<p>TAMS chances - I'm hoping I'll have better luck in the Chances forum...</p>
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<p>Yes, I am perfectly aware that TAMS (Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science) is not a prep school, but I couldn't really think of anywhere else to post this chances thread, so please bear with me...</p>
<p>SAT: 2270 (710 M , 800 CR , 760 W (meh))</p>
<p>GPA: 6.833333 (our school district is weird, and uses a 7.0 GPA scale, but UW GPA for me would be 4.0...that means I made all A's, right???)</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: Excellent. My chem teacher is also my job supervisor so she and I spend a little too much time with each other. My math teacher has a devil-may-care attitude but I'm pretty sure we have mutual respect. My English teacher is convinced I'm the next Shakespeare (just kidding, she just sort of likes me!)</p>
<p>Awards (these are what I listed on my app, don't laugh...they're pretty pathetic):
1) National Recognition, DUKE TIP 7th grade talent search
2) 5th place, Texas State Geography Bee
3) District Recognition, Poetry and Scholastic regional Gold Key: Poetry
4) Several school-wide awards for Integrated Physics and Chemistry, Biology, Algebra, English I, World Geography
5) Various comp sci programming awards (nothing big, mind you)</p>
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<li>I had a pretty laissez-faire attitude about the rat race known as college admissions before sophomore year but have now concluded that I need to step it up and consequently am a lot more involved in my studies... A lot of things are bound to happen this year!</li>
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<p>ECs (Again, only what I put on app)
1) Student Council, 4 years
2) Key Club, past 2 years, 125+ hours of community service so far with more to come this summer
3) Chemistry Lab Assistant (1 year, am very passionate about this)
4) President, Beta Club
5) President, Computer Science Club
6) Model UN
7) Spanish National Honors Society (will receive scholarship at end of year for maintaining a 99.3 cumulative semester average over 3 years)</p>
<p>AP, Honors classes taken (this is part of admissions criteria)
1) AP World History
2) AP Spanish Language
3) AP Computer Science A
4) Will be taking AP Art History Test</p>
<p>Prospective APs:
1) AP Calculus BC* (that is, if I can pass Precal Credit by Exam this summer)
2) AP Chemistry
3) AP English Language
4) AP US History
5) AP Computer Science AB</p>
<p>Essays: I think they'll be pretty good, I'm a decent writer and my passion for science and research is very real. Hopefully this passion will guide me as I put pen to paper (yeah, haven't written them yet )</p>
<p>I hope I haven't forgotten anything and that I bestowed any prospective chancers with adequate information. Please help me out...my thoroughly-bitten nails will thank you!!!</p>