app (essays , recos) are as good as possible</p>

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<p>I’m working very hard on my essays and my recs should be great. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>let us know if you have any other q’s</p>

<p>good luck</p>

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<p>You are exceptional and Rice will be honored to have you! Great school, heading there next week for info session and interview with my son.</p>

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<p>Wow, thank you so much. Best of luck to your son!</p>

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<p>You chances at rice are good. The fact that you are from the northeast, where rice doesn’t get a whole lot of applicants from, should help your application. If your private school is really nationally renown (like Andover) than you have a decent shot at ivy league schools as well.</p>