RD- MY chances please

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<p>Hi, What do you think my chances are?
White Male, Public school in South Florida</p>

<p>Rank: 16/555 (top 3 percent)
SAT I ( took twice, highest math-710, highest verbal-800)-1510 cumulative (1410 and 1420 separately)
GPA(weighted, unweighted)- 4.42, 3.97
SAT II: Writing 620, 690 US his, 700 Lit ( retaking writing and Lit in december)</p>

<p>Courses( middles school ones are high school credit)
-7th:
Algebra I Honors (A/B)
-8th:
Integrated Science(A/A)
20th Century World History (A/A)
Spanish I (A/A)
Geometry Honors (B/B)
-9th:
Algebra II H (A/A)
Journalism (A/A)
Speech/World Geography (A/A)
Spanish 2 H (A/A)
Mass Media/Weight Training (A/A)
Earth Space Science H (A/A)
English (gifted) (A/A)
-10th
English (gifted) A/A
Precalculus (B/A)- only b in actual high school
World History H (A/A)
Newspaper(A/A)
Life Mgmt/P.E (A/A)
Biology H (A/A)
Spanish 3 H (A/A)
-11th
AP English (A/A/5)
AP US History (A/A/4)
AP Calculus AB (A/A/4)
Psychology 1/2 (A/A)
Chemistry H (A/A)
Newspaper Honors (A/A)
Spanish 4 H (A/A)
12th
AP ENglish 12
Economics H/ AP American Govt
Physics Hon
Newspaper honors
AP Statistics
AP Psychology</p>

<p>ECs
-Write in teen section of biggest South Florida Newspaper, School newspaper, Treasurer of Model U.N, Book Club(Charter Member), Math Academic Games (#3 team in county), NHS, Spanish NHS, Mu Alpha Theta (Math NHS)</p>

<p>Good recommendations from my two teachers (“one of the top few students i have met in my 22-year teaching career” lol), supposedly good guidance Rec. An excellent supplemental recommendation from my editor at the newspaper I write for.</p>

<p>Good ,unique essay</p>

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<p>Because you go to public school, i"d say you have about as good as chance as anyone.</p>

<p>The two As in US History then a 4 on the Ap makes me skeptical, likewise with Ap CaLC AB. Also, the SAT II scores are suspect.</p>

<p>Don't count on recs or essays unless you really really know the person (like kind of person you hang out with everyday).</p>

<p>But besides that, i'd say you have a pretty good shot.</p>

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<p>15-20% chance IMHO</p>

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<p>Well the teachers actually let me see my recommendation, as well as the supplemental one. The only one I haven't seen is guidance, but the lady who sends the transcripts read it and said it was good.</p>