<p>Hello all-
I promise this will be the only time I create a chance thread! Even though I feel rather dirty doing so, my anxiety has reached a level where the post new thread button seems so tempting...anyways, here we go</p>
<p>Me:
White Male
Kentucky
Attends a school that sends three or four students to top universities each year
IB Diploma Candidate (one of two schools in Kentucky with IB)
No legacies to any schools of interest</p>
<p>Testing:
ACT: 35 Composite (36 S, 33 M, 34 E, 35 R) , 11 Essay
PSAT: 218 (probably NMSF in Kentucky)
SAT II:
-USH 770
-WH 690
-Chem 640
(going to retake Chemistry and WH October, expect 700 + each... IB courses are two years, so I hadn't learned half the material on the test)</p>
<p>Grades:
3.94 Unweighted
5.04 Weighted
Rank: 5/408
Classes: All advanced first two years of school + arts and humanities by correspondence
Junior Year: 4 IB SL, 3 IB HL, two advanced
Senior Year: 3 IB SL, 3 IB HL, 1 advanced, AP Stats</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
- Church Choir (8 years)
- Youth Symphony Orchestra (2 years)
- Academic Team (3 years)
- Governor's Scholars Program (5 weeks in summer)
- Royal School of Church Music (4 years)
- Leadership development program through the chamber of commerce
- Spanish Conversation Club (3 years)
- Kentucky Youth Assembly (three times)
- Kentucky United Nations Assembly (1 time)
- Kentucky World Language Bowl
- Viola Ensemble (10 concerts)
- Beta Club (3 years)
- NHS (2 years)
- Viola lessons (8 years)
- Church youth group (2 years)</p>
<p>Volunteerism
- Hospital Volunteering (50 hours)
- Food Bank (10 hours)
- Counselor at Reading Camp (25 hours)
- Teaching Basic German to a 6 year old (20 hours)</p>
<p>Awards:
- Medical Society Science Award
- Outstanding Orchestra Student (2 times)
- Outstanding French Student (2 times)
- Almost certainly National Merit Finalist
- Kentucky World Language Association State Qualifier
- Kentucky World Language Bowl Champions
- 1st Place Varsity Social Studies (Academic Team League)
- 3rd Place Varsity Humanities (Academic Team League)
- Academic Team 1st place overall (two times in a row)
- Ranked Distinguished by Federated Music Club (4 times)
- Rank I viola solo in solos & ensembles (4 times)</p>
<p>Essays: Probably pretty good
Recs: Certainly good, hopefully excellent</p>
<p>Colleges of Interest:
- UChicago (EA) (dream school, probably won't happen.... just got viewbook today (sigh))
- JHU
- Georgetown (EA)
- UPenn
- Macalester
- Carleton
- Boston University
- WashU
- University of Maryland
- Case Western
- University of Michigan</p>
<p>Thanks for the help! I can chance back if you want</p>