Pretty Good Test Scores, I Suppose...

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Here is my CC Stat Profile:</p>

<p>User Name: saintwendy
Gender: F
Location: Ohio
College Class Year: 2012
High School: Private
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: 0.00
Class Rank: top 5 students
Class Size: 45</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>ACT: 33</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: County Youth Leadership program, Mock Trial, Color Guard, International Club, Quiz Bowl, National Honor Society, Drama Club, Student Council</p>

<p>Leadership positions: Captain of Mock Trial team, NHS Treasurer, Junior Class President, Sophomore and Senior Class Fundraising Chair, Color Guard Captain, NHS Tutoring Committee Chair, lead roles in school drama productions</p>

<p>Volunteer/Service Work: 100+ hours of service after my senior year! I help at school functions, church functions, Mobile Meals for the elderly, etc.</p>

<p>Honors and Awards: National Merit Commended Scholar, university-level French competition 1st in grammar and culture categories for 2 years, university-level Spanish competition 1st place in culture for 1 year, National Spanish Exam–1st in Ohio for 2 years, nationally ranked for 3 years, Le Grand Concours (National French Exam)–1st in Ohio for Level 2, 4th in Ohio for Level 1, nationally ranked for Levels 1 and 2</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Cornell University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Dickinson College, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Haverford College, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Northwestern University, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Ohio University - Athens, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Pennsylvania, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Washington University in St. Louis, Choice #: 0, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Notre Dame, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Miami University - Ohio, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type: Small City, Rural
Size: Small (Under 2,500), Medium Small (2,500 - 5,000), Medium (5,000 - 10,000), Large (10,000 - 18,000)</p>

<p>Area: East Coast, Midwest
Importance of cost: Important</p>

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<p>A hundred hours of community service AFTER the completion of your senior year isn’t going to be impressive.</p>

<p>You’re in a good position for most of the schools on your list–Miami of OH, Notre Dame, and UMich. UMich could, conceivably still say no, but you’ve got a decent shot.</p>

<p>That said, you’re also looking good for Ohio (obviously) and Dickinson. Haverford will be a little bit harder than Dickinson because it’s more popular.</p>

<p>Cornell, UPenn, and Northwestern are your biggest reaches.</p>

<p>Truthfully? I think you’ll get WashU and Northwestern.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for your reply! </p>

<p>Cornell and Penn are my reach schools–ones that I don’t really have my heart set on.</p>

<p>Service hours–my school requires 25 per year, but the requirements are really stringent (they’re super picky about it being for non-profit organizations, not individuals [i.e. visiting and reading to someone in a nursing home with no family is not service]), so I’ve maybe done more than my required 75 so far. When you applied to college, what did you count as service hours?</p>

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<p>Oh, here’s some stuff I didn’t put in my original post:</p>

<p>I attend a really small Catholic high school in Ohio, as evidenced by the number of my class (45). I am ranked 1st in my class, but out of 45 people, it’s not as big of a deal as other schools. My school does not offer honors, IB, or AP classes because they don’t have the staff. However, I have taken all the more challenging courses that they do offer, and most people at my school are of average or above average intelligence, so the classes move a little faster than I imagine they would at some of the surrounding public schools in my area. This has been my course schedule:</p>

<p>Freshman:
Computer Tech I–A
Health/PE–A
English 9–A
World History–A
Freshman Science–A
Morality/Old Testament–A
Integrated Math II–A (my school does all its freshman-junior math classes as “integrated”, but I was on the accelerated track, hence the II)
Spanish I–A</p>

<p>Sophomore:
French I–A (this was the first year that they offered French at my school)
Spanish II–A
American History–A
English 10–A
Computer Tech II–A
Integrated Math III–A
Biology–A
Sacraments/New Testament–A</p>

<p>Junior:
French II–A
Spanish III–A
Pre-Calculus Analysis–A (the prep course for dual-credit Calculus)
Dual-Credit Psychology/Sociology–A
American Literature–A
Chemistry–A
Social Teachings/Church History–A
Foods/Life Skills–A</p>

<p>Senior (coming up):
French III
Spanish IV
Spanish V or Physics–I can’t decide which to take
Dual-Credit Calculus I and II
British Literature
American Government/Economics
Vocations/Christian Living
some other class–my guidance counselor kind of fudged my schedule, so I’ll have to see what classes are available in that slot</p>