Chance YOU Back Within a Day

Moosecream
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:15:36 +0000

Chances for Acceptance:

Info[ul]
[] White, Male, Alabama
[] Schools: A&S
[li] Financial Aid: Yessir.[/ul] [/li]
Stats[ul]
[] GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.32 W; Rank: top 8% (frosh->junior)
[] Grade Trend: 4, 4.3, 4.65, 4.85 (taken into consideration?)
[] PSAT: 202
[] ACT: 34
[] SATII: 800, 720
[] Course Load: Increasingly difficult each year.
Frosh: 3 honors; Soph: 2 honors; Junior: 1 AP 4 honors; Senior: 5AP 2 honors (all A’s)[/ul]

Subjective[ul]
[] Essay: I thought it was good; showed some humor, pop culture references, etc.
[] Teacher Rec: One was complimentary but not extremely personal, the other I assume was extremely personal and hopefully pretty complimentary. Balance? Mehbeh.
[li] Counselor Rec: Although I have no idea, I think my counselor likes me. She thinks I’m really unique.[/ul] [/li]
ECs/Leadership[ul]
[] Debate Class Rep (11-12) Member (9-10)
[] Vice Prez of Leo Club (11-12) Member (9-10)
[] Aided in work mouse surgery in a study of a disease (12) (did not include on commonapp “extra curriculars” but put thesis and summary and pictures in “extra info”
[] Created/work in Trash Removal organization with multiple groups (10-12)
[] Tutor Spanish/Chem (10-11)
[] Work for battered women’s shelter. Recruited 40 donators outside of school, 70 inside.
[] Teen Court Volunteer (8-11) (it closed after 11th grade)
[] Zoo Volunteer (9-10) (over 200 hours)[/ul]

Awards[ul]
[] Nat Merit Commended
[] Mu Alpha Theta
[] Double Octofinalist in international Debate competition
[] Presidential volunteer award
[li] Debate Awards: 7 speaker awards, 5 debate[/ul] [/li]
Extra[ul]
[] I included a list of debate awards in “extra info”
[] I included an abstract from an experiment, the experiment in my own words, and pictures from it (of certain development patterns, etc) in “extra info”[/ul]