<p>Ok so, I'm from Ohio and from a High School ranking around 250th in the nation.</p>
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<p>AP/College Courses: Chemistry, US History, Gov and Econ, Lang and Comp, (and am taking this year) Physics B, Spanish 5, and Calc AB.
-Scores: 4s on every AP I've taken thus far</p>
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<p>I also did a 6-week college program at Miami, where I took 2 college classes (Psychology 111 and Computer Programming 251), slept at the dorms and lived there, and now have guaranteed Admission to Miami because of it.
-<a href="http://www.units.muohio.edu/jrscholars/">http://www.units.muohio.edu/jrscholars/</a></p >
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<p>Class rank/size: My class is about ~175, so I'd place myself at 15th in the class</p>
<p>Awards:
Cum Laude Society (Top 10% of the class)
National Honor Society(Leadership/Volunteering award)
Honor Roll all 4 years
Ralph Pariser Award (keeping above a 3.5)
Quill and Scroll award (basically, having a large number of words published in the newspaper)</p>
<p>ECs:
Varsity Swim Team 9th-12th(I know I'll be on varsity this year)
Captain of the Swim Team - 11th-12th
MVP of the Swim Team - 11th-12th
Track - 9th-10th
The Torch Newspaper - 11th-12th (Reporter 11th, Editor of Feature page 12th)
-"The Torch, the High Schools student newspaper, has received the All-Ohio award, the highest possible, from the Ohio Scholastic Media Association for its work in the 2009-10 school year.
In addition to the overall award, 32 members of the staff received a total of 59 individual awards." - Excerpt from school site.</p>
<p>Work experience:
Jeni's Ice Creams - 1 Year
Pool Swim Instructor - 1 Summer
Pool Lifegaurd - 1 Summer
Snack Bar - 1 Winter (During school)
Waiter at a retirement home - Fall, Winter, Spring (During school)</p>
<p>GPA: 4.1 on a 5.0 Scale
3.7 on 4.0 Scale</p>
<p>ACT: 32
32 English
29 Math
33 Reading
33 Science
I plan on retaking it to try for a 33 or 34.</p>
<p>Recs/essays: I want to get 2 recs: one from my English teacher of 3 years, one from my Chemistry teacher of 2 years.</p>
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<p>I really would like to study languages (several if possible) or business psychology/management.</p>
<p>Any replies are greatly appreciated!</p>
Hunt
November 30, 2010, 2:04pm
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<p>Your GPA is a bit low. If you are a strong enough swimmer to compete in college, that may help.</p>
<p>I dont plan on swimming in college. Do i have any chance? And if i do ROTC will that help?</p>
Hunt
November 30, 2010, 4:10pm
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<p>Here’s info on Yale and ROTC: [Yale</a> ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps](<a href=“Welcome | Reserve Officers Training Corps and Military Educational Assistance ”>Welcome | Reserve Officers Training Corps and Military Educational Assistance )
I don’t really know, but I doubt if planning to do this would help with Yale admissions. I think you have the stats to apply to very selective schools, but you need to have a list of places including some that are less selective–reaches, matches, and safeties.</p>
<p>Yale isn’t the only school I’m applying to.
I’ve applied to USC, Miami of Ohio, and OSU.</p>
<p>Can anyone give me a legit answer?</p>
Hunt
December 1, 2010, 9:33am
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<p>If you really want a better read on your chances, go read the results threads from the last couple of years. I think that you will find that some students with your qualifications get in, but many are also rejected. Most admitted students have a higher GPA than you have (assuming you are not a minority student).</p>