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Old 06-19-2008, 09:40 PM   #1
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Where do I stand with my dream school?

Hey guys,
I attend a public high school with about 250 in my class, and was recently ranked by Newsweek at number 538 of the Best High Schools in America.

Weighted GPA: 94 (I don't know how to convert on the 4.0 scale)
SAT: Math-740
Critical Reading- 720
Writing- 690
I am planning on retaking the test two more times.

E- electives
Regents are basically regular classes that are weighted by 1.05

9th Grade
Regents Math
Regents Spanish
Regents English
Regents World History
Regents Biology
E- Science Research

10th Grade
Regents Math
Regents Spanish
Regents English
Regents World History II
Regents Earth Science
E- Science Research
E- WWII/Vietnam
E- Film as History

11th Grade
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
Spanish Honors
Regents Math
Regents English
Regents Chemistry

12th Grade
AP Spanish
AP Government and Economics
Honors Physics
Honors English
Honors Precalc
College Accounting


ECs
Junior Varsity Football- 9th-10th
Varsity Football-10th-12th
Varsity Wrestling- 9th-12th (Will be a captain in 12th)
Spanish Club- 9th-12th
Student Civic- 9th-12th

Volunteer Work
Bible Study for 3rd graders- 11th-12th
Missionary Trip to Dominica Republic to build a church- 10th-11th

Awards
Honor Roll- 9th-11th (most likely 12th too)
Honorary Mention in the Long Island Science Congress
1st Place in Forestry in the Long Island Envirothon
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Old 06-20-2008, 05:08 PM   #2
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One thing--were there honors/AP options in 9th and 10th grade? If you were taking the highest classes, that's good, if there were higher options, that could hurt you a bit. I don't know how good a GPA that is. At my school (which is a pretty competitive private school) where regular classes aren't weighted, and AP and honors are weighted by 1.094, generally a 98+ is needed for ND (and that's with at least a 32 ACT). But if in the context of your top ranked school, a 94 is high, then you're good. SAT is pretty good. If you could improve, that would be good, but 1460 is solid (or you could try ACT, I did better on that). Everything looks pretty good, in my opinion, assuming that your class load was rigorous enough and your GPA is high enough--you know better than me about that.

But that's all just my opinion (I'm applying next year too, so I'm no expert)

Good luck!
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Old 06-21-2008, 03:31 AM   #3
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i like ur chances... keep working hard and know that things will work out!

good luck!
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Old 06-21-2008, 09:01 AM   #4
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Do you know what your class rank is? It is hard to say without that information and I am not seeing it at least. If not, an estimate would help. It is just that a 95 at one school may be VERY different than a 95 at another so it is hard to make blanket assessments!
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Old 06-21-2008, 03:58 PM   #5
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I forgot to write that my school does not rank, but I'm sure I'd be in the top 25%. In 9th and 10th grade I slacked off, and the regents classes are basically regular classes.
Thanks for all the replies so far
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Old 06-22-2008, 07:24 AM   #6
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Are you in the top 10%? Unless you are I think ND may be very difficult without a hook or very high test scores.
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