<p>1) There’s only about 2 students who apply from my school per year, and typically, one gets in.
2) One recommendation is “one of the few of career” and other is “top 10%” - both solid A’s in challenging classes.
3) Course load - toughest possible at school - by graduation, 9 AP’s and 5 honors classes out of a possible 20 to take.
4) In my school, I’ve been ranked by the English department as one of the best 10 writers for the junior class (which is out of 350 kids), so I’m guessing the essays should be excellent as well (I love writing, lol).</p>
<p>Does this change anyone’s opinion? By the way, thanks for the input, jjsmom. I guess I appreciate your realistic outlook, b/c I don’t want to get disappointed like anyone else out there by getting rejected from a school I thought I would get into easily.</p>