Chances for an uncertain junior

kayabertz
Sun, 18 May 2008 22:37:37 +0000

Hey everyone,
I’m currently a junior at a, well, “funding-challenged” (read: dirt poor) high school. As far as I know, the last kid from my area to attend the Ivy League wore bell-bottom pants and platform heels. People tell me I have what it takes to get into a good college, but then I found CC and saw the zillions of superstar students who don’t get in to elite schools. So, I don’t have a good sounding board to tell me whether I could really get in to someplace like this.

Would you guys mind “chancing” me for Harvard? Thank you so much!

Student Profile:

Gender: F
Ethnicity: White
Location: Florida
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Public
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes

Objective:

* GPA - Unweighted: 4.00

GPA - Weighted: 4.70

Class Rank: 1/450

SAT I Math: 650

SAT I Critical Reading: 800

SAT I Writing: 770

SAT II World History: 580

SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 650

SAT II Chemistry: 580

AP: I’m taking US History, Calc AB and MicroEcon.


Subjective:

* Extracurriculars (leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Youth in Government (president), Academic Team (captain), Student Council (VP), Principal’s Advisory Committee (Executive Director–the club name is misleading, we actually organize leadership conferences for high school and middle school students)

Honors and Awards: Best Civil Attorney, Best Bill, Runner-Up Outstanding Statesman (Statewide awards from Youth in Gov’t)
Best Delegation (twice) (regional award from Model UN)
Honorable Mention (2nd place at Model UN conference)
1st Place, Florida State Academic Team Championship

Volunteer/Community service: Giving tours at a local history museum (200 hours so far)


General Comments: Lousy Subject Test scores, I know, but I’ll (hopefully) raise them in June when I retake the SAT II.

Also, if anyone has any ideas on how to improve my chances or anything, I’d love to hear it. Thank you again!