tscogrady

Hey, I've done a few posts, but her are my updated stats that I've included in my apps.

School: Public Long Island School

Gender/Ethnicity: Male/White

Family Info: Income=$75000
-Parents are divorced. I live with my mom and step-dad. I have 4 siblings

GPA: 100.4 Weighted, 94.94 Unweighted

Academic Rigor: 8 AP Courses (9 exams),12 Honors
Rank: Top 5% (perhaps 6th or 7th) School doesn't individually rank

Grade Size: 300ish

Major: International Affairs Minor: Anthropology or Economics

High School Courses/Grades (unweighted):

8th Grade (Counts as High School credits)
Earth Science 95, Accelerated Math 95, Spanish 99

9th Grade
English Honors 93, Journalism 90, English Honors Writing Workshop 97, Global Honors 96, Chemistry Honors 95, Math A Acc 91, Math B Acc 94, Spanish 98, Orchestra 99, PE 99

10th Grade
English Honors 97, Global Honors 95, AP Bio 93, Math B Acc 91, Spanish Honors 97, Orchestra 98, PE 100

11th Grade
English Honors 97, APUSH 96, Urban Studies 100, AP Chem 83, PreCalc BC 82, Spanish Honors 96, PE 98, Health 99, Creative Writing 98

12th Grade (First Quarter)
AP US Govt 87, AP MicroEcon 98, AP Calc AB 87 , AP Literature 93, AP Spanish 98 , Physics Honors 89 , Intro to Photo 98, PE 97

SAT (death of me)
Verbal 650
Math 690
Writing 640 (Essay 9)

SAT Subject Tests
World History 700
Math 1 680
Biology M 630
World History 630


AP Scores
Bio 4
World History 4 (after taking honors)
Chemistry 3
US History 5

EXTRACURRICULARS:

Clubs:

-Habitat for Humanity- 10th – 12th (Secretary 12th)
-Environmental Club – 9th -12th Vice President (11th); (Treasurer 10th)
-Dispatch (school newspaper) – 10th-12th (Managing Editor 12th)
-Huntington Outreach Peer Educators- 12th
-Et Cetera (Literary Magazine) – 11th- 12th Contributing Editor
-Spanish Honor Society – 10th- 12th Corresponding Secretary (11th) President (12th)
-Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta) 11th - 12th
-English Honor Society- 12th
-National Honor Society 11th -12th
-JV Tennis- 9th

Volunteer
- Volunteer at Cat Shelter- 9th – 11th
-Volunteer at State Park – June 2007- Present
-Rustic Pathways- Rainforests and Volcanoes Volunteer Program- July 2007

Employment:
-Chocolatier (October 2006 – Present)

Awards:
-Science Pride Award- 9th
-National Spanish Exam- Honorable Mention- 11th
-High Honor Roll- Every quarter since 9th grade
-Cumulative GPA of 95 or over
-AP Scholar with Honor

Teacher Recs: Amazing

Essays: I think they are pretty good.

Interviews: Most have been amazing

Colleges:
-Middlebury College
-Colby College
-Vassar College
-Dickinson College
-Franklin and Marshall College
-Bates College
-Hamilton College
-Wheaton College (MA)
-Muhlenberg College
-University of Rochester
-Gettysburg College
-SUNY Geneseo
-SUNY Cortland Honors

tscogrady

This is very long.......sorry

aquarius

I'd say you're definitely in at Colby. I have a friend who had very similary stats and she was admitted. Middlebury and Vassar may be reaches. Try to work on your SATs! Other than that, you should be fine!

tscogrady

Thanks....yea I decided to not take the SATs over because I wanted to focus on college Apps, and my college counselor said that my GPA, Rigor and Extracurrics outweighed my so-so SAT scores

tscogrady

BUMP! This is my last chance post.. i swear

poi

Tscogrady, I don't think your SATs are bad at all. I think you are in at both SUNYS, Dickinson, Muhlenberg, Gettysburg, and Franklin & Marshall and I wouldn't be surprised if you got into some of the others. Best of luck!

K J

I think you have a good shot at Bates (SAT optional). Plus: Bates makes an effort to meet demonstrated need.

Did you interview at Bates? Colby? Both schools attach significant weight to the interview.

tscogrady

Yes, I interviewed at Bates, Colby, Hamilton, Dickinson, F&M, and Muhlenberg. Vassar and Midd interviews will be happening soon!

tscogrady

So no chance at Middlebury or Vassar?

my college officer (who tells it like it is) says that my beastly GPA/ rigor/extracurrics HIGHLY outweighs my sat scores (which still fit in the 25%-75% ranges of every school including middlebury)

BrownPlease

don't submit sat 1's to middlebury...your sat 2's are solid, just use 3

lookbeyond

Reach for Midd and Vassar; match for Colby, Dickinson, Hamilton; in at the rest.