<p>This entire college process has been very stressful for both my family and me. I was wondering if any viewers on this website could give me a good idea of how I look compared to everyone else. This is my first thread (ever) so please bear with me!!!</p>
<p>State: New York
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White (jewish)
Class Rank: 20/591
GPA: 100.68 (Weighted; My school only does weighted)
Best SAT I: 2010
SAT IIs: 710 (Math I), 720 (World History), 730 (Biology)</p>
<p>ECs:
All-County Alto Saxophone Player
Lead Saxophone in District Jazz Band
President of Tri-M Music Honor Society
Varsity Swim Team
Boy Scouts (Eagle Scout)
National Honor Society
Executive Congress
National Language Honor Society
Music Teacher
Lifeguard
Model United Nations
FBLA</p>
<p>Awards:
National Youth Leadership Training (attended and staffed)
Order of the Arrow (Scouting Honor Society)</p>
<p>Essays: Very Good (I’m biased)</p>
<p>Letters of Recommendations:
One Guidance Counselor
Two Teachers (both loved me)</p>
<p>Yeah your SAT is a little low for a school like this. You should try at Vanderbilt though. For some reason the acceptance rate of white Jewish people has increased dramatically in the last few years.</p>
<p>Duke held an information session at my school and said that they look at the writing section more than the reading section. And i did very well on Math and writing. the reading grade is what brought me down…</p>
<p>i agree with you 100%. That is why when the admissions officer came to my school, i was so shocked and pleasantly surprised. After the lecture i had a great conversation with her and she seemed to like me a lot.</p>
<p>That’s only 1, I too am an eagle scout, but have served as spl, aspl, pl, den chief, troop guide, and chaplain’s aid of my troop. I was also president and vice president of my venture crew. I also was section leader twice in mg marching band. Etc. That is what he means when he talks about leadership.</p>
<p>Oh! My bad, in that case I have been SPL Twice, ASPL three times and Troop Guide 3 Times. I am currently a section leader in my Marching Band as well as the current Venture Crew Chief. As I stated above president of Tri-M and Jazz section leader… Would you recommend I put those things into my resume? I didn’t even realize that those should be added. (Thanks for the help Doberhound11)</p>
<p>There you go, I love how since we have simmilar activities, we also have simmilar leadership. I think that’s more of what he was going for. Yeah, put them on the resume. Lots of leadership helps one stand out in a competitive applicant pool.</p>
<p>haha. Harvard and MIT!!! Way out of my league. There is one kid in my school who is going to get into Harvard no doubt (siemens winner, 2400, etc) Like i said in my thing above, i am in a very competitive school. I’m applying to UPenn and Dartmouth, but there are a lot of kids at my school who are. The only thing holding me down is my SAT (i think anyways…never could do well on the reading +700 everything else)… as for awards I have won? Well I am a scholar athlete (if that counts), but to be honest, I have never really won anything worth mentioning (Band Award in middle school? Little League MVP?..etc)</p>