AHHH Chance a VERY confused applicant :(

Chance Me / Match Me
1

<p>Jewish White Male</p>

<p>Location: Florida</p>

<p>Major: Math</p>

<p>IB DIPLOMA CANDIDATE!!! :)</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: C-31 E-29 M-34 R-29 S-30 (retaking until I get a 33+)</p>

<p>SAT 2s: taking them in october. Math 1, Math 2, Chemistry</p>

<p>School stuff:</p>

<p>GPA(uw/w)- 3.89/5.10</p>

<p>Rank: 11/324</p>

<p>Recs: FANTASTIC!!! VERY close bond with one teacher who was a brown, UVA, and Michigan graduate. My GC and I are very close.</p>

<p>Essay: Will be good. Almost done with Common App essay. If you want to readit for chance purposes, PM me.</p>

<p>AP Exams:</p>

<p>Calc AB:5
Micro:4
Art History:4
English Lang:4
Statistics:3
US govt:3
(Should I send my 3s??)</p>

<p>IB Exam:</p>

<p>Computer Science SL - 4 (again,should I send this??)</p>

<p>Senior Schedule:
IB TOK
IB Chemistry HL
IB French 5-B SL
IB History of the Americas HL
IB English A1 HL
IB Math HL
Discrete Math/Graph Theory
Phys1001 Applied Physics (Like AP Physics B)
If I end up liking Physics, I might take Physics with Calculus 1 next semester (will tht even matter?)</p>

<p>Work:</p>

<p>Life guard
June '08- November '08</p>

<p>Abercrombie - model
July '09 - present</p>

<p>ECs:
-Group head in Freshmen Class Council: In charge of creating the float, which placed 3rd;
Sophomore Class Council - Sergeant-at-Arms; Junior Class council

  • Group head in Project Earth- Recycling Program.
  • Delegate for Mu Alpha Theta.
  • Envirothon Captain
  • Treasurer for Leukemia Inspired Fundraising Events (L.I.F.E.) club
  • Treasurer for National Honor Society
  • Created and President of ACE (Anti-Cheating Effort)
  • Varsity Swimmer (9,10,11): accomplishments: qualifier for district and county meets
  • Varsity Water polo (10,11)
  • Mu Alpha Theta (Math team/honor society) (9,10,11): accomplishments- attended state competition, received top score in the pre-calculus individual round at the state competition, qualified for team round at the state competition.
    -Subjects competed in: 9th- Pre-calculus, 10th- Statistics and Calculus, 11th- Calculus
  • Volunteer Tutor (Algebra 1 (H), Geometry (H), Algebra 2 (H), Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, Calculus H, AP Statistics, and Statistics H) (10,11
  • Project Earth (9,10,11)
  • Envirothon (10,11) – Won 5th place overall in 2008
  • National Honor Society (11)
  • Lifeguard (10,11)
  • Recruited onto the Palm Beach Community College math team (11). Won 3rd place individually at the State Competition.
  • Top singer at Freeform (11) – A local talent show in the county that has been recognized for displaying the most talented performers.</p>

<p>Awards:
Princeton Book Award (11)
AP scholar with distinction since 2008</p>

<p>TENTATIVE schools (a lot of schools.needs to be cut down)-</p>

<p>Yale
Georgetown EA
Brown
Dartmouth
UChicago EA
WUSTL
UC Berkeley
UCLA
USC
Northwestern
Cornell
UF Honors (already given a full ride scholarship here if accepted)
Duke
Columbia
Stanford</p>

2

<p>You should REALLY put more safeties in there.</p>

3

<p>About the 3’s on AP: Send them, why not it won’t hurt and you’ve got some nice 4’s and 5’s to balance them out.</p>

4

<p>Yale - reach
Georgetown EA - low reach
Brown - reach
Dartmouth - reach
UChicago EA - low reach
WUSTL - reach
UC Berkeley - reach
UCLA - reach
USC - match
Northwestern - low reach
Cornell - reach
UF Honors (already given a full ride scholarship here if accepted) - safety
Duke - low reach
Columbia - reach
Stanford - reach</p>

<p>Yeah, you definitely need more match/safety schools.</p>

5

<p>well, the reason why I don’t is because I have been guaranteed admission to UF if I apply with a full ride. Right now, I’m applying to a lot of reach schools to see if I could get in and,if a miracle happens, I earn enough scholarships/financial aid, I can attend one of them.</p>

6

<p>it’s pretty sweet that your an A+F model… you don’t need more safeties, you’re bound to get into one of your reaches.</p>

7

<p>haha. It’s just abercrombie kids, n it’s not really “model.” That’s the name of the position of the people who are on the floor and help the ppl. Very superficial company though…</p>

8

<p>I’d like to read the essay.</p>

<p>Your stats are very high, and I would be surprised if you weren’t accepted into two or more of those.</p>

9

<p>Bumpppppppppppppp</p>

10

<p>no one else??</p>

11

<p>i guess no one else wants to chance me??</p>

12

<p>If you need aid, forget Berkeley and UCLA. They will sometimes give a small amount to top OOS students, but if you need anything significant they are not worth applying to. </p>

<p>With no hook, a 33, a good but not great rank and the AP scores, you have many big reaches. I think you need to consider whether you want to devote your time to supplements of schools you’re unlikely to get into or really focus on the ones where you have a shot and hit those applications out of the park.</p>

<p>With a 33 I’d focus on Georgetown, WUSTL, USC, Northwestern, Chicago and Cornell depending on the school.</p>

13

<p>I do have a hook, but not something I think I’d like to share over the internet. I did once and regretted it. Thank you so much for your honesty hmom :)</p>