lilygraces

Okay, so I've been searching this sight for a couple of weeks and it's basically been putting me into an extreme state of depression. Thus I've decided to do my own "Chance Me" thread to see how the CC world stacks me up against everyone else.

A/N: Everything is based on what WILL be by the end of senior year.

Currently: Junior
Rank: 35/194
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White
Religion: Jewish/Atheist
Residence: Westchester, New York
PSATs: 195
SATs:...Don't wanna talk about it

GPA:
unweighted - 3.5
weighted - 4.0

Grades (A/N: Science and Math are REALLY weak subjects for me):
8th Grade
Writing Workshop I - 95
French I - 84
Math I Honors - 89
Biology Honors - 83

9th Grade
Studio Art B - 96
English 9 Honors - 91
Writing Workshop II - 97
French II - 96
Math II Honors - 87
Concert Band - 95
Concert Choir - 99
Singers - PH (Pass/Fail basis)
Dance I - 99
Physics Honors - 84
Global Honors - 90

10th Grade
Painting and Drawing - 91
English 10 Honors - 92
French III - 94
Math III Honors - 74
Concert Band - 98
Concert Choir - 97
Singers - PH
Health - 96
Gymnastics - 98
Chemistry Honors - 82
AP Euro - 84

11th Grade (Grades are based on 3 marking periods)
Law - 96
Concert Band - 100
Concert Choir - 100
Singers - P
AP English Land&Comp - 92
French IV Honors - 95
Gymnastics - 98
Pre-Calculus Honors - 87
AP Chemistry - 92
AP American - 80

Courses for 12th Grade:
AP Music Theory
Concert Band
Concert Choir
Singers
Jazz Band
AP English Lit
AP French Lang
Gymnastics
AP Environmental
AP Gov't
SUPA Psych

Extracurriculars and Leadership:
School Newspaper (4 years)
Environmental Club (2 years, just founded this year, though)
Concert Band (4 years) Concert Mistress (1 year)
Pep Band (4 years)
Marching Band (4 years)
Concert Choir (4 years)
Singers (4 years)
Women's Chorus (3 years)
Gay-Straight Alliance (4 years) Vice-President (1 year)
Model UN (4 years) President (2 or 3 years)
Young Democrats Club (1 year)
Stage/Tech Crew (4 years) Stage Manager (2 years)
Foreign Language Honor Society (2 years) editor (1 year)
National Honor Society (2 years)

Honors and Awards:
High Honor Roll (4 years)
Virginia Beach Concert Band Festival Award - second place
Virginia Beach Concert Choir Festival Award - third place
Virginia Beach Women's Chorus Festival Award - first place
Spirit Award for Chorus
Creative Writing Award
Moot Court Award - Second Best Written Brief; recognition
Chemistry Olympiad Competition - Recognition

Talent:
Dance (12 years)
Music (Piano - 14 years, Clarinet - 10 years, Tenor Saxophone - 9 years, Guitar - 4 years)
Writing
Baking

Community Service:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (15 hours)
Arts Camp Councelor (9 hours)
Chemical Inventory (10 hours)
Hudson Valley Writer's Center (60 hours)

Work Experience:
Babysitting (5 years)
Gate Guard (4 years)

Legacy:
Harvard - Grandfather and Great-Uncle (not much, but great-uncle is writing me a recommendation... and I realize my chance is extremely unlikely)

Columbia - Grandfather was a professor, Mother went for grad school, Moot Court Award named after my great-grandfather (same as Harvard in terms of chance)

Williams - Just about everyone on my dad's side of the family went there, swimming scholarship named after my cousin (same as Harvard/Columbia in terms of chance)

Bard - Not a legacy, however my father is very good friends with the President of the college

SUNY Binghamton - My brother goes there



Harvard, Williams, Bard, and Binghamton are my current top choices. The first two are extreme reaches and the latter two are matches/mild reaches.

Please chance me in terms of good schools and whatnot.

lilygraces

bump... please?

anyone? anyone? beuller? anyone?

Diaphontes

Since youre from New York, you have an advantage, as many people from New York are offered a place in top schools. That being said, try to bring up your already amazing average. What helps, I think, is if you are musically-inclined, as you have achieved 100 in your music courses. If you also do music outside of school, universities are sure to see your passion. With a 2250+ (more preferrably 2300+) SAT score, and luck, you are sure to gain admission to a great school.

lilygraces

Thanks, Diaphontes.

nygirl786

being from New York just makes it harder to get into top schools, where NY and other states like New Jersey are overrepresented in the applicant pool.

Diaphontes

Top schools readily admit roughly the same amount of applicants from these overresepresented states every year.

DagnyT

Exactly, and many, many students apply from these overrepresented areas. Thus, a smaller percentage of NY students are accepted, as opposed to Arkansas students.

Savs

With a high SAT/ACT... sure. You know, if you don't like your SAT score, taking the ACT might help... some people do drastically better on it, and all universities accept either.

swoop

i agree with savs and if you are into musical arts, carnegie melon is the way to go

lilygraces

Thanks. And I'm trying to sign up for the ACTs (except I was blocked out from every school in a 3 hour radius) so I'm mildly freaking out about them. But I'm just going to take them in the fall (along with the SATs again).

az1698

YOU HAVE lot of connections

Techy233

wow, great stats. Come to Harvard with me Ms Lilygraces

lilygraces

lol. don't lie Angel.

Also, an update:

My ACT score was a 27 (and I'm retaking).

sherlock1016

I'm from Westchester too (briarcliff, w00t =P), and if you want Harvard then your scores need to be higher. But if you can bring up your ACT to like a 32, with your connections, you stand a chance

But those connections at Williams and Columbia are really nice. You can stand to have your scores a little on the low side for them. All your awards and ECs are so good that I feel they could compensate. If you bring your scores up, I would say high fit/low reach for both

And I know that one of the worst things about Westchester schools is the fact that you can have a 4.0 and be in the second decile. =/ I'm in a similar-ish situation

P.S Have you done NYSSMA Area-All State / All-State before for chorus or band?

lilygraces

I did NYSSMA until the 5th grade and stopped due to the fact that I seemed to get sick right before I always played AND I had a bad experience (my teacher switched my piece the night before I had to play... Too stressful for me, etc, etc).

I'm definitely gonna bring up my scores, or at least try to. I'm retaking my SAT after a PR course and some self-studying (Oct test), I'm going to retake my SAT II's after a LOT of self-studying (Nov test), and I'm going to retake the ACT and definitely shoot for a 30+ because it seems plausible.

And Briarcliff is REALLY close to me. I'm in Sleepy Hollow. Those situations are the worst where if you lived just about any where else, you'd be top 10 easily, BUT NO. lol.