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Just For Fun, let's find the "Average" CCer
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Replies to: Just For Fun, let's find the "Average" CCer
Grade: rising 10th
Race: Asian
Aims:Ivy/UCs
Science
Biology-8th grade
Chemistry-9th grade
AP Biology-9th grade
Math
Alg 1-7th grade
Geometry/Alg 2 -8th grade
Pre Calculus-9th grade
English (standard)
History (standard)
Comp Sci
C++ -8th grade
AP Java -9th grade
Foreign Language
Latin 1-8th grade
Latin 2-9th grade
Spanish (self study up to Spanish 2 ) -this summer
APs taken
AP Bio-leaning towards a 5 (9th grade)
AP Java-4/5 probably (9th grade)
NEW SAT
9th (MAY)-740 math 700 verbal 660 writing
GPA-4.33 Weighted 4.1 Unweighted
ECs
Founder/Teacher of School Calculator Club
Piano 3 years
Academic Team
NJHS
Mu Alpha Theta
Latin Club
Gold Metal Latin Exam
State Latin Forum (various awards)
Community Service
Library Helper
Tutoring
Lol yes...that's why I couldn't get into Olin...because I wasn't "passionate" enough about music...hey, I love piano, and I do well in it, but I just don't express "passion" (I don't like to express emotion in general...)
You can always say you're passionate about football, I guess...
(I wanted to put down video games, but I thought they might have an auto-delete for people who put that down lol)
You're the epitome of the Asian student! Unfortunately, there are, oh, about 10000 kids just like you...don't get me wrong, that's some great academics, but unless you express a "passion" or extreme talent for something, you're just like everyone else
If you took AP CS freshman year, perhaps CS is what you're planning to go into? Program a game...(I tell everyone that lol)
Also, do USACO and USAMO...if you want to go Ivy, you will HAVE to distinguish yourself on those olympiads...(I was #8 in USACO for a while, and I still didn't get in, besides Cornell...)
White Female
9th and 10th grade at a small town public high school.
11th and 12th grade at a highly competitive arts high school.
GPA: 3.97 unweighted
SAT I: 1570; 800 verbal, 770 math
SAT IIs: Never took any because I didnt need them.
Class Rank: 3
APs:
10th English Lang. & Comp., Calculus BC, Spanish
11th English Comp. & Lit., Chemistry, U.S. History
12th Biology, European History, Art History
ECs:
9th and 10th Grade at Public HS:
Class Council (P10); Drama Club (10); Ecology Club; Historical Society; Spanish Club; Varsity Gymnastics; Varsity Soccer; JV Cheerleader (Football Squad); Methodist Youth Fellowship; Homecoming Court (10); Yearbook Pageant (Winner 10); Community Theatre
11th and 12th Grade at Arts HS:
Drama Major (20+ hours per week); Class Council (S11, T12); Honor Council (12), Public Service Club (P12); Habitat for Humanity; Amnesty International; Yearbook Staff; Chess Club; Fencing Club; Cross Country Club; Swing Dance Club; Youth of Unity
Awards:
National Merit Finalist; AP Scholar with Distinction; National Honor Society; State Shakespeare Competition Winner (11); Regional Shakespeare Competition Finalist (11); State Thespian Festival Best Actress (11)
Summer Employment:
Lunch waitress
Applied and academically admitted to University of Evansville, Southern Methodist University, North Carolina School of the Arts, Florida State University, SUNY Purchase, Rutgers University, University of Miami, University of Minnesota, Northern Illinois University, Catawba College
Accepted via audition to BFA Theatre programs at Evansville, SMU, and NCSA. Rejected by FSU. Cancelled auditions for SUNY Purchase, Northern Illinois, and Catawba after SMU acceptance. Withdrew from consideration at Minnesota, Miami, and Rutgers after Evansville acceptance.
Evansville 09 with a full ride. Go Aces!
