Clear Admit or Just Fluff?

mpoon2489
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:57:00 +0000

Nothing major happened and my mid-year grades are pretty good and consistent with my other grades. However I did make a B in English this semester, my first B ever. It was only one point below an A, and my English grades usually ride around the A/B mark anyway.

Stats:
SAT: CR 800 M 800 WR 730 Essay 12
SAT IIs: Chemistry 770 Math II 800 US History 790 Physics 750 Literature 730 World History 750
ACT: English 24 Math 36 Science 36 Reading 35 Essay 10 Composite 34

School curriculum:
14 AP classes, 15 exams. Passed all but one, only one 3.

ECs:
Mathematics Team - South Carolina All-State Math Team member, AIME Qualifier
Envirothon Team - Individual 1st Place Soils, Team 3rd in State and 2nd in State back to back years
Marching Band - Best Rookie, Clarinet and Pit Percussion Section Leaders, Most Improved Section when leader
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano - 6 time All-State Clarinetist, miscellaneous awards with the three instruments
Stanford EPGY for two summer sessions, AwesomeMath Summer Program for last summer, earned a Yellow Group Top Scorer award there
Work three jobs - Restaurant Assistant Manager, Math/Phsyics Tutor, Computer Technician (business I run independently)
Volunteer at library and Mobile Meals
Volunteer for some pro bono tutoring

Awards:
Presidential Scholar Nominee
NMF
I dont have too many awards :P

GPA: 5.17 (weird South Carolina standards)
Rank 2 of 439

I dont really think that merits a “clear admit.” My essays were ok and I think recs were ok. I’m kind of high on the numbers, but I dont really have anything special. Like, say, Siemens Finalist. :)