Relieve my Anxiety!

Justin314
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:41:28 +0000

Hello Everyone,

I understand how much these “Chance Me” posts are frowned upon; however, I am not looking for answers to “Will I get in?”, but rather to “Should I even apply?”.

This week I have my final exams and am really getting depressed considering that all this work may never pay off.

I will just list some brief information so as to not bore you:

SAT 1:
Total - 2260
CR - 730
M - 770
W - 760

SAT 2:
Math Level 2C - 800
Biology M - 770

Leadership:



NROTC Scholarship (Immediate Scholarship Reservation)
Class Pres. 9th Grade
Secretary/Treasurer 10th Grade
Student Government Representative 10th Grade
President of FBLA 12th grade (member in 11th)
Managed 10+ people to create online games and apps, totaling over 2M views



ECs:



Piano (played in nursing homes, accompanied choirs, placed in competitions, superiors in festivals, taught piano lessons, etc.)
Computer programming (as mentioned before)
Oil Painting



Community Service:



Nursing Home
Website for County Commissioner
Tutoring



Awards:



1st Place Nat’l Science Fair
Many in Piano
2nd Place District Business Communication
Highest grade in individual classes (five of these)



Area of Concern:



Class rank - I am working with my old administrator to allow my 9,10th grade courses be considered as honors, thus being weighted as 4.5s, which would bring my GPA to around 4.6. However, if this does not work and these courses are considered regular (this school had no option to take more advanced courses), my GPA will be 4.19-4.20 and I will be in the top 7%, which I know is rancid considering the schools to which I am applying.

Deadlines - I will probably not have my creative arts supplement ready until days before the deadline. How bad is waiting until the deadline?



Applying to:



Harvard (I feel stupid saying this, but I would feel horrible if I never applied.)
Yale (Top choice! I will receive near full tuition with my NROTC scholarship only at Yale.)
UPenn
Princeton
Stanford
Duke
Vanderbilt
Northwestern (HPME)
Brown
Tufts
MIT
Caltech
Cornell
Amherst
UChicago
UCLA



So, should I even apply?