Freaked out junior- i like this school- what to do?

herostratus
Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:48:17 +0000

OK so I was admitted to 2014 and I’m going to say that you’re a stronger candidate than I am. So you’ll do fine.

Your SATs>mine (640/640/650)
SAT 2s>mine–I didn’t take them
Work Experience>mine–I didn’t have any
Community service>mine–I didn’t have any
Extracurriculars-hard to say you’d have to be a bit more specific, I might take this one. Varsity track and xc. Academic team/quiz bowl top scorer for our team this year.
APs–If you were to take a few more to put yourself in say 5 or 6 AP classes total we’d be about even. My recommendation is take harder classes even if your grades aren’t as good but I’d seek a second opinion on that from someone who knows you. My only AP test after Jr year I failed.
Transcript–Hard to say. My GPAs a bit higher, not much. I’m just pushing a 4.0 (I need like a hundredth of a point or some silly thing). In class difficulty, half my classes have been honors or AP. Idk what youre like there but I think that’s a major reason why I got in, no way for me to know though. I think schools like to see harder classes than As.
I had no interview but I toured the campus.

Overall I’d say stop freaking out. You’re definitely overly qualified. You’ve done way more than me and I was admitted.