To ease the anxiety, final chances thread, heh.

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Applied to:</p>

<p>BC - EA
BU - RD
University of Richmond - RD
Tufts - ED I
GW - RD
American - RD
Tulane - EA *Accepted already
Wake Forest - RD
Catholic U of America - EA
Brandeis - RD</p>

<p>ACT:
Composite - 30
English - 26
Science - 29
Math - 28
Reading - 35</p>

<p>Rest of my stats.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>GPA: ~3.477 unweighted, ~4.02 weighted, these will most likely be ~3.55 UW and ~4.29 W after this first semester.</p>

<p>Rank: ~66/550 (~12%), should go up quite a few spots after this first semester.</p>

<p>Classes last year (Junior year):
AP Psychology (A's) "4" on exam
AP US History (A's) "4" on exam
AP English Language & Comp. (A's) "3" on exam
Precalculus Honors (C's and B's)
Physics Honors (A's and B's)
Debate VI Honors (A's)
Government Honors (A's)</p>

<p>Note:
Brought Physics from a "B" to an "A" from 1st to 2nd semester, and brought Precalc from a "C" to a "B" from 1st to 2nd semester, so, rising GPA...</p>

<p>Extra-Curric:</p>

<p>Debate Team (~449 NFL Points...for those who know what those are), this is my passion, I've competed in 5 different event categories as well, and placed in 3 of them (Student Congres (states alternate), Oral Interpretation (national alternate), Duo Interpretation, Public Forum (#3 team in country currently), and Policy)
President of Debate Team
VP of Law Club
Lead Attorney on Mock Trial Team
Social Studies Honor Society
JETS Treasurer</p>

<p>Community Service:
Camp Counselor at local summer camp: ~125+ Hours
helping with middle school debate team: ~15+ hours</p>

<p>Work: Public Library (20 Hours/Week), hope this looks good since it's for the state.
Previously was a Lead Graphic Artist, and ran my own PC Repair Company.</p>

<p>Background: Single-Parent Home, Dad pays no child support, etc. Roman Catholic, Irish-Italian, Public School in Florida</p>

<p>Looking to major: Poli. Sci., International Relations
Minor: American Studies, History</p>

<p>Courses this year (Senior):
AP Euro
AP US Gov
AP Microeconomics
Independent Study (AP World History)
AP Lit
AP Stats
Debate VIII Honors</p>

<p>Recent accomplishments:</p>

<p>1st Quarter Grades 4.0UW/5.75W GPA (Grade Report enclosed)
AP Scholar Award College Board
Nominated Pathfinder Scholarship Award, Forensics
1st Speaker Overall Wake Forest University National “Earlybird” Tournament, Varsity Public Forum Debate
3rd Place Overall Wake Forest University National “Earlybird” Tournament, Varsity Public Forum Debate
1st Place Overall 21st Annual Charger Speech and Debate Invitational Tournament, Varsity Public Forum Debate
1st Place Overall Palm Beach Central PBCFL Regional Tournament, Varsity Public Forum Debate
2nd Place Overall Seminole Ridge PBCFL Regional Tournament, Varsity Public Forum Debate<br>
Qualifier Twenty-second Annual Blue Key Speech & Debate Tournament, Varsity Public Forum Debate</p>

<p>I know that's messy, but it converted from word oddly. </p>

<p>I also got a professor friend of mine (teaches at GW) to write me a recommendation for GW and BC (got her master's there). My AP Lit teacher also recently wrote me an excellent rec letter.</p>

<p>So, to ease these final waiting weeks for BC, Tufts, and Catholic (heh), what say you?</p>

<p>Thanks,
Ben</p>

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<p>^ Free tylenol, to help you relieve college application stress as well, lol.</p>

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<p>Free tylenol people, come on, lol.</p>

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<p>looks pretty good besides the fact that u applied EA/ED to multiple schools... u might get kicked out for that</p>

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<p>Only 1 ED and multiple EA schools, so that should be fine. I don't know about a bunch of them but you should get into BU, American and GW, very high chance of brandeis, under 50% at tufts (Reach)</p>

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<p>Actually, none of them were SCEA, and Tufts doesn't prohibit applying to EA schools when you apply ED there.</p>

<p>Thanks Chocolate!</p>

<p>Forgot to mention: Blue Ribbon Applicant for Brandeis.</p>

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<p>FREE TYLENOL! lol, I need sleep...</p>

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<p>FREE TYLENOL, lol, any other opinions?</p>

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<p>Do you have SAT scores? Wake doesn't accept the ACT.</p>

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<p>Ah yes, forgot, the only school I sent my SAT's to..Wake</p>

<p>SAT's for Wake:
CR: 710
M: 600
W: 600
1910 Total</p>

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<p>Anyone else.....FREE TYLENOL!</p>

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<p>Oh well, guess the free tylenol wasn't enough, how about.....</p>

<p>FREE FLASHLIGHT, TO FIND THE TYLENOL FOR THOSE LATE NIGHT HEADACHES!</p>

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<p>lol</p>

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<p>BTW: Was just nominated officially today by my school to represent them for Forensics/Speech category in the Pathfinder Scholarship competition, it's amongst a few counties here, pretty competitive.</p>

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<p>Why does no one love me, heh, FREE FLASHLIGHT AND TYLENOL GUYS!</p>

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<p>Jeez, free things can't tempt people on here, lol.</p>

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<p>Too bad I don't have free admission to college tickets to hand out, that might get some more attention. lol</p>

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<p>Oh well, I should probably get to sleep, if you do have an opinion on my chances though, it is most appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>~Ben</p>

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<p>BUMP...happy almost turkey day...</p>

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<p>I only really know about Wake (I just got accepted ED) and although its a reach, I think you have a fairly good chance. The SAT's are a little on the low side, but you have great EC's and a good courseload. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Thank you! :)</p>

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<p>Happy Turkey Day!!! Anyone else? :p</p>