<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>Here's a brief summary of all my stats so far. I am a Junior, and I know that my GPA is liable to change, especially if my senior grades will be factored in when I apply regular to a few schools. I know my GPA is extremely, extremely low compared to what most people are supposed to have when they apply, but do I still have a chance? Does it help that my school was ranked 16/322 statewide in 2010? Do colleges take that into consideration when considering students for admission?</p>
<p>Projected Unweighted GPA (after Junior Year): 3.67/4
Projected Weighted GPA (after Junior Year): 4.38/5
SATs: 2310/2400; Reading: 770, Math: 750, Writing: 790 (only took once in October)</p>
<p>Planning on taking ACTs later & PSATs were top 98%</p>
<p>Leadership Positions:
-Vice President of Class freshman year
-Secretary for two years in Leo Club (international volunteering organization); expecting definitely VP or President spot into senior year
-Editor of school newspaper for three years (counting my position for next year)
-News editor sophomore year
-Opinion editor junior year
-Managing Editor (1/3)
-hopefully a officer position in our school's MUN club, which is currently 1st out of all public schools in the NATION (elections are in a few weeks! wish me luck!!)</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars:
-interned at the District Office of my State's congressman
-will be interning over the summer at the Supreme Court in Taiwan; job will be corresponding with American government over Taiwanese policy on things like human rights, etc. (very excited for this one! will this help my application?)
-won Best Delegate at two MUN conferences this year: Cornell Model United Nations Conference & North American Invitational Model United Nations Conference (hosted at Georgetown, but was considered international competition)
-received Honorable Delegate this year at Princeton University Model United Nations
-also attended Rutgers University MUN Conference & Washington Area MUN Conference sophomore and freshman year respectively, but didn't get any awards (should I even include this in my application?)
-1st place in my state for scenario writing competition freshman year; was sent to internationals and placed third individually
-2nd place in scenario writing sophomore year; district didn't have enough money to send us to internationals that year :/
-2nd place in the state for Future Problem Solving program in the state sophomore year, but not enough to go to Internationals (another team from same school placed first)
-2nd place in the state for Future Problem Solving program THIS YEAR; will be going to International Competition in Wisconsin in few months to compete (only other team representing our state at internationals; only team in our district to qualify for ICs)
-top 6th pianist in my state for a competition (invited 550 high schools to participate and only chose six pianists); criteria was that players had to be in high school
-semi-finals at tri-state competition where only 10 pianists were selected in my age group out of a total of 100-200 that tried out
-several hundred volunteering hours
-played in Carnegie Hall twice for piano
-invited to DiCapo Opera Theatre to perform for piano but couldn't because of scheduling conflicts
-only student selected to represent my district at the United Nations this year/ act as a liaison for United Nations as well as Lions International
-Spring & Winter Track for freshman and sophomore year (JV); I'm not very athletic and definitely would not be able to beat out people to compete at meets so I could get my varsity letter, so I decided to not do track junior year, because I had such a heavy courseload</p>
<p>Academics:
- AP Courses (to junior year): Chemistry, English Language & Composition, Spanish Language & Composition, and US History </p>
<p>^WILL be taking AP Exams for all in a few weeks! Wish me luck!! :)</p>
<p>-AP Courses scheduled to take senior year: Calculus AB, American Government, English Literature & Composition, and Spanish Literature & Composition</p>
<p>Other than that, I take all honors. It's not that I'm a pretentious student, it's just that the environment that my school is comprised of is extremely, extremely competitive, and it's common for people to have five/six AP classes per year. The fact that I'm taking four is considered average.</p>
<p>So, sorry for that long post. How does everything look? I know that my weighted and unweighted are on the low side for acceptance into most ivies, but is it possible that I could still get into some based off everything else I've accomplished? I have a true passion for international relations as well as politics, and I place much more energy and vigor into my pursuits for Leo Club, MUN, and piano. I care about those much more than my schoolwork, which is a mistake I should not have made, but I can only do as much as I can to keep everything up and excel where I can. </p>
<p>How do my chances look for these schools? Feel free to note any others that I have not listed below if you think it's a match (sorry for that incredibly long list!):
-Brown
-Cornell
-Yale
-Princeton
-Columbia
-UPenn
-Carnegie Mellon
-UC Berkley
-Duke
-Georgetown
-NYU
-UChicago
-Syracuse
-Emory
-Wellesley
-UIllinois
-Northwestern
-WashU at Saint Louis
-Rice
-Vanderbilt
-Boston College
-Lehigh</p>
<p>THANKS SO MUCH! I know that must've been massive to read, but please let me know what you guys think about my chances! It would mean so much to me. </p>
<p>Hope everyone has a great week!</p>
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in my eyes, it was the best gpa that i could’ve gotten for myself given my courseload and how hard i actually worked. what i SHOULD have said was that the gpa that i will have is considered “incredibly low” from ivy league standards, which are the main schools that i will be applying to in the fall. i’m really sorry if i offended anyone by what i said!</p>