<p>The October SATs were EXTREMELY friendly to me, and now I’m afraid that my stats make me look a bit lazy. I’m a top-10% student at a fairly competitive Virginia public school, but my rank could be a lot better, considering the tough schools I’m looking at. How do you think I’ll do, with an only-decent class rank but good test scores?</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 3.93 (unweighted is 3.48)
Class rank: 24 of 252 </p>
<p>SAT I Math: 800
SAT I Verbal: 770 </p>
<p>SAT II Writing: 770
SAT II U.S. History: 710
SAT II Math IIC: 770 </p>
<p>Drama - Nine plays in high school including one as a director… five-star honors in the International Thespian Society </p>
<p>Quiz bowl team - Three years on the team, captain my senior year </p>
<p>Student newspaper - One year as staff writer, one as layout editor, one as assistant editor </p>
<p>Forensics - Three appearances in VHSL (Virginia High School League) state finals, two in NCFL (National Catholic Forensics League) nationals </p>
<p>Community service - Over 200 hours (building houses with Habitat for Humanity and working as a counselor for ESL (English as a Second Language) students </p>
<p>Employment - Have kept a part time job for about two and a half years, working three hours a week during the year and 10-15 a week during the summer</p>
<p>NHS - Joined as a junior </p>
<p>National Merit Semifinalist - 229 NMSQT index, guidance people tell me I’m a shoo-in to make finalist…</p>
<p>Placed top 5 in state in National Spanish exam sophomore year </p>
<p>AP Scholar With Honor, I’m pretty sure…
Calculus AB: 5
US History: 4
Computer Science A: 4
English Language: 3</p>
<p>Schools I’m looking at are Georgetown (EA), UVA (feeling fairly confident, since I’m in state), Yale, Columbia, Northwestern, Tufts, Wesleyan, NYU, and BU. How do I look, to those schools?</p>