Chance a Rising Sr

rooney1
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:15:28 +0000

Tried this before but I only got one opinion, would prefer more

Permanent Resident (not citizen), Black, Private School, Male

ECs
Diversity Alliance all 4 yrs, Core Leader Next Year
Football all 4 yrs, 3 yrs of Varsity, possibly a captain
Wrestling, soph yr, couple of awards/accomplishments
Feature Editor on the School Paper, 11th and 12th
Track in Freshman Year
Speech & Debate, Jr + Sr year
NHS
Influential’s Club, 11th and 12th

Volunteer
Will have 100+ hours by time of applications

Work
6-week internship at a non profit

Had a poem published in the school literary magazine

Stuff That Really Matters

Cumulative 3.7 un-weighted GPA, 4.0 weighted

2120 SAT, waiting for June SAT and ACT
790 W, 680 CR, 650 M

750- US History SAT II
780- World History SAT II
670- Biology E

4 on AP World; US, English and Bio coming in July

Next year:
Religion 4 H
AP English
AP Macro
AP Gov
Physics H
Calc H
French 3 H

Out of all my courses where Honors or higher was available, I was only forced to take one regular course. Rest have all been Honors or AP. Total of 4 AP’s so far, will have 7 total.

Assuming a Good Essay and Based only on the scores that I have and not what might come out soon, and keeping in mind minority status, please chance for:

Harvard (legacy)
Columbia
Stanford
U Penn
Georgetown
Duke
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Rice
Northeastern
University of Chicago
Cornell
Fordham
NYU
Binghampton

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