luke23
July 31, 2009, 1:20am
1
<p>Info:
HS Class of 2011
White male
MD
Competitive Jesuit high school - sends many grads to top schools</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA = 3.5
Have not taken SAT’s, but judging from PSAT scores I’ll be in the 1300’s
30 ACT</p>
<p>EC’s:
Member of Young Republicans
Member of German National Honors Society
Junior Ambassador at my school
Member of Model UN
Student Senator
Volunteered over 70 hours helping coach a youth football team at local Rec. Council
Next summer I will be going on a week-long service trip OOS
President of German Club
3-week homestay in Germany through AATG
Captain of JV Baseball 10th grade, after not making team in 9th grade
Will be on varsity baseball next year
Held a job the past two summers</p>
<p>So, I was wondering:</p>
<p>a.) What are my chances of being admitted to VU?
<p>Well that is easy</p>
<p>1) Take an SAT prep class-you can get a book but the classes are killer, you have to do your homework though which I didn’t</p>
<p>2) Try and transfer into AP courses if you aren’t already and study your ass off</p>
<p>3) Getting high spots in your clubs is VERY important, anyone can be in a club so you are good to be pres of your german club</p>
<p>4) Also, try and get a real beneficial job, working at Quiznos is great but interning/shadowing is a real plus</p>
<p>This is the the most important year for you and you are going to want to increase that GPA</p>
dbear
July 31, 2009, 8:41pm
3
<p>good shot keep your grades up and try and get a high SAT</p>
<p>don’t take PSATs to heart cuz i epic failed them but did much better on SATs it was about 200-300 higher than what PSAT predicted lol </p>
<p>a lot of kids were in the 1300s but there are a good about of 12-somethings the only difference there is the availability of scholarships to you so keep that in mind nova is EXPENSIVE so you need a high score so that tuition doesn’t prevent you from going</p>
<p>BEST OF LUCK!</p>