Where do you see me?

College Search & Selection
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<p>This is from another thread that got 0 responses...
SORRY ITS SO LONG!</p>

<p>Here are my stats:
High School: dubbed "Model School" by Time Magazine, consistently ranks as one of the top schools in the nation-downside to this is there are a ton of well to do geeks/legacies who will be applying to all of the same schools
SAT 1: 1540 (800M/740V) also took it in 6th grade for placement in an advanced program and scored a clean 1000
SAT II: 800 Math 2C, 790 Chem, sry don't remember the others off of the top of my head
GPA: 5.027 weighted (through junior year) 3.75 unweighted-more on this later
Rank: we do not have specific ranks, only the decile system...so top 10%</p>

<p>AP Scores:
Calc BC 5
Chem 5
English 5
US History 4
taking this year: Physics C(both tests), English, Economics (Macro and Micro), Spanish, and MV Calculus/Linear Algebra (not an AP class because it is not a high school class, but it is really advanced so I thought I should include it)</p>

<p>I have never taken anything below Honors level, which, I think, explains a relatively low GPA. During my sophomore year I took an early bird Honors Chem class, and then took Honors Bio during the day (Math & Sci are my passions). As I said before, I took the SAT 1 in 6th grade and scored well enough to qualify to take math at the high school during 7th and 8th grades.</p>

<p>As for ECs and awards:
I am a nationally ranked junior golfer. I would place myself in the top 4 or 5 in the state. My coach played for the Stanford Cardinal. I have won a number of tournaments in my state league, as well as a few national tourneys (although not at the premier summer league, I did on the main offseason tour). My awards for this are: all conference, all state, all academic, all american, best in area (newspapers), scholar athlete...
Student Tutor Board
Student Alliance Board (not our student council, but we run the show behind the scenes)
Pres of a club that makes random field trips to see different people (such as a ghost buster, a ninja, a shaman)
National Honor Society
National Merit Semi Finalist
Honor Roll AMC every year
AP Scholar with Distinction (will be National AP Scholar once I take this year's tests)
Tons of community service (as does everyone else...) but one interesting sidenote is I "worked" (through my golf academy) with (mentally) handicapped children and helped them play golf-this program got a lot of recognition throughout the state.
I have played guitar for 9 years (in bands that have performed in Talent Shows and Battle of the Bands, just fun stuff not really serious)
Illinois State Scholar
Who's Who Among High Schoolers
Letter of High Scholarship-Physics (completely irrelevant award...)
Outstanding Achievement Illinois Junior Academy of Science (IJAS) Fair
Temple Youth Group & Social Service Club
Nominated for and participated in a student leadership program 3 days a week during my lunch period
I have worked as a caddie for the past 6 summers (pretty extensive eh?)
I worked with the NU chem dept as a lab assistant
for golf fans: I was the junior boys player of the year, after playing golf for 18 months (!) I broke par and won our conference championship</p>

<p>Other stuff:
My uncle went to Princeton.
I have some pretty good connections with Brown.
I live 10 minutes from Northwestern.</p>

<p>I see myself becoming a doctor of some sort.
The school must have a golf team.</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>May I ask what school you go to?</p>

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<p>Are you a junior? I'm not sure I understand your question. If you are good enough to be recruited, then that will overshadow any recommendations we make. I know someone who got a scholarship for golf at Vandy, I'm sure Duke and Stanford are possibilities - warm weather schools for the serious golfer.</p>

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<p>Sounds like you are asking CCers to go through the entire list of US universities, select the ones that will fit your tastes, and present you with a short list from which you will deign to choose the ones that you like.</p>

<p>Sorry, kid. What you're talking about here is research. You want to wind up in a school that you like/ likes you, do the legwork yourself. Most college applicants on these CC boards do.</p>

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<p>There's a lot that's left unsaid in this post. If he's an Illinois State scholar, he's a senior. If he goes to the school he says he does, which everyone around here has heard of, there is no way that he's starting his college search in December. Wouldn't a golfer this good have been recruited by now? What gives?</p>

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<p>Go to John Hopkins if you want to do medicine, I don't think you'll have any trouble getting accepted there.</p>

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<p>Slightly OT- Golf is very time consuming. Does anyone know of a scholarship-quality college golfer that made the grades to go on to become a doctor?</p>

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<p>your stats are CRAZY</p>

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<p>sorry I've been in Florida for 8 days for a tournament
I'm a senior and have applied to a bunch of schools, I was just wondering what you guys thought of. I have been talking to some of the coaches about a roster spot, but have not committed to anything yet.
nikkor: yeah golf is time consuming, especially since I started playing halfway through 8th grade (believe it or not). I try to play every day and have lessons 2 or 3 times per week. Somehow, I have also managed to get my schoolwork done. Keep in mind, however, that I am from the midwest and the real 'time consuming' golf only takes place from late April until mid October-not during the middle of the schoolyear (except for the monthly tournament or two).</p>

