Above Average Boy Looking at Mostly Midwest Schools!

<p><stats>
GPA: 3.65 (unweighted)
AP’s: Four classes by the end of high school (all 4’s and 5’s on tests)
-AP US History
-AP US Gov
-AP English Lit
-AP Calc AB
-AP Eng Lang (self-study)
Honors: Two honor’s classes
ACT: 29 (may retake)
SAT: 1900
*Thing to note - our school follows a block schedule, so we take 4 classes a day for half a year and then switch the classes for the second part of the year. All AP’s (except Stat and Comp. Gov [havn’t taken]) run for the full year meaning they each take 2/8 class periods.
School: About 2000 students, sends top students to Ivies</stats></p>

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Trip to New Orleans for a week for Hurricane Katrina Relief (8 hrs/day…6 days)
Varsity Cross Country (4 years)
-served on “Leadership Council” which is basically like being a captain
Track (4 years)
LinkCrew Freshmen Orientation (2 years) - Lead groups of incoming freshmen for a four hour orientation and then advise them all year
Youth Council (2 years) - In charge of planning events for youth in the city and doing volunteer work for city
Fiddlers ReStrung (4 years)-nationally renowned fiddle group that has played all over the country…at the White House, Kentucky, Tennessee, Good Morning America and many other places. We have recorded two CD’s. (Should I send one in with my applications?)
Recycling Club (2 years) - Collect the school’s recycling. I was a co-founder of this club and now am the President for senior year.
YoungLife (4 years)
New Orleans Instrument Drive - A couple of friends and I collected instruments from our town and nearby ones, about 40 instruments in all, and donated them to a middle school near New Orleans who had lost all of their instruments during Katrina and could not afford to buy new ones.</ec’s></p>

<p>Essays - Should be good. Writing is one of my skills.
Recs - Should be very good, teachers who I am getting them from really like me and are good writers.</p>

<p>Colleges:
Kenyon College
UMich (In-State)
USC (Cali not Carolina)
Denison
Pitzer
Miami OH
Colorado College
Kalamazoo College (In-State)
IU - Bloomington</p>

<p>Kenyon College-Low Reach
UMich-Match
USC-High Reach
Denison-High Match
Pitzer-Match
Miami OH-Match
Colorado College-High Match
Kalamazoo College-Safety
IU - Bloomington-Safety</p>

<p>Schools like USC are very hard to get in from out of state. About 90% have GPAs above 3.75 and SAT scores are usually 2050+</p>

<p>Just don’t slack off senior year so you can raise your GPA a little more; and also try to either retake the SAT or ACT so you can increase your chances!
Hope I helped!!!</p>

<p>BUMP!</p>

<p>Maybe we could get 10 replies? Yeah, that’d be real nice.</p>