Chances, because I had to try it.

Kisstherain325 · January 1, 2007, 2:15pm

Female, Ghostly white
Small public school in NY

SAT I’ s:
610-Math
770-Verbal
700-Writing

SAT II’s
US History- 750
Chem- 670
Literature- 700

AP Scores
APUSH-5
AP Chem- 4

Average: My school does it out of 100, I have a 102 weighted w/AP and Honors Classes. I’ve taken as many AP’s as my school allows.

Rank:
1/181

Curren Courseload:
AP Stat
AP gov
AP english
AP physics
band
health
gym
AP comparative Gov- (Me and another boy meet with the teacher during free periods,outside of class.)

My school does not seem to really care much about academics, this is as many AP’s I can take.

EC’s

Class secretary since 10, 11,12,
Student government secretary- 12

JV/Varsity Soccer 10,11

Concert Band- Section Leader (12), Member (11), 5 hrs/wk, 40 wks/yr.

Symphonic Band- Section Leader (10), Member (9), 5 hrs/wk, 40 wks/yr.

Private Flute Lessons- (9, 10, 11, 12) 3 hrs/wk, Year Round.

Jazz Band- (9, 10, 11, 12) 2 hrs/week, 35 wks/year.

Pit Orchestra- (10, 11, 12) an average of 8 hrs/wk, 12 wks/yr. Pit Orchestra for the annual school music starts off with about 6 hours per week of rehearsals in January, and by March consists of daily three hour rehearsals, and ultimately four three hour performances.

Cat Tales (School Newspaper)- Senior Co Editor (12), Representative Homecoming Candidate (12), Reporter (11, 10) 2 hrs/wk, 40 wks/yr.

Key Club- President (12), Vice President (11), Member (10)

Humane Society Cruelty Volunteer Work-(11, 12) 1 hr/wk:

Summer Volunteer work at The Humane Society (10, 11) 150+ hours.

Volunteer at The Humane Society Spiedie Fest Booth (11, 12) 5 hrs each year.

Local Flood Relief Dinner Volunteer- (12) 6 hrs. Massive flooding devastated my area.

Volunteer at Local Election Polling- (12) 3 hours spent serving as a runner for election results.

Spring/Summer Relay For Life- (9, 10, 11)- 12 hours each year.

Volunteer Work at NYSSMA- (10, 11) 5 hrs each year ?

FOR Club- member (12).

Pep Club- Member (12) 1hr/week, 35 wks/year.

Tae Bo- (9, 10, 11, 12) 2.5 hrs/wk year round- My silly stress relief.

I also work around 12 hours a week at subway

Award Stuff:

Scottish Rite Masons Outstanding Student Winner (12) - In recognition of exemplifying the values of school, community and family.

Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award Winner (12) -

Bausch and Lomb Science Award (11) - In recognition of academic excellence in science, and participation in rigorous science courses.

National Honor Society- President (12), Inducted (11)

Tri-M Music Honor Society- Member (12), Inducted (11)

NYS Public High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete (11)

Jazz All Star Award (11)-

Academic Awards Recipient (9, 10, 11,) ? An academic awards recipient at must have been on at least honor roll ( an average of 90 or above) for at least three markings periods in the school year.

NYSSMA- (9, 10, 11, 12)

BCMEA Concert Band (9, 10, 11,)

BCMEA Jazz Band -First flute in my area to be involved in it.

Empire Girls State- Alcott County Judge

NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence-Scholarships for Academic Excellence are awarded to outstanding graduates from registered New York State high schools. Awards are based on student grades in certain Regents exams.

I think my letters of recommendation were pretty good, one nearly made me cry.
I put a lot of work into my personal statements, and also sent a copy of an AP English essay I did well on.

My uber reach schools are of course the usual:
Brown (deferred ED), Harvard, Cornell

Not quite as uber, but still reaches
University of Rochester
Syracuse University
Franklin Marshall

I’m hoping I can at least get into
SUNY Binghamton
and Tompkins Cortland Community College

uchopeful91 · January 1, 2007, 2:23pm

I think you should have applied to more ivies, you can easily get into your slight reaches and matches you listed.

psychotickevin · January 1, 2007, 2:27pm

no chance for harvard

proletariat2 · January 1, 2007, 5:45pm

No, he has a slight chance, but that chance is virtually negligible.

99.999999% chance for the community college. Very good for binghampton.
University of Rochester is a slight reach, and Franklin and Marshall is also a slight reach (high match at the least).

Kisstherain325 · January 2, 2007, 3:23pm

Thanks! I appreciate!

flong · January 2, 2007, 3:28pm

jesus, its not a he its a female whose ghostly! You realize your stats arent bad at all. Your SAT’s are decent, your GPA good, and ur exc are a little weak but in great quantity (alot of it is simply school related). I would have reocmmended NYU, Hamilton, Tufts (all great matches for you) but instead ur schools have huge gaps from cornell and harvard to Syracuse. U made a big mistake. Everything in “slgiht reach” and down you’re easily in. its a shame u didnt apply to nyu or those schools ; /

doctorsboy · January 2, 2007, 3:32pm

“no chance for harvard”

don’t appreciate that comment… you have a better chance than ALOTT of people i know that are applying to harvard… including myself. Your extracurricular activities are strong and you show committment in a variety of areas. Your only “weak” point, for a school like harvard at least, is your SAT I math score - however, it is hardly something that takes you out of the running completely.

i think you have a good chance at cornell RD, reaches Harvard RD and Brown deferred RD.

Match/safety everywhere else

Kisstherain325 · January 2, 2007, 4:13pm

For Syracuse I was hoping to get into Newhouse, but I am starting to worry that I should have applied to more colleges, or should apply to some with later admission deadlines. I think I really struggled when it came time to apply, because I got so upset about getting deferred, (even though I expected rejection).
I’m hope, hope, hoping that my essays might be able to sway Cornell into accepting me.
I wish I was better at Math. It kills me. :)

flong · January 2, 2007, 4:15pm

yeah. damn math, its a made up concept too.

Chances, because I had to try it.

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