Chance if you have the time please

StaylorB
Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:27:14 +0000

Hey everyone, I’ve been looking through all the threads of chances for a while now and finally decided to try it out myself. I’m not sure why I’m resorting to a website to ease/augment my worries, but here I am. So any help/comments anyone would like to give would be greatly appreciated.

SAT I : 780 M, 700 CR, 580 WR
ACT: 32
SAT II:780 Physics, 800 Math II C
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.82
Weighted GPA: 4.4 (Alot of AP’s to make up for some 8th Grade/Freshman B’s)
Rank : 19/657

AP’s : AP Biology (freshman) - 4
AP Chemistry (sophomore) - 4
AP World History (sophomore) - 4
AP Statistics (junior) - 5
AP Physics B (junior) - 5
AP Lit (junior) - 5
6 more AP credits taken senior year.

Senior Year Course Load: AP English, BC Calculus, AP American Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, Honors Band (4 year member), Biotechnology III (off-campus research)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st Place County Science Fair, 2nd Place State Science Fair, 4th Place International Science Fair, 1st Place Florida Junior Science Engineering Symposium selected to compete at National level, AP Scholar with Disctinction

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Conducted independent genetics research 20 hrs/week during school year (placed internationally for it), Science Competition Team (Treasurer 2 years, President 1 year), NHS, Science Honorary Society, All-State Band, School Jazz Marching and Concert Bands (Section Leader).

Job/Work Experience:Interned at University of Florida Biotech Lab, 2 year employee of local Fine Dining Restauraunt

Volunteer/Community service: Worked at Local hospital for a summer, the Walk for education me and my friends organized

Summer Activities: Plant Genetics Research, Toured 7 countries in Europe with an All-Florida Symphonic Band.

Essays: Common App short answer elaborated on the commonly unobserved intricacies of high school band. Essay detailed my experience at the International Science Fair junior year and the impact research has made on me.

Teacher Recommendation: My Pre-Calc/Calc teacher I believe wrote a stellar one. My Physics teacher is brilliant but sometimes has a hard time with english but she was real confident about hers.

Interview: Scheduled in 2 weeks

Other
State (if domestic applicant): Florida

School Type: Public, US news ranked top 100 public high school
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male

Income Bracket: Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A

Pros: SAT Math, SAT II’s, Research/Science Fair

Cons: I am dissapointed in my SAT writing score, I think it has to do with the time limit for me. But I feel I made up for it in my essays which I was able to devote alot of time to. I did talk to an admissions officer this summer however when I was in Nashville and they flat out told me they don’t care about the writing because of lack of data to support what it means.