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Old 12-29-2006, 01:35 PM   #1
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Chances!!

Hi, just thought I'd get an evaluation of what you think my possible chances are! Thanks in advance for the input!

Academics:

GPA: 3.6 or 3.7
GPA 1st Quarter of this year: 4.3 and 4.4...so its gone up!
SAT: 2070 (720 cr, 710 w, 640 m)
Diploma: I am an IB Diploma Candidate (only 15% of students at my school are...and I'm taking 4 Higher Levels and 3 Standard Levels)
Selling Point in Courses? I am taking two foreign languages (french and spanish) both at the highest IB level.

Athletics:

Varsity Volleyball: 9, 10, 11, 12, Awarded All-Tournament, "Most Dominant Offensive Player"

Varsity Lacrosse: 9, 10

Travel Volleyball: 9, 10, 11, 12

USA Volleyball: USA High Performance Youth National Development Camp- Selected twice, USA Regional High Performance Team (CHRVA), which participated in the USA High Performance Championship against select US, Canadian, and Brazilian National Teams.

Travel Lacrosse: 9

Activities:

Model United Nations: 9, 10, 11, 12- was 1 of 3 awarded "Special Recognition" in a committee of 132 at the Genoa Model UN Conference in Genoa, Italy

Habitat for Humanity: Co-Founder 11, 12

Foreign Exchange: AIU High School Diplomats (Summer 2005), I was chosen to spend 10 days at Princeton University, taking part in a cultural exchange with Japanese students.

Service:

Tutor
D.C. Special Olympics Volunteer
Co-Chairman of the Tsunami Relief Project at my school which raised over $35,000.

Other Educational Experiences:
Brown Summer Program: mini-course in International Relations
Stanford University Education Program for Gifted Youth: English Course


Life Experiences: I lived overseas in Seoul, South Korea and have travelled to China, Japan, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Thailand.

School Profile: My school is always ranked in Newsweek's "Most Challenging", and is second-best in the DC metro area.

I do have a few blemishes on my transcript (C's); however, I have a very strong course-load, and my volleyball takes up about 19 hrs of my week...that's without travel to several tournaments throughout the nation. I think my essays are interesting, and reflect my unique, rather diverse upbringing. I have visited, been to camps there like a million years in a row (2) and I have a "coded" application for athletes, although I'm not the top recruit because the coach desperately needs a diff. position, but she still likes me!

WHAT ARE MY CHANCES?
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Old 12-29-2006, 01:45 PM   #2
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please don't post your chance thread here. This is the forum for the 2011 students. post in the regular discussion forum.
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Old 12-29-2006, 02:12 PM   #3
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sorry...kinda new at this... i posted it on the main discussion page...so if you do want to respond, go ahead and do it there!
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