I'm smarter than you!

Chance Me / Match Me
1

<p>Well, I’m probably not smarter than you… but I’m still applying
Yale, Brown, Chicago, Rice, William&Mary, Stanford, Berkeley, UCSD, CMU, Oberlin, Scripps, Pomona, and USC.</p>

<p>Can anyone help me whittle down the list based on the following realities?</p>

<p>Gender: F
Location: Los Angeles
College Class Year: 2013
High School: Private
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: halfway between A- and A, I’m sure
GPA - Weighted: 4.20-esque
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 96
Taking basically the hardest course-load available, with the exception of a few elective courses.</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT I Math: 710
SAT I Critical Reading: 800
SAT I Writing: 800
[PSAT: 235]
AP Euro: 5
[Predicted pending AP scores- AP Eng Lang: 5, APUSH: 5, AP Bio 3-5]</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: school productions, Latin Club, Young Writers’ Society, invitation-only creative writing monthly workshop
Leadership positions: Stage management/crew head of 4 productions, and then some (10-12)
Co-President of Latin Club (11)
Vice President of Young Writers’ Society (12)
Athletics: very very dedicated to Varsity/JV cross-country
Volunteer/Service Work: not much, but 10-15 hours an academic year at Habitat for Humanity
Honors and Awards: formally recognized in a few of my classes for being a good student, probably will be NMSF (at least), XC league all-academic team
Summer programs: not at a college, but I will be doing independent research, moderated by a really cool teacher</p>

<p>I’m an extrovert nerd! I have interests in every imaginable topic! I have no idea what I want to do with my life! Fortunately, I am a very good writer, which should help me look more mature, secure, and focused in that all-important essay.</p>

2

<p>well you look like an awesome applicant, but the only thing is there’s nothing that sets you apart from the others. You have a great GPA, SAT, and ECs but I can’t tell where the passion is.</p>

3

<p>Write an amazing essay. That’s my tip.</p>

4

<p>i see no passion in any of ur EC’s, they’re all over the place. so my advice is right an oustanding essay, and get some great recs.</p>

5

<p>What does passion even mean? LOL. 6 months out of the year I run XC like it’s a job, and then the other 6 I work almost full-time on school productions.</p>

<p>Don’t really see where other kids get the time to go beyond that and still have social lives, significant others, and interesting stories to tell people on airplanes.</p>

<p>edit: I also forgot to mention that next year I’ll be on Academic Decathlon, to make the general over-well-roundedness that much worse.</p>

6

<p>You’re going to need subject tests in at least 2 (preferably 3) different subjects. A lot of these schools either require the SAT and 2 subject tests, or the ACT with writing, and since you haven’t taken the ACT, you’re gonna need the subject tests.</p>

7

<p>I’m waiting for scores on the SAT Bio and U.S. History… hopefully mid-to-upper 700s on both.</p>

8

<p>I think your EC’s are fine and it’s amazing how you write, run, help productions, and maintain great stats. Just make sure you write an essay on your passion to these EC’s are you’ll be fine.</p>

<p>Yale-reach
Brown-match/reach
Chicago-match (but it really depends on your essay!)
Rice-match/reach
W&M-match
Stanford-reach
UCB-match/reach
UCSD-safety
CMU-match
Oberlin-match
Scripps-safety/match
Pomona-match
USC-safety</p>

9

<p>You are a match for every school, but admissions are so random. Narrow it down based on weather, geography, urban vs rural, public vs private, large medium or small, undergrad vs research focus. schools will slowly come into focus.</p>