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Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Ethnicity- White, technically Jewish, if that matters at all
Gender- Male
Not applying for financial aid
GPA- 3.4 (unweighted)
School- Public school in Massachusetts, #1063 Public High School in the country, we send kids to good schools every year (Brown, Middlebury, Cornell, Columbia, WashU-STL, Barnard, NYU, Boston College, Oberlin, Bowdoin, Hamilton, Holy Cross, Bucknell, UTexas OOS, UMichigan OOS, etc)</p>

<p>SAT 1- 1460/2200
Critical Reading- 800
Math- 660
Writing- 740 (12 on essay)</p>

<p>SAT 2-
US History- 740
French w/ Listening- 700
Literature- 710</p>

<p>AP Exams-
European History- 5
US History- 4
Taking English, French, US Gov this year</p>

<p>Rank- 54/232, Top 25%</p>

<p>Interested in History, French, Philosophy, and English (especially Creative Writing), and I've taken all the highest level/AP Classes in those areas and always get B+ or higher (the only B+ have been in AP History, everything else has been A- or higher for those). Math and science, not so much, I have B-A in my science classes (one CP) and one C, two C+, and a B- in my highest level math classes (taking a CP this year).</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS
Varsity Tennis Captain (But not good enough to get recruited) (4 years)
Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Black Belt (Since 2nd grade)
Opinion Editor of school newspaper/writer (3 years)
Editor-in-Chief of school literary magazine/submitter (2 years_
Best Buddies Membership Coordinator, working one-on-one with special needs students (4 years)
Peer Helpers Committee Leader, student guidance counselors, basically (3 years)
Art Saves Lives (art/music/poetry show) coordinator and performer (2 years)
National Honor Society, won portfolio award (2 years)
French Club (2 years)
French Immersion Program K-12, I speak fluent French
Academic Honor Award, 10-12
Academic Varsity Letter (Honor Roll or Higher 9 times), 11
Academic Achievement in Creative Writing Award, 11
Varisty Tennis Honor Athlete Award, 10-12
Boston Red Sox Essay Writing Contest Winner, 10 (it was ridiculous, but I won)
University of Iowa Young Writers Studio (had to apply with 10 pages, chosen out of several hundred students, etc)
Really really really involved in local Food Pantry, been volunteering since 6th grade, am on the Board of Directors, help organize fundraisers, etc
Camp Counselor Grade 10
Babysitting
Work at a bakery 11-12
Internship at a Film Company, 10
Editing Film as-needed, 11</p>

<p>My school has block scheduling, so the fact that I'm taking 5 APs over the course of High School is really really impressive for our school, since it's impossible to take as many as other people do at their schools.</p>

<p>I also expect my recommendations to be incredible (one from my Creative Writing teacher/Literary Magazine guy who I'm really close with, and one from the French Immersion teacher who has known me since I was 5).</p>

<p>Writing my essay on how reading with my dad when I was younger has influenced the way I think, and has made me want to become a writer to help give other people the same feeling I get when I read something beautiful, etc, etc.</p>

<p>I'm sending some creative writing samples to some of the schools as well as peer recs if they're an option.</p>

<p>SCHOOLS-
Dartmouth
Williams
UNC- Chapel Hill
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Colgate
Lafayette
Denison
Rhodes
Tulane
UMass- Amherst</p>

<p>What do you think? Will I be a starving writer living on the street or will I get into college THEN become a starving writer living on the street?</p>

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<p>I think you'll get into college and then become a starving writer living on the street.</p>

<p>But, that said, there are many ways to make a living if your passion is writing.</p>

<p>Hard to say where you'll get in without knowing your weighted GPA. Your scores are great and your ECs are too. For some of the top schools you're looking at, though, your rank is unimpressive. (That's why the weighted GPA is important.)</p>

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<p>Due to the fact that our guidance department has no idea what's going on, the number they give me for my weighted GPA is "28.708", although I have no idea what this means. Might anybody else?</p>

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<p>i actually think that top tier schools only look at the unweighted gpa.. because in order to be seriously considered you need to have taken the courses that would make your gpa weighted. i could be wrong about this, but this is what i remember hearing from information sessions</p>

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<p>GPA and your corresponding rank, top 25%, are way too low for Dartmouth.
Same for Williams, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>You may have taken the most rigorous courseload, but the fact that your GPA is that low is much worse than if you had taken a mix of Honors/AP classes and achieved a higher GPA.</p>

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<p>Fair enough. I'm thinking about adding William&Mary and/or Washington&Lee to the list, does anybody know anything about the selectivity of those schools?</p>

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<p>Bump. Great LOL of China.</p>

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<p>This is a shameless bump. Anybody? Please?</p>

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<p>Vanderbilt and Darthmouth are going to be hard with your rank..</p>