<p>Race- White
Religion- Roman Catholic
Age- 17
School Type- Highly Competative Blue Ribbon Public
State- New Jersey
Economic Background- Middle/Upper Class</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.7
W GPA- 4.3</p>
<p>9th Grade:
Honors Biology- B
Honors English- B+
World History- A
Geometry-B
Photography-A/B+</p>
<p>10th Grade:
Honors English- A
Honors US History-A+
Journalism-A
Honors Chemistry- C+ (inept teacher, college-level tests)
Algebra II- B</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP US History-A/B+ (depending on final ahhh)
AP Government- A/B+ (another final ahh)
AP Enviornmental- B (very tough in our school)
AP English (Composition)- B
Trigonometry- C+
Probability/ Statistics- A
Journalism- B+</p>
<p>12th Grade:
AP Psychology
AP Literature
AP European History
Honors Physics
Pre-Calculus</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:</p>
<p>Model UN- 4th year executive board
SGO- 4th year, elected Secretary
Newspaper- News Editor, Featured Columnist
Rock-A-Thon (charity 24 hour rocking-chair marathon)- 4th year
Marching Band- Bass Drum Section Leader
Care to Walk Charity Marathon- 4th year runner
Junior Varsity Lacrosse- 2 years/captain but then quit due to injury</p>
<p>Awards:
New Jersey Governor's School of Public Issues (very selective, prestigious)
American Legion Boy's State</p>
<p>I'm going to have say that, with the possible exception of Boston College, all of your choices are going to be reaches (well, they're reaches for just about everyone).</p>
<p>ur uw gpa is not great...despite the fact that u attend a "Highly Competative Blue Ribbon Public." thousands of applicants attend such schools.</p>
<p>u went to that summer program, governor's school, so what? what did u do after going there? participate in any contests or us ur knowledge towards something? thousands of students every summer attend these so called "competitive programs," and if 600 attend for one prog, of one state...think about the other fifty states. </p>
<p>i agree with some guy's posts above...bc and tufts u have great chances in. but the rest are reaches.</p>
<p>Firstly, I think you underestimate the atmosphere of my school. For those who are taking my classes, the average GPA is somewhere around 3.3. That said, Governor's School accepts 100 kids annually and it is incredibly prestigious. Obviously i don't intend on making it the crux of my application. I think i have some decent leadership qualities and stats, and although they aren't the best they are certainly comparable. What i am most worried about is my OOS status for William and Mary. To improve my chances, i'm going in for an interview (yes, i am traveling all the way to Virginia for this) in August as well as applying early.</p>
<p>Maybe you can get into WandM, but you can leverage your grades a lot better by going to a private school and not fighting the tide by being out-of-state at a public school.</p>
<p>"Approximately 600 students participate yearly in the program. The six Governor's Schools are: Monmouth University for Public Issues; Stockton State College for the Environment; Drew University for the Sciences; The College of New Jersey for the Arts; Ramapo College for International Studies; and Rutgers University for Engineering and Technology. For further information, please call (609) 771-3114" <a href="http://www.state.nj.us/njded/clear/directory.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.state.nj.us/njded/clear/directory.htm</a> </p>
<p>and no i dont underestimate the atmosphere of ur school because i myself attend a highly competitive school, in a district with top 100 high schools. going to a certain high school means nothing unless u apply to an in-state school.</p>
<p>Dude... NJ Gov School looks fantastic to colleges... my friend went to GSPI last year and all her friends from there are going to Ivies. She almost got into Princeton and Columbia, but she's going to Rutgers Pharm on scholarship instead. Out of EVERYONE I know who's gone to one of the Gov Schools, 2 have gone to Harvard, 3 to Princeton, 1 to Yale, 2 to Penn, 1 to MIT, 1 to Tufts, and 1 to Rutgers (which I just mentioned).</p>
<p>And of the two guys I know who went to Boys State last year, one is going to Princeton and the other is going to a very selective accelerated program at Case Western, though he also got into Vandy and UCLA. And the girl I know who went to Girls State is going to Rutgers Pharm on scholarship.</p>
<p>You'll get into all the schools you listed, man. Jersey pride!</p>
<p>Btw have you gone to RUMUN, ILMUNC, or JHUMUNC? PM me if you have. I've probably seen you around already.</p>
<p>Thanks oneo I appreciate the stats. Each school is 100, sorry I wasn't anal-retentive to your standards ABG. I'm so pumped for GSPI; great loaction and great staff. I don't know I guess i'm just so apprehensive about the fall and it's killing me.</p>
<p>I usually do PMUNC, NAIMUN, and YMC so if you attend any of those I lurk in the smaller crisis sessions or the joint war-game simulations.</p>
<p>I think your extra curriculars are fine...I am a boys' state alum myself and I can telll you atleast in CA its very selective... that being said, If you just bump up your sat scores I think you have a shot at georgetown</p>
<p>theoneo- Yeah PMUNC is a good standard conference. Not much fluff or pomp like NAIMUN or HMUN but overall pretty decent. YMC Yale's Model Congress, very well run and moderated.</p>
<p>Georgetown2010- thank you man, i appreciate it. send me a pm if you have any other info/tips, as g-town CAS is tied with W@M right now as far as my ED choice goes. let me know.</p>
<p>I doubt you'll get into Chicago. Your stats are way far below the average applicant, and your ECs really don't show passion or committment at the level they're used to seeing. I'm not saying they're BAD, but you have nothing listed that's outside of school, nothing that you've developed, not extra projects, etc. Chicago students are crazily scholarly - you really have to be a certain kind of student to do undergrad there.</p>
<p>I agree - you need a lot more matches/safeties.</p>
<p>As for Tufts, aside from the classes and Model UN - have you done anything else on the International/Regional studies/Humanities circuit? They seem to really look for accomplished humanities/global studies students. Your UN debate work sounds great, by the way. Have you done any IR writing? competitions? writing competitions?</p>
<p>One of my biggest admitted weaknesses (other than my math score) is my lack of EC's outside of school sponsored activites, simply because I don't know where to look. I would love to enter writing contests, but I would need to know how to find them and which ones to look for.</p>