Chances.....im that desperate

DanE0523
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:32:55 +0000

chances…sorry if this is a little long

Background:

-Japanese/Jewish/German white male
-Northern Virginia

High School:

-Sends quite a number of kids to Ivies, etc. and like 20-30 for UVA
-extremely competitive
-*****y grading scale (all people in fairfax county hate it):
94-100 = A, 93-90 = B+, 89-84 B, 83-80 C+, etc.
4.0 = A, 3.5 = B+, etc. and add 0.5 for AP

Academics:

-3.94/4.00 UW GPA, 4.14 W GPA
-Junior Year Classes: AP Statistics, APUSH, AP English Language, Precalculus Honors, German 4, Computer Science, Physics (if you took APUSH, you had to take AP English and vice-versa in junior year)
-Senior Year Classes: AP German, AP Biology, AP Calculus BC, AP Government, English 12, Guidance Office Assistant (hopefully to become AP Statistics TA), Ceramics and Sculpture

no class rank, but hopefully top 10 out of 600

Scores:

-SAT: 710 CR, 740 Math, 720 Writing (9 for essay), 2170 total
-PSAT: 202 (most likely commended)
-SAT II: 800 US History, 760 Math II (retook in June)
-AP (predicted): 4-5 for Statistics, 5 for US History, 3-4 for English

EC:


Swimming: have been swimming for ten years, about 20 hours per week (year-round), club, high school(plan to be captain next year) and summer league, will probably not be recruited but still want to swim in college, finaled in Districts all high school years, qualified for Regionals this year
Kumon: after-school math-enrichment program, do worksheets at home basically and then bring them to a center, helped me A LOT in math, have been in it for seven years
German Honor Society


Summer:


Volunteered for small political firm in summer '05 and '06
Working at Kumon this summer (9 hrs/week?)
Hopefully volunteer for political campaign
Swimming more and more (maybe like 30 hrs/week over summer)


Awards:

Outstanding Student in Geometry (9th grade, school-wide)

Outstanding Student in Algebra 2 Honors (10th grade, school-wide)

Outstanding Student in AP Statistics (11th grade, school-wide)

Outstanding Student in Precalculus Honors (11th grade, school-wide)

Swimming Varsity Letter (9th, 10th, 11th)

Academic Varsity Letter (GPA > 3.8) (9th, 10th)

Ranked 66/1424 in North American Kumon for 11th grade students (nation-wide)

Scholar Athlete (9th, 10th, 11th, school-wide)

Legacies:

Columbia: Brother (undergrad)
Harvard: father, aunt, grandfather, some more (all undergrad)
Stanford: Brother (engineering school)

Schools:

Pomona College, Columbia, Stanford, UC Berkeley (all top choices), Harvard, UMichigan, UVA (in-state), UC Santa Cruz (safety), George Mason (safety), Brown, Georgetown, Claremont McKenna

Possible Majors: Statistics, History, Political Science, International Relations, Math

I think I’m aiming a littttle high here. But I’m hoping that my dedication to swimming can overshadow my lack of EC’s.

Chances?