2390.senior.plz kill me

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Just kidding. Stats:</p>

<p>Applying as History Major
White male, rural public highschool (>30% go onto non-community college education, Avg SAT~<1000) </p>

<p>Rank 2/240 , 4.08 Weighted GPA (~99%)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2240 (800 CR, 700 M, 740 WR) - Retaking November, hoping for 750+ M </p>

<p>Subject Tests: 800 US History, 720 Lit. (Hard as balls), 690 IIC (Retake Dec., 750+)</p>

<p>AP: APUSH: 5 (School offers very little APs)</p>

<p>Activities…
Key Club (10-12)
Math League (9-12)
Newspaper Staff (10, Editor 11, Editor-in-Chief 12)
Skateboarding Club (Founder/President 11-12)
Comcast Academic Challenge Quiz Bowl (10, Captain 11-12)
Debate Club (Vice President 11-12) Foreign Culture Club (10-12)
Science Olympiad (11-12)
Student Film Society (10-12)
Teens Against Tobacco Use (11-12)
RCIA (9-10)
Science Fair (9-11)
Honor Society (11-12)</p>

<p>Music…
Piano Student at Blainer’s Studio of Music (9-12)</p>

<p>Awards</p>

<p>Academic…
Michael C. Ferguson Scholar (11)
Most Outstanding Performance in Computer Science (10)
Most Outstanding Performance in Honors Civics (10)
Most Outstanding Performance in Honors English (11) Most Outstanding Performance in AP History (11) Superintendent’s Commendation for Advanced Geometry (9)
Superintendent’s Commendation for Advanced Trigonometry (9)
Superintendent’s Commendation for Advanced Statistics (10)
Superintendent’s Commendation for Advanced Precalculus (10) Superintendent’s Commendation for Analytical Geometry/Calculus A (11) Superintendent’s Commendation for Analytical Geometry/Calculus B (11)
Math League Conference High Scorer (9, 11)</p>

<p>Community Service</p>

<p>Community Library Volunteer (9-12)
Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics (10)
Peer Mentor for Autistic Students (11-12) Habitat for Humanity (11-12)</p>

<p>Essays+Recs Solid, English teacher called essay “great piece of work”. Stresses how skateboarding taught me to deal with failure+set goals (skateboarding club is only really “quirky” activity)</p>

<p>Taking most APs allowed by schedule and taking multivariable calc at local college.</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>ok to good shot due to your rural status, but really cant say</p>

<p>good luck:)</p>

3

<p>isn’t your GPA a little low for Yale? but whatever… your excellent SAT scores make up for it.</p>

<p>you have a good shot</p>

4

<p>people have different ways of calculating GPA. Obviously if he is ranked second he is an excelent student.</p>

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<p>are you kidding? approximately 99 percent? in no way is that low.</p>