*Official* What are my chances thread

junetorbati
Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:03:48 +0000

What are my chances at the Ivies, do you guys say? I’m a junior Iranian girl living in Oklahoma.

HONORS

Telluride Association Summer Program Finalist (We find out about actual acceptance letters in two weeks)
Gold Key in Scholastic Writing Awards (11)
Semifinalist in 2005 Ernest Hemingway Writing Awards for High School Journalists (11)
Selected for The Oklahoman’s Newsroom 101 workshop (11)
Oklahoma Institute for Diversity in Journalism–One of 18 students from OK/TX receiving full scholarship for Dow Jones journalism program (10)
Intern–entertainment section of Norman Transcript (11)

Speech/Debate
–National Forensic League Member of Superior Distinction (Triple Ruby) (11)
–DOMESTIC EXTEMP. SPEAKING(DEX) (10, 11)
National Tournament Qualifier (11)
State Tournament Alternate (10, 11)
Regional Tournament Qualifier (10, 11)
Various Local Awards (10, 11)
–LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE (10, 11)
2nd Alternate to National Tournament (11)
First Place Speaking Award in Championship Division (11)
State Tournament Qualifier (10)
Regional Tournament Qualifier (10, 11)
–NFL Congress (10, 11)
3rd Alternate to Nationals (11)
–Model United Nations (10, 11)
–Lion’s Club High School Speech Contest (10)
2nd Place in Norman Contest (10)
4th Place in District Contest (10)
– Rotary Club 4-Way Speech Contest (11)
–Youth Reflections Speaker at Ethnic-Americans Conference (9)

LEADERSHIP
Girl’s State (11) (Just accepted)
Selected for Youth Leadership Oklahoma Class V– one of 50 Oklahoma juniors (11)
Numerous other elected and appointed positions

1 in class of 436
4.0 GPA (unweighted)
3 AP’s this year: AP Physics B, AP Amer. Govt, AP Calc AB
1 AP last year: AP U.S. Hist.
4 AP’s next year: AP Span, AP Euro, AP Eng. 4, AP Stat/AP Chem (whichever one my enrollment office puts me in)
4 on APUSH exam
680 on Math SAT, 760 on Verbal (that was the first time, retaking it in May)
33 on ACT
Most likely a National Merit Semi-finalist (score was 223, and the cut-off for Oklahoma is usually 208)

I can count on great recs and essays (applying to Telluride gave me a lot of practice)