<p>I am going to be a senior.
34 on act
14 APs by end of senior yr
3.97 unweighted
should have 6.95 weighted by the end of senior yr
captain of two sports teams
plays 3 sports
4 yrs of music
150+ hrs of community service
5+ honor societies
VERY INVOLVED
co founder of school club</p>
<p>how are my chances at these schools? i'm afraid not being a national merit scholar will hurt me. and any other similar school recommendations?</p>
<p>How on earth do you have a 6.95?!?!</p>
<p>APs are all i take with the exception of music classes. my high school is extremely competitive.</p>
<p>Ok well you are competitive in terms of academics, but there is no real passion in your ECs. I would say that you have a shot, but your ECs might bring you down. But you never know, you may get accepted if you write stellar essays and get excellent recommendations. Good luck!</p>
<p>school club is for students that have diabetes, which i was also diagnosed with a few years back, and i also do community service with many diabetes organizations and my local university’s diabetes education branch. do you think that is the right type of passion? if not, any recommendations?</p>
<p>Yes that is most certainly a passion. Just keep volunteering at diabetes organizations, and that will definitely help you. What helps you even more is that you are a diabetes patient. You could write an essay about your diabetes condition and how it inspired you to fight against it. Have you considered researching at a lab? That would significantly boost your chances as well.</p>
<p>I don’t know of any opportunities in a lab, or even how to get them. Do you know where I should start?</p>
<p>Just contact a Univeristy that has a research lab. A lot of schools do. It doesn’t even have to be a prestigious Univeristy, even your state school or whatever Univeristy that is closest to you will work. Just give them a call, and ask if you could do some research at a lab. I actually have connections in the Univeristy that I’m researching in through my mom, so it’s a lot easier for me. But yeah just give them a call and say that you’re interested</p>