Chance this lopsided student

jotc
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:58:12 +0000

I am the sort of student that many people just assume has pristine grades (I guess I have an intellectual air or something) but my grades are fairly mediocre. I am also very good at the Humanities but awful at math/hard science (as you will observe with my SATs).

GPA: 4.14 weighted out of “4.0+”
Top twenty percent of class
Transcript is split mainly between B’s and A’s. Slight downward trend with two C’s junior year and one C first MP of senior year. C’s in math and chemistry.

Rigor of transcript: I’ve taken 5 AP’s though 4 of them were this (senior) year (actually taking a fairly rigorous senior year sched). I have taken a lot of courses b/c I sacrificed lunch periods and took 0 period gyms, etc. so that I could take electives in classes I was genuinely interested in, such as Journalism and Economics.
AP US History - 4
AP French
AP Env. Sci.
AP Gov’t & Politics
AP Lang. & Comp.

SAT I (second, better sitting):
2190 = CR 800, 590 M, 800 W
SAT IIs:
Literature 760, US History 800

Essay: I’ve been told I am a very strong writer.
Guidance ref: assume good
Teacher references and external reference (Scout leader): seen two and assume all are excellent.

Achievements:
Accepted into NJ Governor’s School (declined to attend b/c of job)
Awarded competitive journalism internship w/ local paper
Placed top seven out of 1,125 entries in essay competition
Eagle Scout

EC’s:
Vice-Pres. of Model Congress club
Boy Scouts (ES, already mentioned, and held highest youth leadership of 45-member unit)
Some community service
Varsity Fencing last/current year
Many other clubs though I’ve been involved in the others inconsistently
Held several jobs (perhaps part of the reason my transcript isn’t stellar)

I’m applying:

U. Michigan
McGill
Wisconsin-Madison
U. Maryland-CP
Fordham
U. Delaware
Loyola Chicago
Concordia (Montreal)
Tulane