chances?! oy vey!

Colleges & Universities Tufts University
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<p>9th-11th weighted GPA: 4.18 (I had straight As until I hit 1st semester jr year… where i got 5 Bs… but then 2nd semester I jumped back up with straight As)
9th-11th unweighted GPA: 3.84
Rank 7/422</p>

<p>Freshman Year Classes
Honors English 1
Honors Bio
Geometry
Spanish 1
Intro to HS/Health
Adv Speech</p>

<p>Sophomore Year Classes
AP Euro
Honors English 2
Honors Alg 2
Honors Chem
Spanish 2
Adv. Speech</p>

<p>Junior Year Classes
AP Stats
AP Bio
AP USH
Honors Pre-Calc/Trig
Honors English 3
Spanish 3
Adv Speech</p>

<p>Senior Year Classes
AP Calc AB
AP Lit
AP Spanish
AP Gov’t
Physics
Adv Speech</p>

<p>SATs
SAT 1: 1960 (I’m pretty sure my Dec score rose to 2000-2150)
SAT 2: Math2c: 750, USHistory: 670, Biology: 660</p>

<p>Activities:
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th (~10 hrs/wk)
12th – Vice President of Activities
10th – Community Service Director
Speech and Debate (~12 hrs/wk)
Extemporaneous Speaking (current events) and Original Advocacy (Int’l Kidnapping)
Environmental Science Club (ESC) 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
11th – Vice President
National Honor Society 11th, 12th
12th – Treasurer & College Forum Director
Interact (Rotary) 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
CA Scholarship Federation 10th, 11th, 12th
JV Tennis 9th, 10th</p>

<p>Awards:
2006 Occidental College’s Book Award (selected as the top 11th grader in class for excellence in academics and extracurriculars)
The DuPont Challenge (Honorable Mention) 9th
One of the top 30 scientific essays in the nation in the Junior Division; written on the misconceptions of schizophrenia
National Merit Commended
AP Scholar with Honor
AP Biology Student of the Month
1st place at FBLA Section (Marketing/FBLA Principles & Procedures)
6th place at FBLA State (FBLA Principles & Procedures)
Numerous Speech final rounds
Winner at local speech contests (Optimist, Lion’s Club)
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Piano), Grade 5 completed
Most Active Member (Interact/FBLA)</p>

<p>Community Service:
Intern for State Senator (6/06 – 9/06)
Camp Counselor for The Huntington (8/06)
Rose Parade Decorations (7th -12th)
L.A. Marathon (11th)</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Midterm Election Poll Working</p>

<p>Conferences, Summer Programs, Workshops:
Economics for Leaders (at Claremont McKenna College), 2006
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, 2006
State Leadership Conference (FBLA)
Section Leadership Conference (FBLA)
Leadership Development Institute (FBLA)
Local Assemblywoman’s Leadership Educational Activism Development Program</p>

<p>first generation college Asian in southern California; regular decision</p>

<p>I would loveee to go to Tufts…</p>

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<p>If you do bring up your SAT to the scores your predicted, you have a solid chance. Applying ED II, if that interests you, would probably help you considerably. Good luck!</p>

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<p>Agree with LolaBelle (as usual)</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>I havent started on my supplement essays yet… any suggestions?</p>

<p>should they be really creative? i’m good at that and I think that’d be fun… but then the ap lit formal english side of me is reluctant</p>

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<p>what does bump mean anyway?</p>

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<p>ABSOLUTELY. Go for it.</p>

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<p>People write “bump” to bump the post back up to the top if no one’s written back.</p>

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<p>Mcrk, make your essays like the best page of what your autobigraphy would be. Describe a scene or situation that you experienced that demonstrates something positive/interesting/admirable about yourself. Don’t brag though. Don’t talk about how wonderful you are, describe a scene where you did something wonderful, or experienced something wonderful. It doesn’t have to be something monumental (one example on the Tufts web site is about a guy getting his haircut for the 1st time in several years). Get inside the scene, show feelings, settings, characters, dialog; give the reader a feeling for who you are. My 2 cents.</p>

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<p>thanks for the help guys!</p>

<p>Lolabelle, does solid chance mean 70%? haha.</p>

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<p>Certainly. Write great essays!</p>

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<p>aww my sat score turned out to be 2020 :{</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

<p>think i should try for a great optional essay? i haven’t started yet… b/c i want to make sure my requried essays are good first…</p>

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<p>you should definitely do the optional essay! shows that you care that much more about the school, haha. </p>

<p>of course, this is coming from a girl who wrote her optional essay in about an hour on coffee at about 2AM in the morning and submitted it right after only to realize what she’d done after she woke up… </p>

<p>needless to say my essay is a little on the eccentric side, lol</p>