caulfield1

I applied EA. My intended major is Classics/humanities, and secondary interest in music.

Here is my info:

gender: m
school: relatively small public school (very much like a private school)
rank: school doesn't rank
GPA unweighted/weighted: 4.0/4.44
SAT I breakdown: 760 R 760 M 800 W (This is a superscore, which Harvard and some others accept. But my normal score is a 2290)
SAT IIs: 800 Latin 790 US
APs: 5's on Euro, Calc AB & BC, Chem, US

senior courses: gov/econ, AP bio, AP Latin IV, AP statistics, AP English Lit, teacher's assistant for Latin teacher, AP music theory

awards (year in parentheses)
- 1st place in overall academics at the National Junior Classical League convention (11)
[took 12 academic tests ranging from Hellenic history to Classical Art, competing against 1600 of the top Latin students in the nation. 7 first places, 2 second places, 1 third, 1 fourth, 1 fifth. First place counts as 10 points, second as 8, etc. The person who has the most points out of everyone wins.]
- 6th place in overall academics at NJCL convention (10)
- 1st place overall at the California Junior Classical League convention (9, 10, 11)
[this includes tests as described above, but also Latin oratory, and quizbowl. I am the captain of the quizbowl/certamen team.]
- 2 perfect scores on the National Latin Exam

extracurricular
- principal cellist for non-school youth orchestra for 2 years (9, 10)
- won concerto competition for this orchestra and toured Costa Rica as soloist and principal cellist (9)
- 2nd place Music Teachers National Association competition for strings (10)
[This competition is divided into three rounds: state, regional, national. You must qualify at the first two the enter the finals. One competitor is chosen from the state to send to 7-state regional competition. One of the regional competitors is chosen to send to the 7-region national competition. I lost to a violinist]
- 1st place American Fine Arts Festival national competition (9)
- 1st place American Fine Arts Festival international competition (11)
- 1st place Ukraine's Individualis international competition for strings (9)
- played on NPR's From the Top radio show as soloist (9)
- California Rising Stars outreach concerts
- perform for inmates twice per annum

additional info
- president of school Latin club
- AP scholar, NM semi

straightchillin

Your grades and scores and such are all obviously good enough to preclude you from being auto-rejected. You also obviously have good extracurriculars and all that, and no one will be surprised if you get in.

That being said, no one will be surprised if you don't. It's all a crapshoot. There's nothing anyone here can tell you that you don't already know - really, it's quite clear that you're going to do well wherever you go, though.

Good luck!

IvyLKM

Fair chance, boost test scores.