Junior just starting search...

adayinthelife
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:33:26 +0000

Here is me.

4.25 GPA-- by semester (roughly):
Freshman 4.27 & 4.19
Sophomore 4.08 & 4.27
Junior 4.42 & (likely-to-be) 4.35 to 4.50
[at the HS: A-/A/A+ is 93-100%
B-/B/B+ is 85-92%, etc.
straight A+'s without AP or honors is a 4.3 (sorry, not really used to saying weighted or unweighted)]

Fairly tough private school in Ohio (class is somewhere between 300 and 400, I think I’d be top 3-10% [%s not really given to students]). As a general idea, if the stats are correct, a total of 52 seniors applied to HYPS and 6 got in (not sure if that’s good for one HS but whatever).
Asian-American, single-parent middle class fam. (definitely need aid)

Mostly honors classes
APUSH 5
APGov Test this May
(Senior year)
AP Spanish IV
AP English

SAT: 680CR 640M 760W (retake in June) – 1320/1600 & 2080/2400
ACT: ? (awaiting April scores; retake in June)
^ I have no idea what to expect from the ACT scores (felt like everything went well except the science section), but I definitely can see a push to 700+ CR on my next SAT and maybe a little closer to 700 for Math (what an Asian I am). Assuming I use the SAT for admission, I’m guessing reaching a 1400 CR/M should be an important goal here?
No SAT IIs

EC (:/):
Piano 9 years (weekly lessons)
->Royal American Conservatory Exam Lv5, 8 passed
National Honor Society
Possible National Merit
Intramural Sports Gr10-12
Web Design Club Gr10
Pro-Life Club Gr11-12
Support US Troops Club Gr11-12
Community Service Gr10 (one semester, required by school/cirric; local center for assisting the poor)
Local Mentoring Program Gr11-12 (weekly 1hr; connected to my HS)
Liturgical Musicians Ensemble Gr11-12 (rehearsal twice a week; play at school masses)
Book Award from Northeastern U (top 10% and other qualities)
Will apply for job this spring/summer
(likely new senior activities–a few more service programs, yearbook, private basketball league, et al)

How accurate do these look (all preliminary and, I know, a weird grouping)? My ratings are based on what I know of each school’s averages and also this online program that shows me the types of students from past classes/the 07 class that have been accepted from my HS to these schools:
U of Michigan - match
OSU (honors/scholars program) - match
U of Chicago - reach (maybe read: I hope a slight one??)
Northwestern - reach (ditto??)
Notre Dame - reach
Georgetown - big reach
Case Western Reserve U - match
Villanova - match
Loyola Chicago - safe
NYU - reasonable/slight reach
Kenyon College - match
UPitt - safe
Bucknell U - match
George Washington U - match
William & Mary - reach
Boston College - reasonable/slight reach
Xavier (OH, honors) - safe

Probably will pursue law. Not really a fan of math/science, more skilled in English/history. I wouldn’t mind suggestions to good (size doesn’t matter) or similar colleges not too far from CLE (BC is the greatest distance on that list and that’s an unlikely choice for me anyways). Thanks.