sigh... another chances thread

[crouton]

So, I was considering applying here and was curious as to
a. my chances
b. how hard/easy is it to double major
c. how good is the communications/journalism?

Half Indian, Half Chinese,... weird, i know...CT resident, Male, upper middle class, very competitive high school

3.5 uw gpa, 4.2 weighted

SAT1-
Math - 720
CR - 700
Writing - 710

SAT2-
mathi-720,
mathiic-750,
us hist- 740

every year i took the most rigorous courseload my school could offer

my school doesnt offer AP's before junior year and in freshman and sophomore year you can only take two honors classes... in junior year i only had one non-honors/ap class (regular health was mandatory for a graduation req)... took 4 APs 3 honors junior year...

Love history and english, really good at it... weird im asian and better at humanities than math and science, but there you go.

ECs...
Sports
Wrestling varsity 4 years
Varsity Track 4 years
-medaled in two events at regional junior olympics
Debate, 4 years varsity, captain senior year
-5th place state finals sophomore
-3rd place state finals junior year

Clubs
Peer Mediation 4 years, leader 1 year
FBLA 4 years, treasurer 2 years
Atlas Wrestling Club (coached by olympic coach)
USA Track and Field
Mock Trial 4 years, co-capt 2 years

Vol Work
-ASHA youth group- raise money to send to poor villages in india so that they can build schools, helped found it
-200 hours various at library, hospital, senior center
-Helped with FBLA to raise 1200 dollars for my friend who started his own cancer foundtation (he had a case of cancer that only 9 other people in the world have... scary...almost died)

Jobs
-Academic Tutor(raised a kids grades from c's/d's to a's/b's)
-Little League Baseball Head Umpire
-started my own business which is like a tutoring agency


Highest possible scores on all my CAPT tests (connecticut aptitude placement test or sumthing like that), state merit recognized

Tied with two other people for highest possible grade on Junior Writing portfolio(put best writing together and people assess your writing)

Ribbons on Natl+State latin exams

School doesnt rank...

AP's
-junior year
--psych - probably 4 on exam
--govt(american) - probably 4 on exam
--english - probably 4 on exam
--us hist - probably 4 on exam
-senior year
--stat
--comp gov
--english

Reqs – should be quite good

Essays - will be strong

Will spend summer between junior and senior years teaching poor village kids in Thailand(where mom grew up) english

Figure the stuff thatll set me apart is the starting own business and the Thailand thing

So, chances?

[kyle5000]

youll get in no problem

[huskem55]

looks good

[KingJames23]

i think you'll get in at the honors program. Your GPA for the honors program is your only downside, but a 3.5 at a very competitive school (which you said) could be equivalent to a 3.8 or a 3.9 elsewhere.

[huskem55]

i think that you get invited to the honors program if your SAT is 1400. the honors program is definitely worth considering!