for an above average but not superior student.

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m currently a junior in a Washington public school. I’m not really sure if the school is competitive. I know that there are some pretty smart kids in my school, but for the most part of what I’ve seen, most end up going to UW. My first two years of high school were in a pretty competitive Oregon public school.</p>

<p>GRADES
approximate 3.917 unweighted cumulative GPA
approximate 40/503 class rank</p>

<p>3 B’s so far:
1 in Health freshman year
2/3 trimesters of AP US History sophomore year (B, B, A trend)</p>

<p>3/6 AP classes currently
AP Calculus AB
AP Psychology
AP English Literature
Human Anatomy & Physiology
French III
Yearbook</p>

<p>forecasted 5/6 AP classes senior year
AP English Language
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Environmental Science
AP Economics
Yearbook</p>

<p>ACTIVITIES
cross country jv (3 years) - most inspirational
swimming jv (2 years) - stopped due to change in schools and state
Key Club (4 years) - historian last year, vice president next year
Diversity Committee (3 years) - secretary this year, possible vice president
STAND: students against genocide (1 year) - president, started it up
National Honor Society (1 year) - could not automatically go in to NHS junior year because the school’s requirement is that you must attend the school for at least a semester.</p>

<p>TESTING</p>

<p>SAT-- MARCH 2007
610 critical reading
660 writing
700 math
(trying to work on these)</p>

<p>I’m probably going to take the ACT in September and retake the SAT in October before applying. Any advice to do better (besides the generic things I’ve heard 20 million times. I need some advice that can really, really help me besides all of what I’ve heard!) I feel like I’m smarter than these scores, but I don’t know why they can’t go higher.</p>

<p>640 on sat u.s. history subject test
4 on AP US History exam
4/5 (projected) on AP Calculus AB
4/5 (projected) on AP Psychology</p>

<p>other stuff to know about me:
I moved the summer before junior year, and it’s changed my life basically. My classes as a junior aren’t up to par of what I would be doing, mostly because when I moved and was registering at the new school, it was a bit of a shock and came a bit suddenly, so I was really scatterbrained and wasn’t thinking straight. I probably would’ve added an AP science in there if I wasn’t so scatterbrained about moving that August.</p>

<p>I really don’t know what kind of hook I have. I’m simply just myself. I don’t know how to express that compared to everyone else. The admission process has been daunting me for a bit, and I don’t know how I’ll do everything come the beginning of senior year.</p>

<p>Chances please? At possibly these, and if you have any good recommendations of colleges that seem to be a good match or some that I could get pretty good financial aid, feel free to tell me.</p>

<p>Scripps College
University of Washington
Evergreen State College
Whitman College
Bowdoin College
Pitzer College
New College of Florida
USC
Reed College
University of Chicago
Rice University
Stanford University</p>

<p>(The last 3 are probably a long shot, I know. But the more I look at Rice the more I’m loving it. I just wish I had better of an application to send to them.)</p>

<p>And any possible chances at an Ivy?</p>

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<p>Oh, and I’m Asian (Korean specifically. Damn my fellow peers who overachieve and get 2400’s on the SATs to make it harder for me!)</p>

<p>And I really have no clue what I want to do when I grow up. Possibilities that I’ve THOUGHT of are going pre-med, but I know my high school curriculum right now doesn’t really show that (it was a mistake when I was registering junior year.), social services, possibly psychology, I don’t know. I kind of just want to take a bunch of different classes in college and see what I like most.</p>

<p>p.s. I’m also volunteering this summer twice a week at a Bodies World Exhibit and volunteering for the summer and possibly senior year at the local hospital. So I am a bit interested in the human body, and going pre-med or something in the health profession. But it’s really undecided. I could want to do anything.</p>

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<p>Gracieloos - Your grades are probably OK for most of the colleges on your list. You do need a hook though. Your ECs are do not say much about who you are, and they do not show a specific interest. </p>

<p>Here is something to think about. One of your colleges, Pitzer, included the following question in the supplemental application – “If at the end of your four years at Pitzer we were to recognize you by citing your contributions to the Pitzer community, what do you think we might say about how you made a difference here?” For most of the colleges on your list this is the type of question you have to ask of yourself. Answer this question and you go a long way to finding your hook.</p>

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<p>bump…</p>

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<p>Your grades are probably in the range for most of those schools except the last few and Bowdoin. Like CyberProf mentioned, you need something unusual to set you apart from everyone else. Have you done anything else EC-wise which shos your interest in pre-med/psychology/whatever else you are interested in? Long term committments to certain activities look great in general. Good luck!</p>

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<p>bump… bump… bump</p>

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<p>Scripps College HIGH MATCH
University of Washington MATCH
Evergreen State College ???
Whitman College Match
Bowdoin College REACH
Pitzer College MATCH
New College of Florida ???
USC REACH
Reed College LOW REACH
University of Chicago HIGH REACH
Rice University HIGH REACH
Stanford University HIGH REACH</p>

<p>I’m not too familiar with some of the universities, but this gives a rough estimate.</p>

<p>Chance me? :)</p>

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<p>bump. any more opinions please?</p>

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<p>what does that mean</p>

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<p>Its something you say to push or “bump” your thread up to the top in order to get a response.</p>

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<p>I went to New College and it looks like you’ve got a decent shot there. They’ve changed around the SAT since I took it, but if you have the equivalent of what used to be the 1300s, then I think that’s probably good enough for NCF, though breaking 1400 wouldn’t hurt. </p>

<p>Your participation in STAND and the diversity committee sounds like something you should play up for NCF in your essay. You founded a student organization against genocide! I think they’d like to hear that you’re passionate about human rights.</p>

<p>I loved NCF, but I don’t think it’s the best place for pre-med. Psychology, on the other hand, was supposed to be a pretty strong major. It’s a great place to explore your interests if you don’t know what you want to do.</p>

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<p>I’ve looked at NCF and it seems like a good place, but I’m just not sure. I’ve never been to Florida.</p>

<p>I really just want to help people when I grow up. It might sound INCREDIBLY cliche, but I enjoy volunteering and making people happy. And learning about what’s happening in the world and why people are suffering, and what we can do about it. The primary reason why I started STAND was because I wanted to learn more about it, why it’s happening, and I wanted to help because it feels like I’m just here enjoying life yet there are a bunch of other people not. But I also am really enjoying my human anatomy/physiology class and the different systems of the human body. And psychology is really interesting too. I liked reading my psychology textbook. AH! Maybe I should just quadrupledruple major.</p>