senior...getting a little antsy!!

<p>Hi there.
So I'm a senior and I'm getting pretty nervous for April 1st (and Pi Day!!) to roll around. I keep getting different responses from Sister/Brother/Parent/Teacher about my chances of getting in and I'm super curious to hear all of your opinions!!</p>

<p>Gender: female
School: Public, #1 in state; sends 10-20 kids to top 20 schools </p>

<p>Class Rank: Top of the class (shared with my brother :)
Most Rigorous Courseload
GPA: 4.0 UW, no need to put the weighted gpa i dont think</p>

<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English, Honors Biology, Phys Ed, World History, French 3 (lucky break, my mom is fluent in french, got to skip a year !!), Drawing I/ Design Fundamentals, Honors Geometry</p>

<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English, AP Biology, Honors Chem, Health/Intro to Computer Programming, French 4, AP US History, Pre Calculus</p>

<p>Junior Year :
AP English, AP Chem, Honors Physics, AP Comp Sci, AP French, AP Euro Hist., AP Calc BC</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP English, AP Phyics, AP Econ, Calculus 3, AP Stats</p>

<p>I have one recommendation from my Physics teacher who I had for two years. Honors Physics was not my strong suit so he witnessed a lot of hard work out of me and a lot of tears. I lend my time as a Teacher's Assistant for him whenever he needs help. It will be a solid rec letter. The other will come from my French teacher. I had her for two years, and my senior year I routinely met with her. She gave me books and articles to read, and we would discuss them. Another teacher who I worked hard for!!</p>

<p>SAT: 2350 Composite: 760 CR, 790 M, 800 W
ACT: 36 Composite</p>

<p>AP Scores -
All 5's</p>

<p>SAT 2 Scores -
Biology M - 750
US History - 740
Chemistry - 790
Math II- 800</p>

<p>EC's :
Speech & Debate 2007-Present
Vice President 2009-2010
Started in Extemp, tried out Original Oratory and the my brother and I started to do Duo
State Qualifier 2008 (OO), 2009 (Duo), 2010 (Duo)
State Champion 2009 (Duo)
National Qualifier and Semi Finalist 2009 (Duo)
National Qualifier 2010</p>

<p>Science Olympiad 2007- Present
Team Co-Captain 2010
State Champion Team/National Qualifier 2009
Accumulated over the years.... States 7 golds, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Nationals 1 Bronze</p>

<p>NHS 2009-Present
- Active Member</p>

<p>AFS Member 2007- Present
Hosted an exchange student from Thailand</p>

<p>Volunteer Work
Barack Obama Campaign Internship (non paid) approx 15 hrs a week
--answered phones, canvassed, shadowed local campaign coordinator
Blue Ribbon Camp Volunteer
--camp for children with special needs</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
National Merit Scholar
Honor Roll
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
random academic awards from school </p>

<p>Employment
2007-2009 Receptionist at local hair salon
answered phones, scheduled appointments
tons of fun :)</p>

<p>Athletics ( Div I)
Cross Country 2007-Present
Captain 2010
4x District Qualifier
4x Regional Qualifier
2x State Qualifier (09-10)
2009- District Champion,3rd at Regionals, 15th at States
2010- District and Regional Champion, 6th at States</p>

<p>Track and Field 2007-Present
Captain 2010
4x District Qualifier
4x Regional Qualifier
3x State Qualifier
2008- District Champion 3200, also competed in the 400 and 4x800, Regionals - 3200, 4x800,400, States 3200 and 4x800
2009- District Champion 3200, also competed in the 1600 and 4x800, Regionals - 3200, 4x800, States 3200 (Runner up)
2010- District Champion 3200 and 1600, also competed in the 4x800 and 4x400, Regional 3200 and 1600 Champion also competed in 4x400 and 4x800, State Champion 3200, Runner up 1600, 6th place in 4x400, also competed in 4x800</p>

<p>Basketball 2007-Present
Varsity, consisten starter</p>

<p>Colleges:
Stanford
Princeton
Harvard
U.Chicago (got an additional rec from english teacher)
UNC
Duke (cc/track recruit)
Case Western Reserve University (cc/track recruit)
MIT
Georgetown
University of Oregon (cc/track recruit)</p>

<p>I'm afraid that since my twin brother and I have almost identical resumes and stats, it will be detrimental to our chances of admission :( We picked out our colleges without telling each other and we ended up having almost identical lists. The only difference is that I run a little better. Also if it helps, my older sister is a senior at MIT. She also runs. I have a brother who is a sophomore at Univ. of Notre Dame and another who is a freshman at NYU.</p>

<p>chances for an antsy senior? and also an answer : does it hurt my chances that someone identical is applying to nearly all the same schools?!?!</p>

<p>also, neither of my parents attended college.</p>

<p>I think you have a really great chance at all of those schools. Just relax! You’ve done a great job… Enjoy being a 2nd semester senior :D</p>

<p>Honestly the hardest schools on your list are Stanford, MIT, Princeton, and Harvard and I truly believe you have a decent shot at all of those. The colleges below them I really have no doubt you’ll get in. Nice job and keep up the good work!</p>

<p>Stanford- target
Princeton-high target/low reach
Harvard-high target/low reach
U.Chicago- target
MIT- high target/low reach
Sorry idk enough about the rest of them to say anything lol. Great resume haha, good luck i’m sure you’ll get into at least most of those schools.</p>

<p>Great chances everywhere.</p>

<p>Wow…What more could you have possibly done?</p>

<p>haha my brothers made me join a ton of things when I was a freshman and I just ended up liking a lot of them!!! plus running runs in my family (pun intended)lol</p>

<p>if you don’t get into all of those schools i will bash my head into the wall next to me. your resume is redunkulous.</p>

<p>well thank you!
sadly though, my accomplishments pale in comparison to my college siblings if you can believe it</p>