<p>chance me, I will be sad =(</p>
<p>This is not my first chance thread, but now that I’ve finalized my college list, I want to hear some predictions! Also, some of my test scores are PREDICTED, but the bottom of the range I provide is about the worst I could do on the test (barring some freakish accident like I get sick). </p>
<p>Note that I am homeschooled. However, I have been a dual-enrolled student at community college, and have taken a full time load for the past year and a half (and many classes before then). I will be able to get recommendations from my professors there. If there was one thing I was surprised about at my community college, it was how great the teachers were. </p>
<p>Testing
Current SAT: 1570/1600 and 2250/2400
Predicted SAT (after retake): 2300+ (once I boost my W from 680 to 730+)
SAT II: 800 Physics/800 Chemistry/800 Math II/750+ Literature/750+ USH</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>Rank 1/1 (yay Valedictorian lol)</p>
<p>College GPA: 3.86 UW. All A’s and one C (in Calc II) from Sophomore year. Must have been a personality conflict with my professor :P</p>
<p>At the end of this semester I have enough for an associate’s degree, but of course I won’t get it because I’m a dual-enrolled student and don’t want to deal with the potential complications. </p>
<p>My course load is the toughest possible, and I’ve taken many Honor’s courses at the college, some of which involve extensive research projects. Some of the courses I’ve taken/are taking include: Calc I and II, Organic Chem, Macro/Micro Economics, University Physics (calculus based), etc. </p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars:</p>
<p>I aim to present myself as heavily involved in the exploding online gaming scene as an entrepreneur, in terms of running a website and tournaments, and also in game design. </p>
<p>However, I hopefully won’t come across as a 1-dimensional g4m3r n3rd because of my other passions in music and the Great Outdoors (yes the capitalization is intended :P)</p>
<p>-I am an administrator for a major strategy gaming website for for 3 years.
*Experience in online journalism, website creation and management, international volunteer staff management</p>
<p>-Assistant Community Manager for Electronic Arts, Los Angeles (EALA)
*Run several tournaments, a few with prizes upwards of $5000. (unfortunately I’m not good enough to win them :P)
*Written a weekly e-sports column for their website</p>
<p>-Game Design
*Extensive experience in game balance and design (Real-Time strategy games only)
*Beta tested several of EA’s upcoming RTS games
*Helped design balance patches for EA’s games with an international team of very skilled players and freelance game designers </p>
<p>***I have also represented my website at an exclusive gaming media event at the studio of Electronic Arts in Santa Monica, LA. My trip was all expenses paid and I helped them design and test their game.</p>
<p>-12 years of Violin, 7 in Phoenix Youth Symphony. Concertmaster. </p>
<p>-7 years of Boy Scouts/Venture Crew Combined. Eagle Scout and nearly have my Ranger Award (harder to get than Eagle).
*I have an unquenchable thirst for high levels of danger. Well…at least I would seem to if I told you the trips I went on: Whitewater kayaking, 160+ mile backpacking trips, rock climbing…hopefully I survive until college</p>
<p>-Swim Team: 4x Region Finalist, 2x State Competitor, 2x Varsity Letter</p>
<p>Awards:
I won’t bore you further with these, beyond saying I recently found out I was a NMSF. I don’t think they would make a big difference on my application because I don’t have any huge science competition prizes, etc. </p>
<p>The Colleges: </p>
<p>Predictions preferred to labeling (ie Accept/Reject vs Reach/Match). Thanks!</p>
<p>SCEA: Stanford</p>
<p>Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
UPenn
WashU (sent me a travel grant…don’t know if that means anything though)
Georgetown
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
ASU</p>
<p>I realize my list is top heavy, but I’d MUCH prefer ASU to any other safety/match school, especially since their honor’s college is getting an amazing new complex for next Fall. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>