Please chance me (I will chance back!) :)

Magnanima
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:40:48 +0000

The Stats:
I don’t want to post the name of my high school, but It’s a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence! A private, Catholic school

GPA:
3.8(out of 4.0) unweighted, 4.0(out of 4.0) weighted

SAT:
2070 (680 Math, 720 Writing, 670 Critical Reading)

I didn’t send in SAT II’s.

Class Ranking:
19/173

Senior Schedule: Semester Grade
Government H/Economics H 89
Latin III H DC 96
Calculus BC AP DC 78
Physics B AP 92
Computer Science CP 99
English IV AP 92
Theology IV CP 95

My only other B is from last year in my English III AP class.

**My school only offers 4 AP classes for seniors.
I’m awful at calculus, but I wanted to take the most difficult math course offered at my school, so I went for cal BC AP (last year I took pre calculus because calculus AB wasn’t offered). I am very concerned about my calculus semester grade. It’s not like I didn’t try, and it’s not like I’m bad at math. I made A’s in all of my previous math classes. I guess calculus just isn’t my thing :/

Major: Classics
I love Latin and all things Roman! I was on the 1st place team at this year’s National Junior Classical League certamen competition (a classics/Latin competition similar to an academic bowl). It was pretty intense… Classics is my passion! Does this make me more interesting than, say, an applicant who wants to major in biology or English (since biology and English are much more popular majors)? I have the extracurriculars to back me up (aside from my 1st place certamen medal, I also have many awards from different JCL competitions ranging from Greek Derivatives to Greek Mythology). With this all being evident, will my bad semester grade in calculus still be my downfall?

Leadership:
President of Renaissance club (supports those who make Honor Roll every quarter) (member 1yr, President 3yrs)
Secretary of Latin club (member 2yrs, Secretary 1yr)
Team Captain of school certamen team (member 1 yr, Captain 1yr)
Treasurer of NHS chapter (member 1yr, Treasurer 1yr)
Mu Alpha Theta Member (2yrs)
Student Ambassador (3yrs)
Prom Committee (one time thing)

Athletics:
11 belts from Kenseido and Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate (4yrs)

Volunteerism:
SPCA Humane Society, Hospital Volunteer, various school functions

Dynamite Essay

I have teacher evaluations from my Latin and English teachers.

Thank you!