Chances of getting into this great school?

tikiman53
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:16:16 +0000

Asian American Senior
GPA: 3.7/4.3
I have an upward trend, starting somewhat slow my freshman and sophomore with ~2 B’s a semester. Then in junior year I stepped it up and got straight As and a B each semester. B in AP Chem

SAT I: 2210 (I’ll retake this and I expect it to break 2250)
SAT II: American History: 770
Literature: 720 (I ran out of time. I’m retaking this and will hopefully get an 800 because this is the stuff I’m good at)
Math II C: didn’t take it yet, but I expect I’ll get a low to mid 700
AP Scores: AP Euro (5), APUSH (5), AP Language & Comp (5), AP Psych (5), AP Chem (4). Next year, I’m taking 4 more APs, APES, AP Lit, AP Gov/Econ, AP Calc AB. I think I’ll get 5s on all of them but maybe I’ll get a 4 in Calc because math is my weakest subject
Hooks: I don’t think I have any. I have a sibling at Duke if that helps anything. My high school is in the top 5 public schools in California or something like that. And top 100 in the US. Dunno if that’s as impressive as that sounds

Extracurriculars:

Tennis for all 4 years (performance stunted for a year because of surgeries)
Green Club for 3 years. I’m the new President for next year.
Marching Band for one year (I quit though)
Colburn Wind Ensemble (high school group at a music college in LA) for 3 years
All Southern Band in 9th grade
All State Band in San Luis Obispo in 11th grade and next year, 12th grade
Art for 3 years
Short story got published in school’s literary arts magazine
Reading Tutor for free for low income schools for one year (next year)
Tutored kids at school and I also teach Clarinet
Volunteered as a musical therapist my freshman year with 60ish hours, a piano instructor my junior and senior year, and volunteered at an art museum as well.

**Essays: **Writing is my forte so I think these will turn out okay

So what are my chances here? Ever since I visited the campus, I really loved this place