<p>I feel like I’m succumbing to taking drugs by putting up a post and I probably should be working on my homework, but…</p>
<p>What are my chances for the following schools:</p>
<p>Rice</p>
<p>Applying into College of Humanities</p>
<p>Male
Azean
North Texas
Fairly competitive school (ranked in the top 250 by Newsweek) with a number going to NU, Rice, Stanford and a couple of Ivies each year</p>
<p>GPA: 5.38/5.0 W scale (I guess really close to 4.0 unweighted)
Top 3% (19/713)</p>
<p>SAT:
Oct: 2350 (780 R, 770 M, 800 W, 12 essay)
Mar: 2120 (730 R, 700 M, 690 W, 8 essay)</p>
<p>SAT Subj:
770-USH
700-Math II
(retaking Math II and taking Lit this Dec, gouge me with a spoon…)</p>
<p>AP Exams:
USH-5
Eng lang-5
Span lang-4
Art Hist-4
World H-5</p>
<p>AP Classes (in addition to above and essentially my senior course load)
Marcroecon
US Govt
Euro
Eng Lit
Calc BC
Stats</p>
<p>Other core classes (inc. Span) have all been Pre-AP save for Bio freshman year and physics junior year.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Newspaper (section editor for 3 yrs, moving to more “respected” spots each year, currently Features Editor, helped set up website, blog, creative control for section) (10-12)
-Junior World Affairs Council (promote cultural awareness through events and service projects and partake in WorldQuest competition) (officer (12), member (10,11))
-School Ambassador program (do tours, announcements, communications, work closely with faculty, one of 32 seniors chosen) (12)
-Student Council member (9-12)
-UIL Academic Competition (10-12) for math and newspaper
-Spanish club member (do the whole fiesta and support Spanish speaking things) (10-12)</p>
<p>Community Serivce:
-Community Christian Action (55 hours) (10,12, didn’t do it junior year)
-Baylor Hospital (52 hours) (12)
-T-shirt service project (four friends and I are designing, promoting, and selling t-shirts in support of KIVA, currently still selling them until end of December)
-North Texas Food Bank (20 hrs) (12)</p>
<p>Work:
Local newspaper summer intern (10-12) (6 hours a week)
Cinemark theater Usher (June 2008-Sept 2008) (25 hours a week)</p>
<p>Other:
J Camp-one of 42 HS students chosen from around the nation for a week-long journalism program in Boston, all-expenses paid</p>
<p>Awards and Honors:
National Merit Semi-Finalist</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>Honorable Mention Feature Page Design, Interscholastic League Press Conference, 2009</p>
<p>Honorable Mention Editorial Writing Class A, The Dallas Morning News High School
Journalism Day Competition, 2009</p>
<p>End-of-Year Outstanding Staff Member in Newspaper, 2009</p>
<p>End-of-Year Academic Excellence in English III AP, 2009</p>
<p>6th Place in News Writing, UIL Academic Competition, 2009</p>
<p>Quill and Scroll member</p>
<p>Honorable Mention Reviews Class A, DMN HS Journalism Day Competition, 2008</p>
<p>NHS</p>
<p>NSHS</p>
<p>Recs:
one super glowing one, other one good but not life-changing, doing a supplemental one to NU and Duke from newspaper adviser who really knows me</p>
<p>Essays:
Good? I mean, the two English teachers who read it loved it and thought it a little different, but who knows really?</p>