<p>This is certainly a lengthy post. (to advise/alert you, just incase) :O)</p>
<p>So high school has been everything but great for me.
But after 4 years of discovery, reinvention, and rebirth... I can finally say that I've found myself -- perhaps a bit of my true self, and a lot more about who I am as a person. However, looking at the scores... it really doesn't look too good. =</p>
<p>Thanks for even coming to this thread, yet alone taking the time to read it. I am by far, no way near the top of the highly praised and commended of posters here, so any feedback at all would be humbly received and intensely considered in our current craze of applying to colleges.</p>
<p>I was enrolled in the IB program for the first 3 years of high school, but dropped the end of Junior year after failing (miserably) in AP/IB Physics C. I struggled a lot with my limited (understatement) schedule last year, and unfortunately, had to pay for my decision. I couldnt choose any of my classes because our school was in its first year with the IB program. I feel as if I have been shorted and am now paying my penance. Im very sad about this, but I know this has helped me to grow as a person and learn from my mistakes. I just dont know if the colleges will see that. </p>
<p>I know many will say the best way to explain this is in your essays, but I also really wanted to write about the two things that I am most passionate about: Music and helping people. </p>
<p>I have been helping special education students at my school for a year now, and this has truly been one of the most inspirational times of my life. I want to major in something along the lines of Social Work and Music and merge these two things into a career in the future. I have lofty goals and aspirations, and I want to affect the world on a greater scale in the future, which is why Im choosing to apply to some higher end colleges.</p>
<p>So now, I dont know which topic is more relevant, or rather, beneficial and effective for the evaluation of my application. </p>
<p>I guess, now, my statistics:</p>
<p>I have taken challenging classes, with 10 honors classes, and 11 AP/IB classes with 12 AP tests I will have taken by the end of this year. In my senior year, I have 5 APs 4.0 GPA so far. </p>
<p>With a big focus on music and community service, my ECs are focused, but may not be that impressive. I have numerous music awards at the state level (California), but have never competed on the national level. I have been volunteering at food banks to help the homeless and needy since the summer of last year, and continue to do so into the future. I took 4 years of Band and womens golf and have been the Drum Major for 3 years. I love to write and I am sending supplemental essays and cassette tapes of my music recordings. I was a National Merit Commended Student? (I dont even know if I should put this on my college application) Voted Best of the Best by my senior class (image may weigh over true consideration) Once again, dont know if I should even put this on my apps.</p>
<p>Some General Stats:
Up until Junior Year: 4.0 GPA (Unweighted)
After Junior Year: 3.63 GPA (Unweighted) [you can imagine junior year real GPA =]
Senior Year: 4.0 GPA so far (Unweighted)
Total GPA: I have no idea
SAT Is: 1380 (710M, 670V) (Dec. retake)
SAT Subject Tests: Math IIC: 800, Writing: 700, Literature: 680
Class Rank: Top 25% (unweighted) out of a class of 800</p>
<pre><code> Colleges:
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<p>Columbia
NYU (School of Social Work)
Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Boston College
Cornell
Brown
USC (papa went there)
Sarah Lawrence
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
UC San Diego</p>
<p>So here it is, everything set down in front of you. If youve gotten this far: Thanks for reading, really. Thus, to the topic of this discussion board: "What are my chances?"</p>