Science + Music + Art = Chances???

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>White male in suburban CT (I know, I know...)
GPA: 3.98 unweighted, 4.26 weighted (honors and AP courses weighted +.5)
School doesn't rank.</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I: 2250: 770 CR, 760 Math, 720 Writing (76 m.c. 7 essay- I only filled half the space... whoops!)- will retake</p>

<p>SAT II: 800 chem, 790 math IIC, 770 math IC, 740 bio (retake after getting a 670 literally in my sleep), 700 spanish (may retake)</p>

<p>AP: Biology: 5
Chemistry: 5
English Language: 5
Music Theory: 5 (5 on both subscores)
Studio Art- drawing: 4</p>

<p>Courses:</p>

<p>Summer School:
pre-freshman- World Civilization: A+/A+ (sem1/sem2)
pre-sophomore- US Government: A+, Health: A+
pre-senior- US History: A+/A+</p>

<p>Freshman year:
Drawing I: A+/A+
Orchestra: A+/A+
Choir: A/A
English 9 Honors: A/A+
Earth Science Honors: A+/A+
Geometry Honors: A+/A+
Spanish III Honors: A/A+</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
Drawing II: A+/A+
Orchestra: A+/A+
Choir: A/A
English 10 Honors: A-/B+
AP Biology: A+/A-
Algebra II Honors: A/A-
Spanish IV Honors: A+/A
(family crisis 2nd semester... will explain in app)</p>

<p>Junior year:
Independent Study in Art: Pass/Pass
Orchestra: A+/A+
Honors Choir: A/A
AP English Language: A-/A-
AP Chemistry: A+/A
Precalculus Honors: A+/A
Spanish V Honors: A/A</p>

<p>Senior Year:
Painting I
Orchestra- couldn't fit in schedule, will try to maintain participation
Honors Choir
AP English Literature
AP Physics B (C not offered)
AP Calculus BC
AP Spanish Language
AP Economics</p>

<p>EC's etc:</p>

<p>Math Team: member 9-12, co-captain 12
JETS (engineering team): JV team 10-11 (team ranked nationally 11), Varsity team 12
School Newspaper: graphics contributer 9-12, graphics editor 12
NHS 11-12 (worth mentioning?)
State finalist in ACS Chemistry Olympiad
Low-cost SAT tutor</p>

<p>Music stuff:
CMEA Regional Honor Choir 10, 11, hopefully 12
ACDA State Honor Choir 11, maybe 12?
ACDA Eastern US Honor Choir 8
School select A Capella choir 10
Select honors choir 11, 12- an enormous time commitment complete with paid singing telegrams in December, a madrigal show in November (a 30-hour week in there), and a jazz show in March (a 30-hour and a 50-hour week in there). Will tour Europe in April, world-events permitting
Member of pit orchestra in town's summer musical 11</p>

<p>Art stuff:
CT Scholastic Art Awards- honorable mention 8
CT Junior Duck Stamp contest- 1st place in 7-9 division 9, honorable mention in 10-12 division 10, 11
Participant in intensive summer art program at a local university 11
National Art Honor Society 11-12, has a community service component</p>

<p>If you're still reading, thank you.
I plan to major in some sort of science or possibly engineering, with a possible double major or minor in music theory and/or studio art.</p>

<p>So..... chances for:</p>

<p>Williams
Amherst
Olin
Brown
UPenn
Cornell
Harvey Mudd
WashU
UMich
Brandeis
Lafayette
Case Western
UConn</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>nobody??
please????
I'll give you cookies????????
?*2^4...</p>

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<p>Most of the schools on your list (with the exception of Brandeis, Lafayette, UConn, Case, and maaaybe UMich) are going to be reaches, just because they are. The good news is that they are not enormous or impossible reaches in any way.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>Looks good for Olin.</p>

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<p>¡Muchas gracias!
hehe I need to get back to my summer reading...</p>

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<p>...anyone else??
¿¿¿¿Por favor????
Is another empty cookie promise in order????????
?*2^4...</p>

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<p>i wouldn't see why not to almost all of the schools above.</p>

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<p>I disagree with the first poster; his musical talents are evident as is his dedication. Universities tend to adore such attributes since he is considering a field in the sciences, more specifically engineering. His grades, on an unweighted scale, would be close to a 4.0, that is better than most of the applicants that apply to a few of these schools. It is imperative to notice that his SATs scores are in a high range and it may continue to rise after his next SATs attempt. He has taken a rigorous courseload and most likely the best that the school offered. The lack of an AP history class shows that he is a student, who is willing to pursue his own agenda instead of wasting time with something that does not relate to his interests. Universities tendto appreciate people, who look at their perspective majors and does not attempt to be axcellent at everything. He even spent time in the summer to take these history classes with fairly high grades, instead of doing none at all. He has shown commitment through just taking time from his summer to learn about history, a subject unrelated to the sciences.</p>

<p>His extracurriculars clearly indicate a strong passion for the math and sciences, with a spice of music and art.</p>

<p>Williams, Olin, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, Brandeis, Lafayette, Case are matches.</p>

<p>Case Western, UConn, Washington, Michigan are your mostlikely safeties.</p>

<p>Amherst is your only reach, while Brown and UPenn are slight reaches. Though it should be noted that it is common for these to be a little harder to get accepted into because of their selectivity. Do not let that discourage you in anyway possible.</p>

<p>If the SAT score is raised, along with some of the SAT Subject IIs; mainly the spanish should be retaken. You will only need two or three of these Subject Tests, so choose chemistry and math IIc. The third one should be after you've retaken spanish so that you can choose between biology or spanish.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that a major and minor or two majors is very difficult, especially while majoring in engineering.</p>

<p>Good Luck with your choices!</p>