Because Chancing Ivy League Schools Gets Old Sometimes...

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Ok, I just today received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, gold level, upon the completion of a volunteer internship. However, I am already applied everywhere I want to go. Is it out of line to report this to schools that have not decided on me yet, or should I just leave well enough alone?</p>

<p>Personal
-White Male
-Illinois resident, birth to present
-No legacies anywhere</p>

<p>School
-Public
-No AP offered
-Ranked #2 of 50-55
-3.952 GPA on a 4.0
-Most rigorous coarse load offered
-Earned an A in an AP government class online</p>

<p>Testing
-30 on the ACT, 33E, 29M, 29R, 28S, 10 on Writing (1st)
-33 ON THE ACT, 31E, 32M, 33R, 34 S, Writing results not back yet (2ND)
-640s on SAT with a 690 on writing
-550 Chemistry, 580 Math II, 600 U.S. History</p>

<p>ECs
-Baseball (4 years Varsity, 3 as captain)
-Scholastic Bowl (3 years Varsity, all as captain, 1 year JV, will be top 10-20 alltime leading scorer at a school with a reputation for producing very good teams year after year)
-Football (2 years Varsity, one year JV)
-Hockey (played all through high school, but school doesn’t have a team)
-Junior Class President
-Letterman’s Club (2 years, both as one of three “leaders”)
-WYSE (4 years test taking competition, won 2nd in the Biology test at regionals junior year)</p>

<p>Honors
-NMSC Commended Student
-National Honor Society
-Student of the Year awards at school in many subjects</p>

<p>Volunteer
-Key Club (our club wasn’t very active though, and I often had conflicts with other ECs)
-Assistant Baseball coach (3 weeks of volunteer work for a grade school team)
-Presidential Volunteer Service Award (gold level)</p>

<p>Job Experience
-Summer job year 2008, 20-25 hours per week</p>

<p>Internship
-Illinois Governmental Internship Program
+One of 11 applicants accepted from entire state of Illinois
+Work as intern in a congressional office 9-5 mon-thurs
+Complete a full coarse load while I’m there, including AP level online Calculus Class</p>

<p>Considering Applying (worth it?)
-Bowdoin
-Emory</p>

<p>Applied (in order of desire)
-Washington & Lee (only school that requires SAT IIs, only school that will see them)
-William & Mary
-University of Illinois
-Allegheny College
-Knox College
-Washington & Jefferson College</p>

<p>Intended Major
-Currently undecided
+Political Science
+History
+Education</p>

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<p>dunno why you wouldn’t consider applying to those schools…salutatorian, 33ACT, solid EC’s…id say you have a good shot at all of them</p>

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<p>I think you definately have an amazing shot at the schools you are applying… I almost think that those schools are too low for you!!</p>

<p>What happened in your SAT II’s?? Just wondering, because it seems like you are perfect otherwise…</p>

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<p>I plain and simple wasn’t ready for them to be honest.</p>

<p>They were tests like I had never seen having not taken any real APs (as they aren’t offered), and I just didn’t comprehend the amount of studying and the type of studying it would take. For US History I was looking for the “What” test and I got the “Why” test, if that makes any sense.</p>

<p>I took one AP class online, but the instructor neglected to inform me of when the test would be, which was a downer.</p>

<p>I don’t know if these schools are too low for me necessarily, but I would like to try another reach or two, say Bowdoin or Emory, possibly Vandy. Maybe even a less selective Ivy, just to see, but that would completely blow the title of my post.</p>

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<p>Scratch applying to Bowdoin or Emory, I called an admissions rep at one of those schools, got his answering machine, left my name and number at about 10 o’clock and never received a call back.</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure adcoms don’t take Christmas off this early, and if they don’t care to return my calls I don’t care to attend their school.</p>

<p>So scratch those.</p>