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<p>I do not think that I am good enough to play for Stanford, simply because I have not won any MAJOR junior tournaments against an elite field. I KNOW I cannot play at Duke. Even though golf is my passion, I understand the odds of going pro and doing well are quite slim, and therefore, academics are foremost in my mind.</p>

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<p>BTW: I said that I was nationally ranked, but so are 5000+ other kids</p>

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<p>If you're interested in a medical career and you play golf well, how about a place like Univ. of Florida Honors program?.....They have a very good premed and medical school.....and the golf program is tops....why don't you think you could play at Duke?....How about Wake Forest?</p>

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<p>what's your handicapp?</p>

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<p>Thanks for carifying the golf situation, because I would have thought you could play for any school in the country. To answer your question, "Where do you see me?" I see you at just about any school that you decide you want to go to. The trick will be to develop a list that includes your top 2 or 3 schools but also a couple of "safeties", which for you will also be very good schools. </p>

<p>Hmmmm.... schools with a great pre-med golf program......</p>

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<p>Wait so what school do you go to? Sorry to be nost, but I live right near NU also</p>

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<p>In terms of academics, your options are really wide open. There are few places (if any) that you do not have a realistic chance at. </p>

<p>So you have to give some thought to what you are looking for, other than reasonable golf. Big/small? city/rural? university/lac? lots of arts? lots of research opps? nice dorms? near illinois/far from illinois? </p>

<p>This will help you narrow down your options.</p>

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<p>Schools like Duke and Stanford annually have 1 or 2 roster spots open for a kid who is top-10 in the world. I'm closer to the 150-200 mark. While Stanford has not made it to the NCAA finals in a few years, it attracts the top recruits because it is (one of) the huge school(s) in the west. Florida makes it to the championships because it attracts kids who are in state who have enjoyed the benefit of year round play. Other top golf schools are: Georgia, Arizona, Arizona St, Clemson, Ok St, UCLA, Wake, Auburn, NC, UT, UNLV, USC, Augusta State, and now, surprisingly, Illinois (although I might be able to, not sure). These are the powers who I do not believe I could play for. As for academics, I do not think I would chose any of those anyway. Northwestern has also been building a great program since the early 90s.</p>

<p>As for my choices, I'm fairly open minded as to what I want. I do not care about distance because airplanes make everything close enough and I am so used to flying because of these tournaments it is almost second nature. I would like research opportunities because, when the time comes, I will need to apply to med school and I would like to have my options open for that, too. Nice dorms would be a plus-did I hear Harvard has fireplaces? My high school class has about 1,100 kids in it, and I like the size of it. So for college, I hope for around that number with bigger being ok too-but not a 20,000 kid school. I am currently wrapping up a semester of Multivariable Calculus and will learn Linear Algebra next semester. Because of my unusually advanced math standing, I would like to go to a school with a good math department so I can continue with it. But, I don't think I will have much time for a minor (let alone a double major) with a sport, so that is not a huge factor. I don't know about the city/rural thing because I have been to Yale and cannot fathom 4 years in New Haven, but I have also stayed on the Illinois campus for weeks at a time and Urbana-Champaign was fun. UChicago is technically in the city, but it is in the ugliest neighborhood around. So, basically, I have no opinion on the subject.<br>
Any new ideas?
I applied to a TON of schools and will begin to visit them soon.
The list consists of (but is not limited to-I might have forgotten a few): Stanford, Duke (why not?), Harvard, Yale, Tulane, Princeton, Brown, JHU (do they even have golf?), Illinois (legacy), Mich, Cornell, Columbia, Williams, W&M, Swathmore, Colgate, Northwestern, Amherst, Skidmore, Lehigh, Tufts, Redlands (legacy), and UPenn. I used caddie money that I specifically put away for apps. I ruled out all of the UC schools because their golf programs are just too good with kids who play all year. Same with most southern schools.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>It seems you will be competitve anywhere which just complicates your choices. There are about 200 - 300 schools which can teach you more than you can possibly learn and thereby satisfy your academic needs. Don't make your choice based on others feelings. You have to spend four years there while the satisfaction of telling someone you went to a name college only lasts a few seconds each time and will not add up to anything close to four years over your lifetime. This brings it all back to: big school Vs. little school; urban Vs. suburban Vs. rural; East coast Vs. midwest Vs. West Coast; private Vs. public; need for financial aid.......................But does this college feel like "home"?</p>

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<p>I agree with what you say, however, I have a very long list of schools and I should get into the majority of them (HYPS who knows). I am asking what people think so that I can narrow down my list and pick places to visit.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Oh, another question...I know someone who did RSI...how big of an advantage does he have? Is that a really (!) great EC to have? I know it is really selective so I'm assuming its probably worth something. Does anyone know how much?</p>