senior...getting a little antsy!!

slapshot44
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:27:28 +0000

Hi there.
So I’m a senior and I’m getting pretty nervous for April 1st (and Pi Day!!) to roll around. I keep getting different responses from Sister/Brother/Parent/Teacher about my chances of getting in and I’m super curious to hear all of your opinions!!

Gender: female
School: Public, #1 in state; sends 10-20 kids to top 20 schools

Class Rank: Top of the class (shared with my brother
Most Rigorous Courseload
GPA: 4.0 UW, no need to put the weighted gpa i dont think

Freshman Year:
Honors English, Honors Biology, Phys Ed, World History, French 3 (lucky break, my mom is fluent in french, got to skip a year !!), Drawing I/ Design Fundamentals, Honors Geometry

Sophomore Year:
Honors English, AP Biology, Honors Chem, Health/Intro to Computer Programming, French 4, AP US History, Pre Calculus

Junior Year :
AP English, AP Chem, Honors Physics, AP Comp Sci, AP French, AP Euro Hist., AP Calc BC

Senior Year Schedule:
AP English, AP Phyics, AP Econ, Calculus 3, AP Stats

I have one recommendation from my Physics teacher who I had for two years. Honors Physics was not my strong suit so he witnessed a lot of hard work out of me and a lot of tears. I lend my time as a Teacher’s Assistant for him whenever he needs help. It will be a solid rec letter. The other will come from my French teacher. I had her for two years, and my senior year I routinely met with her. She gave me books and articles to read, and we would discuss them. Another teacher who I worked hard for!!

SAT: 2350 Composite: 760 CR, 790 M, 800 W
ACT: 36 Composite

AP Scores -
All 5’s

SAT 2 Scores -
Biology M - 750
US History - 740
Chemistry - 790
Math II- 800

EC’s :
Speech & Debate 2007-Present
Vice President 2009-2010
Started in Extemp, tried out Original Oratory and the my brother and I started to do Duo
State Qualifier 2008 (OO), 2009 (Duo), 2010 (Duo)
State Champion 2009 (Duo)
National Qualifier and Semi Finalist 2009 (Duo)
National Qualifier 2010

Science Olympiad 2007- Present
Team Co-Captain 2010
State Champion Team/National Qualifier 2009
Accumulated over the years… States 7 golds, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
Nationals 1 Bronze

NHS 2009-Present

Active Member

AFS Member 2007- Present
Hosted an exchange student from Thailand

Volunteer Work
Barack Obama Campaign Internship (non paid) approx 15 hrs a week
–answered phones, canvassed, shadowed local campaign coordinator
Blue Ribbon Camp Volunteer
–camp for children with special needs

Honors/Awards:
National Merit Scholar
Honor Roll
AP Scholar w/ Distinction
random academic awards from school

Employment
2007-2009 Receptionist at local hair salon
answered phones, scheduled appointments
tons of fun :)

Athletics ( Div I)
Cross Country 2007-Present
Captain 2010
4x District Qualifier
4x Regional Qualifier
2x State Qualifier (09-10)
2009- District Champion,3rd at Regionals, 15th at States
2010- District and Regional Champion, 6th at States

Track and Field 2007-Present
Captain 2010
4x District Qualifier
4x Regional Qualifier
3x State Qualifier
2008- District Champion 3200, also competed in the 400 and 4x800, Regionals - 3200, 4x800,400, States 3200 and 4x800
2009- District Champion 3200, also competed in the 1600 and 4x800, Regionals - 3200, 4x800, States 3200 (Runner up)
2010- District Champion 3200 and 1600, also competed in the 4x800 and 4x400, Regional 3200 and 1600 Champion also competed in 4x400 and 4x800, State Champion 3200, Runner up 1600, 6th place in 4x400, also competed in 4x800

Basketball 2007-Present
Varsity, consisten starter

Colleges:
Stanford
Princeton
Harvard
U.Chicago (got an additional rec from english teacher)
UNC
Duke (cc/track recruit)
Case Western Reserve University (cc/track recruit)
MIT
Georgetown
University of Oregon (cc/track recruit)

I’m afraid that since my twin brother and I have almost identical resumes and stats, it will be detrimental to our chances of admission We picked out our colleges without telling each other and we ended up having almost identical lists. The only difference is that I run a little better. Also if it helps, my older sister is a senior at MIT. She also runs. I have a brother who is a sophomore at Univ. of Notre Dame and another who is a freshman at NYU.

chances for an antsy senior? and also an answer : does it hurt my chances that someone identical is applying to nearly all the same schools?!?!

also, neither of my parents attended college.