Where do I stand?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a white female from a medium-sized city in Illinois. I go to a private Catholic school, which is one of the best high schools in the academically-deficient area.</p>

<p>Class Rank: 29/327</p>

<p>I have ADD and I struggled my first two years, but my grades have improved enough that I've moved up 55 places since first semester freshman year.</p>

<p>GPA(W): 4.3333</p>

<p>Standardized Testing
PSAT: 218 (I don't remember all my subscores, but I got 80 in CR)
SAT CR/M/W/T: 760/800/690/2250
I'm considering retaking the SAT to bring my Writing score above 700, but I don't know if there will be time.
ACT: 33
I will be taking the SAT-IIs in Literature and Math 2 in about a month. I did no prep for the SAT or ACT, but I got Princeton Review books and hopefully will do pretty well.</p>

<p>APs:
European History (10th): 5
U.S. History(11th): 5
Calculus AB(11th): 4
English Lit/Comp (11th): 4
This year: Calculus BC, English Lang/Comp, Spanish, and Psychology.
This is one of the most challenging course loads possible at my school.</p>

<p>ECs:
- I'm a figure skater, with my Intermediate Freestyle and Novice moves tests. Freshman through Junior years I competed on a synchronized skating team. This takes up a big chunk of my life.
- For 11th and 12th grades, I've been on my school's varsity Scholastic Bowl team. I was in the top 10 tossup-scorers in our conference, and will probably be captain or co-captain this year.
- This year I will be applying for National Honor Society. I made a huge mistake in not applying last fall, but it can't be undone, and at least I get another chance.</p>

<p>Awards:
- National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
- Gold Medal on the National Spanish Exam, Level 4 (97th percentile)
- Outstanding Student of AP European History
- Outstanding Student of AP US History
- 27th in the 2004 National Spelling Bee
- National Language Arts League</p>

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<li><p>My essay is about how the spelling bee shaped my interest in linguistics, which is my hopeful major. I like it quite a bit, and so did my English teacher.</p></li>
<li><p>Some of the schools to which I am applying do not offer a major in linguistics, in which case I would do Psychology, Neuroscience, or Math and then go to grad school. Either way is fine.</p></li>
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<p>Schools:
Please don't feel obligated to do all of these, I know it's sort of a long list.
Dartmouth
Middlebury
Amherst
Williams
Carleton
UChicago
MIT
Lawrence
UIUC</p>

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<p>ur EC's sortof arent impressive, but the fact you're interested in linguistics (A Much hated and despised field by most applicants) might set you apart and get you into most of those, especially MIT (I know they have been complaining that no one even considers their linguistics department)</p>

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<p>I only know some about MIT - You have very good humanities stats, but lack shine in the math/science areas (science fairs, math club, SAT Biology/chem, et al), so it is sort of a reach... but you ARE a white female. That's a small boost.</p>

<p>A good school for you might be Stanford. You seem very passionate about literature and figure skating. And your race doesn't hurt you (but might not help either)</p>

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<p>Skating is sort of hard to translate. All the names sound like beginner levels, until you get to the last one, Senior. There are eight levels, Intermediate is the fifth, and Novice is the sixth. Novice moves are widely considered to be the test on which it is hardest to earn a passing grade.</p>

<p>Also I should mention that I am a legacy at Amherst.</p>

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<p>And also that this year I will be working towards getting a certification as a judge for the United States Figure Skating Association.</p>

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<p>Bump... Any thoughts on the small LACs? Any other information I could give that would help?</p>

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<p>Bump, again. Chances, pretty please with a cherry on top!</p>

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<p>No way, I was at the 2004 Spelling Bee with my friend, she tied for 27th too!</p>

<p>Sorry I am absolutely no help on anything you're asking, I just thought that was cool!</p>