<p>I'm not asking for actual chances now... more like how can I improve my chances/what am I doing right/what am I doing wrong. If anyone could help me out, that would be great :)</p>
<p>Top Choice: Wesleyan University
Others: Carleton College, Oberlin College, George Washington Uni, William & Mary, Clark Uni</p>
<p><em>STATS</em></p>
<p>*GPA: *
4.0 UW (although I do have a couple of B's on my transcript... 4.0 means a 94+ overall average in my school), and I think our weighted has a cap of 4.0 as well</p>
<p>*October SAT: *
2040 (720 CR, 630 M, 690 W)</p>
<p>My essay killed my writing score; without it, I would've gotten a 770. Tons of FRQs & DBQs have since turned me into a faster writer. Retaking in June after some studying... hoping to bring math up to a 700, but I don't know if this will actually happen. CR + W will likely be around 750.</p>
<p>*SAT IIs: *
Taking Chemistry & USH in May... unsure of how I'm going to do.</p>
<p>*Courses: *[ul]
[<em>] AP Chemistry, USH, Language & Composition (Junior)
[</em>] Realistically projecting a 4/5 for APUSH & Chemistry, 3/4 for L&C. I'm projecting an average score for L&C because my teacher acknowledges that she has been preparing us for the exam poorly; she was given the class two weeks before school started, and hasn't taught AP-level before, so it isn't really her fault. I have no idea how to "teach" myself English... otherwise I would.
[<em>] AP Calculus AB, Music Theory (Senior)
[</em>] ECE - Spanish V, Physics, Academic Writing, Modern European History (ECE is essentially dual-enrollment w/ UConn. Weighted the same as AP, but the workload is significantly easier, and I'll have taken all of the APs that my school offers sans Studio Art)
[<em>] Regular Geometry & Alg. II freshman & sophomore year. I transferred schools freshman year, and sophomore year not enough kids signed up for honors to run. Regular WHIII because of scheduling conflicts. Rest were honors/AP.
[</em>] Couldn't take Spanish IV of any level junior year because of scheduling conflicts with AP Chemistry.
[li] Chorus since 4th grade, regular frosh + soph year, honors junior + senior. [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>*Awards/Achievements: *
None that "matter" all that much, imo. High honors, Chemistry (1 of 4 sophomores to take honors, and I did better than pretty much all of the juniors and 2 of the other sophomores), Chorus/Band awards, uh... yeah. I don't really keep track of these things, haha. Got into Eastern Regions this year for vocals - a festival you need to audition for.</p>
<p><em>NON-STATS</em></p>
<p>Extracurriculars:[ul]
[<em>] Piano Lessons - 7th grade+
[</em>] Voice Lessons - 11th +
[<em>] Marching Band (pit percussion)- 10th +. Section leader senior year if I decide to join again.
[</em>] Jazz Band (piano/percussion) - 10th +.
[<em>] Elementary School Tutor - a few hours a week I help at this program sponsored by a local elementary school for "at-risk" children. probably the EC that I would write about. 10th+
[</em>] Peer Advocates - Involves some volunteering, too. 10th +
[<em>] Link Crew - helps ease freshman transition to high school. 11th +
[</em>] Interact Club - More volunteering. 11th +
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<p>Nothing "spectacular", I realize, but all of these activities are important to me. These also aren't all of my ECs; they're just the important ones. Also, I don't have hours documented for my volunteering.</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
*Center for Creative Youth @ Wesleyan
*If not attending a science/engineering program this summer, I'll be working. Walgreens, food place, whatever- nothing special</p>
<p>Other:[ul]
[<em>] Low-ish/middle income Native American (no, I am not tribe-certified), African-American, Caucasian female. Please don't hyper-elevate my chances based on race.
[</em>] My school is, academically, in the bottom performing 30 for the state; however, that's the kids' faults... not the school's. ~85% of them don't care about education or school in the least, and it shows. Suburban, low-income town in CT.
[<em>] Leaning toward a major in programming, computer science, chemistry, psychology, or English/literature of sorts
[</em>] I'm looking for schools with a liberal and fairly non-competitive atmosphere. I don't like extremely large schools (>20k), and I don't know if I want a very small school (I'm iffy about Carleton's 8k), so preferably something in the middle, but toward the low end. In turn, no bustling cities, and probably somewhere not too rural. Also looking to stay toward the NE or middle of the US. If anyone has any suggestions for me, please share!
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<p>Thanks for reading =)</p>