SHE WOULDN'T GIMME A CHANCE. Will you?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>**General: **Rising Senior, Male, Alabama.</p>

<p>**Ethnicity: **White.</p>

<p>Career Interests:Dentistry, culinary arts, broadcasting, Spanish (not as a "career", but as a major). </p>

<p>School Info: Our school first opened in 2005 when I was a Freshman. I'll be apart of the first four-year graduating class. My school became an IB school this past year, however, you have to be a Freshman when you begin the IB program, so I wasn't able to participate in the program.</p>

<p>*School Stats: *
GPA: 4.0 Unweighted. 4.083 Weighted. This year was the first year we could take APs, and I got an A in both of those classes (AP US/AP 11 English). Senior year I should have 4 AP classes, and an honors Spanish 5 class which'll be on a 4.5 scale? lol. That's just what my Spanish teacher told me. Anyway, If I get all A's again, I should complete high school with just over a 4.2 weighted GPA. Toughest courseload offered.</p>

<p>Rank: 1/200+ (not sure on exact #, obviously).</p>

<p>Testing:
I just saw my score today and I got a 30 (4 point improvement from February). Words can't describe how I felt; I cried for a moment for Christ's sake! 18.5 hours of studying! LOL.</p>

<p>*EC's: *
-National Honor Society (1 year; Senior year)
-National Spanish Honors Society (3 years; Soph,Jr.,Sr.)
-Spanish Club President (4 years; President - Senior year)
-School Webmaster (1 year; Senior year)
-Varsity football Quarterback. (Freshman year we just worked out because we didn't get a coaching staff in time. Sophomore year I was the Varsity backup (although I did play in some Varsity games), started JV and was the captain of JV. Junior year, I was the starter and team captain and was second on the team in touchdowns---only behind our all-metro WR/RB. Senior year...I doubt I'll play. All of our coaches were fired and I knew back in November that I was done. I worked harder than anyone, and I was just sick of the BS. I was no longer happy playing, so I will just move on. Yeah, the attention that goes along with being the quarterback is cool, but that's not what matters. Happiness matters, not highschool "fame".
-I had a Private quarterback coach for football for 2 years. I would go to school from 8-3:10. Football practice from 3:30 to sometimes 6:30, and then a two hour session with private QB coach after that. I did that in the football season and in the summer for 3-4 times a week.
-Art. I placed 3rd in state for a 2D art contest. I also got honorable mention in state for this "Post-Card" contest.
-Quiz Bowl (2 years - fresh year we didn't have it, soph year I did it, this past year I tried to do it but it was SO unorganized, and I'm going to do it Senior year).
-If I don't play football, I'm either going to do Mixed Martial Arts, play Piano, or play Baseball or Soccer in the spring. A job is a possibility, as well as getting a trainer at the gym (lol, only feels right considering I won't be playing football).</p>

<p>Community Service:
This summer I'll get around 150-200 hours with Big Brothers, Big Sisters. I've gotten around 70 at my Uncle's golf course, and another 10 or so with Spanish-club related stuff.</p>

<p>**Possible Hooks?<a href="I'm%20not%20too%20sure%20if%20all%20of%20these%20are%20hooks,%20but%20I%20suppose%20some%20are%20possible">/b</a>:
-I live with my father; he will make about 100k this year, but we use to be poor and nobody else is contributing to my college fund/expenses other than my father.
-Mother has had all sorts of health problems; cancer being one of them.
-Region. Perhaps the Northern schools will like that I'm from Alabama?</p>

<p>Awards:
-Letter from the Mayor acknowledging my achievements in highschool due to seeing me featured in the newspaper.
-Principal's Award.
-A honor roll for 4 years.
-As stated before, 3rd in state in 2D art competition, honorable mention in another contest, and 2nd in state in this QuizBowl-esque thing for this Spanish competition (same event that I won 3rd in state in for Art). </p>

<h2>-This year I will be named our school's "Most Oustanding Spanish Student". Only 1 kid per school is named this.</h2>

<p>Schools:
Vanderbilt
Notre Dame
University of Chicago
Northwestern
Cal-Berkeley
Duke
Cornell</p>

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<p>**Chance me for both ED & RD at Vanderbilt, please! Chance me for the other schools w/ just RD. **I'm hoping to get good aid/merit (although I doubt much merit, if any) so my dad will only have to pay 15-20 max a year.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Bump.</p>

<p>Bump-bump it up!</p>

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<p>haha amazing title
anyway it looks good</p>

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<p>OMG.</p>

<p>Can I get a chance?!</p>

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<p>I think you have a really good chance at your schools. You're well-rounded and you're number one in your class! I think you're chances are great. Just write a great essay. Good Luck :)</p>

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<p>You're in at all. I'm serious.</p>

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<p>
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I had a Private quarterback coach for football for 2 years.

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Don't mention this fact if you're trying to argue that you were poor! This is the kind of pampering that privileged kids get.</p>

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<p>well id like that youre from alabama. umm...from you test scores, im going to say your chances arent that great, but i guess that depends on how it compares to the rest of your peers' scores. i feel like you might get in early at notre dame, maaayyybbbbeeee early at vanderbilt, idk about cal (youre out of state).
most likely not uchicago, duke. prolly not (right now w/ your scores) nu, cornell.
but that could change w/ your essay/new scores.
i could be very wrong though, as i have no idea about anything alabama-related. my east coast school is very very competitive, so that might skew my thinking.
your ecs are pretty nice, but not that standout (again, i could be quite wrong).
i wouldnt really use cancer, unless youre just touching on it. maybe if you tied your family situation w/ sports/spanish/big brothers/sister...i think if you had a killer essay w/ that nu/cornell may start looking pretty good.
just take your acts again. i feel like thats the one big hole in your app</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt - yes
Notre Dame - yes
University of Chicago - no
Northwestern - yes
Cal-Berkeley - no
Duke - no
Cornell - yes</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt-yes
Notre Dame-yes
UChicago-maybe/yes
Northwestern-no
Berkeley-maybe/no
Duke-no
Cornell-yes</p>

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<p>B.U...M-P-I-E for L.A...N-C-E.</p>

<p>I'm bumpalicious. I shop for chances so I bump it to the top, now chance Lance and tell me what I got. A reach? A match? Or a safety? I don't care, just chance me, please. I'm too sexy like Right Said Fred. If you don't like it, hit up another thread...You're probably wondering, "what is this?". Well, it's just my business. I'm doing calf raises to work on my fitness, I have wishes...Please chance me, b******! If you do this, I'll blow more than just kisses.</p>

<p>/I'm straight & have a g/f. Thank you, thank you!</p>

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<p>Bump, bump, bump. Definitely accentuate your quirkiness in your essay.</p>

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<p>How is the fact that your mother has cancer a hook? - and the letter from the mayor? - your town doesn't seem that big if you only have 200+ ppl in your grade (trust me i know - i have 200+ too) so i don't think it will matter that much to colleges even though it is really flattering - i got a letter from a state congressman about my accomplishments but i don't think that its anything that a college would gawk over - sry</p>

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<p>I said I didn't know if it was a "hook". </p>

<p>My city has 150,000+. My school is new, so we're not at full capacity yet. It'll be a 6A school in a few years. </p>

<p>And I didn't know if the letter was a big deal or what, but considering it had her signature on it and wasn't some generic letter, I felt it held a little more weight. I didn't know if it was a big deal or not. I'm having to find out everything on my own.</p>