<p>I have previously posted a chance me thread but this is with a few different schools.</p>
<p>Stats:
White Male
Connecticut
GPA: 3.7
Rank: 15 out of 110 in an extremely competitive class for some reason (just got unlucky, they were actually contemplating writing something on our transcripts about just how competitive our class is)
SATs:
1400/2100 (idk which one looks better, considering the ratio is the same haha)
AP Tests: Human Geography: 3, APUSH: 4, APLANG: 5 (am currently taking calc, bio, and environmental science)
Essays: Common Application essay is pretty good, descriptive, definitely tells something positive about me and is interesting
Supplemental to the schools: Most of these were very good imo. (especially hopkins) </p>
<p>Recs: Extremely solid from all three</p>
<p>EC's:
Varsity Tennis for Four Years - looking to play at most of these colleges and have been in contact with the coaches. I play about 10-12 hours a week.
Mock Trial for 8 years (team captain, state semifinalist etc)
Jazz Band for four years
Chorus for 5 years
Play drums and piano (5 years for the latter and 9 for the other)
Science internship thing at a pharmaceutical company
Worked as a tennis instructor at a country club for 3 years
Jazz Combo - elite group of high school musicians play at gigs around the county
Costa Rican Rainforest Project - 12 students are going down to costa rica to study their respective areas of expertise. i am studying stream ecology. it is a very well respected program, with numerous pattons and new discoveries.
stupid awards like ap scholar,
That's a quick overview of myself as a student. </p>
<p>I am looking to go for a political science major to the following schools:
Fordham (applied ea, hoping to hear soon)
UCONN
BC
Wake Forest
Colgate
Villanova
Johns Hopkins (top choice)
and, of course, everyone has one of these schools that is just a huge huge reach: brown</p>
<p>so, please chance (I am ESPECIALLY interested in Hopkins, Wake Forest, Colgate, and Boston College, so if you have more emphasis than just a perfunctory recitation of "high reach, match, safety etc." please write accordingly.</p>