SAT (subscores if you have them): 1360 comp; 710 v; 650 m
ACT: 31 comp; 34 reading; 27 math; 32 science; 29 english
SATIIs (list which subjects): none
ECs: 2
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 8
Work and/or Volunteering: 5
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: KY
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies: am applying to CMU, SMU, FSU, Yale, NYU
Colleges you recieved admission too: we'll see
Also I think it would be interesting to see what CCers are interesting in majoring in: Me= Theatre
PSAT 219
SAT 1400 (OLD) 2150 800V 670M 680W
ACT 31
3.99uw 5/115
private Catholic
VARISYT X-country, swimming & track, sec. junior class, treas SGA, eagle scout, governor's school, usaa swimming
Major: engineering pre-med
APPLYING to Notre Dame, SLU, Villanova, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon
From Tennessee
Rank - 2/200ish
SAT - 1480 (780 M, 700 V)
ACT - n/a
SAT IIs - Math IIc 800, Physics 700, Writing 660
ECs: like how we compare to everyone else on a 1-10 scale? eh, I'd say 7
Course load: definitely a 10... almost everyone is or will become a bluecollar worker in my county (not dissing bluecollar jobs, just saying... very poor school district from a farming community). AP classes were taken online independently
Work and/or volunteering: I'll say 7 again
APs: Sophomore - US History (4), Junior - Calc BC (4, ab 5), Junior - Stats (5), Senior - Psych, Macroecon, Microecon
Private/public: very poor public, haha
State: PA
Schools applied to: hmm... PSU Schreyer, Haverford, Amherst, Swarthmore, St. Joe's, Yale, Cornell, U of Chicago, Williams
Accepted: PSU Schreyer, Haverford
Waitlisted: Cornell, Amherst, U of Chicago, St. Joe's (no accepts off w/l yet)
Attending: PSU Schreyer (for $$$ reasons... Haverford was #1 choice out of the 9 I applied to)
Someone else suggested listing major... probably double major in Finance and Economics
GPA weighted: 5.2593
Rank: 3/435
SAT I: 1440 (750 M, 690 V)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 770 Writing, 750 Chemistry
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 8
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 9
Work and/or Volunteering: 6
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: FL
If applicable:
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies: Duke, Brown, Vanderbilt, University of Miami (Honors), University of Florida (Honors), Tulane (Honors), MIT, University of Miami 7 Year Medical Program
Colleges you recieved admission too: Duke (attending), Brown, Vanderbilt, UM Honors, UF Honors, Tulane (Honors)
SAT (subscores if you have them): (haven't yet taken)
ACT: (ditto)
SATIIs (list which subjects): (ditto)
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 7
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10 (my HS doesn't give you any choices when it comes to courses)
Work and/or Volunteering: 0 (unless you count writing articles for a non-profit organisation seeking to produce a free encyclopedia, in which case, 6)
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: Malaysia
If applicable:
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies:
Colleges you recieved admission too:
SAT: 740 Verbal, 710 Math, 1450
ACT: 34 composite, 34 English, 31 Math, 35 Reading, 34 Science
SATIIs: 800 Writing, 760 Math 1C, 700 German w/Listening (blah, I still tested out of 202)
Rank: 13/480
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 9
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10
Work and/or Volunteering: 3
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: IN
If applicable:
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies: Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, Wellesley
Colleges you recieved admission too: Indiana University-Bloomington, Miami University (full ride), Wellesley
SAT: 2280 (800cr/680m/800w)
ACT: didn't take
SATIIs: 800 Lit, 770 USH
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 5
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10
Work and/or Volunteering: 2
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: TX
If applicable:
Top colleges you WILL APPLY TO, especially Ivies: Columbia, NYU, Wesleyan, Tufts, Boston U, Brandeis, McGill
SAT (subscores if you have them): 730V 800M
ACT: (ditto) 33 (34Eng 35Math 33Read 31Sci)
SATIIs (list which subjects): MIIC-800 Writing-740 (720 at time of apps) Physics-670 Chem-650 (taken w/out any studying)
Rank 1( bad) - 10 (good) of
ECs: 7
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10
Work and/or Volunteering: 3
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: OH
If applicable:
Top colleges you applied to, especially Ivies: UMich, Case, HY, ND, Dartmouth
Colleges you recieved admission too: all but HY
SAT: 740 math, 740 verbal, 800 writing (probably retaking in oct.)
ACT: 35 comp. 36 english, 35 science and reading, 34 math
SATIIs: 800s on world history, physics and math iic
Course load (relative to offerings of your HS): 10/10
Private/Public school: Public
State or country: usa
as for humanties, I believe that the MIT linguistics and philosophy program is better than any Ivy's, and what about Sloan School of Management? <- an undergrad business program second only to Wharton. And economics? yes, I believe the economics program is *fairly* decent. And the world-renowned Media Lab. I really hate seeing these "tech" schools cast off of lists because people won't do the research to find what they're all about.
That and you are effectively only counting humanities focused students as average CC-ers because many science/engineering students will have applied to MIT, Caltech, etc along with some Ivies.
You're really better off not including the number of schools applied to in this discussion. It would be more accurate to post an average "percentage of schools accepted to out of how many applied to" instead of just saying "Ivy" which is NOT the academic standard in the world. There are plenty of CC members from England, say, who want Cambridge or Oxford - assuredly "Ivy"-level or better. Actually, I would say that anyone who got accepted to Olin would be on top of any list given the ~2-3% admit rate.
SAT I: 740m / 670v / 590w
SAT II's:
Math2c 800
Physics 710