<p>I already posted my info in antoher part of the forum but I didn't get too many responses.</p>
<p>Anyways, I'm in love with George Washington University in D.C. I want to double major in Political Science and a major to be determined (most likely American History). I am thinking about applying as an early decision in hopes of improving my chances of getting accepted (38% acceptance rate). My number two choice is American university (which has a 50% acceptance rate). </p>
<p>I'm going to post my resume and I would appreciate it if everyone could honestly analyze my chances of getting accepted into the school I list. I'm going to put down normal application for the school, and early decision application.</p>
<p>Here is my resume:</p>
<p>Basics: White male</p>
<p>3.43 GPA
Top 16% of class*(class of 280, typical suburban school)</p>
<p>My GPA/class rank improved greatly during junior year and will likely get higher during my senior year. I have a moderate upward trend in my grades,which will be obvious on my transcript. </p>
<p>Test Scores: Didn't take the SATs (and I do not intend to)
27 on the ACT (90th percentile)
28 English
28 Math
27 Reading
23 Science</p>
<p>12 out of 12 on the Essay portion</p>
<p>780 on SAT II for U.S. History</p>
<p>5 on AP U.S. History exam</p>
<p>Getting my rec's from my level one English teacher from almost year (although she teaches AP English and actually volunteered to write my app, she told me she wanted to write it, so its going to be good...) and my AP US history teacher.</p>
<p>Courses Taken:
Freshman Year:No honors classes freshman year.
Sophmore Year: Honors- World History (B Avg, high for course), Civics (B+, top 5 n course of about 50 students)
Junior Year: AP US history (B+, highest in class, top 2 or 3 for course of 40 students)
Senior Year: Honors Classes:Anatomy/Physiology, Speech, English, Italian
AP Economics (Macro and Micro)
*Note: My school only offers 2 AP course for social studies: US and economics, I took both</p>
<p>School Activities:
-Founding member of a politcal club in school
(Vice President Sophmore year,
Treasurer Junior year,Vice President Senior year)
(group activities include campaigning, drives for the troops and an upcoming debate vs. other political club at school)</p>
<p>-Model UN (Junior, senior year)</p>
<p>-Chemistry Olympiad</p>
<p>Out of School</p>
<p>-Won an essay contest run by Stony Brook University, essay was regarding Italian culture (I've taken Italian for 4 years now)</p>
<p>-I volunteer 3+ hours a week at an Italian cultural club, doing things like typing, printing, making copies, helping out at social events, etc</p>
<p>-Volunteered at a local hospital for 50 hours during summer as a freshman</p>
<p>-attended National Youth Leadership Forum on defense, diplomacy, and intelligence</p>
<p>-Babysit 1-2 times a month (Every other time for pay, everyother time for free)</p>
<p>Chances of getting accepted:</p>
<p>George Washington (Regular, ED):
American University (Regular, ED):
Richmond (Regular):
University of Michigan Ann-Arbor (Regular/ED):
University of Maryland (Regular):
DePaul (Regular):
Clemson (Regular):</p>