<p>I attend a small high school in Wisconsin where we only have 120 students. I plan on applying to Penn, Stanford, and a couple others. When talking to a rep from Penn, he said all I needed to do was max out our high school curriculum. We don’t offer any AP classes at all, but I have taken every math and science class available to me, and I still have my senior year left. I will be taking AP calculus online and plan on doing an independent study of chemistry next year due to our lack of teaching in the regular chemistry class I took last year. </p>
<p>I got a 33 on my ACT last December, but I’m pretty sure I got higher on the June 14 one I just took. </p>
<p>I have 10 varsity letters (4 cross country, 3 basketball, 3 baseball), have been in band for 4 years (state solo/ensemble 3 years), am very active in our church, volunteered in the OR at a hospital for 3 years, help with community events, am a 3 year member of NHS, the co-president of the Calculus Club (we needed to create a club so we could have a fund-raiser), and there is probably other stuff I can’t think of now.</p>
<p>If the rep from Penn is telling the truth, I should have a decent shot, shouldn’t I?</p>
<p>^ Yeah, you have a great shot. You have good ECS, really good, and a good ACt score. You have also maxed out the classes so much that you have to find some online. The only things you should do it have a good amount of volunteer hours, a job, and a high class rank and your application will be very attrative. :)</p>
<p>GPA? SAT? Work experience? Class rank? We need waaay more info to be helpful.</p>
<p>My mistake, I knew I forgot some stuff. 4.0 unweighted GPA, first in class, over 300 volunteer hours so far, I coach a traveling middle school baseball team, and I didn’t take the SAT because most schools are fine with just the ACT. I worked as a bus boy at a supper club until two weeks ago when they sold out, for the summer I am the assistant rec director. I also umpire baseball games for younger kids.</p>
<p>In that case you have a good shot at both Penn and Stanford, but keep in mind that those are still both reaches (they are for pretty much anyone), and that you should have some awesome safeties. What is your intended major?</p>
<p>I plan on going into pre-med. My backups are probably Madison, Reed College, or SMU.</p>
<p>I would add UMichigan, UCLA, and UVa as schools that you could get into (these are, in my opinion, all matches). It might be worth it to apply to one of your safeties, both Penn and Stanford, and 2 or 3 schools like UMichigan and UCLA. All three are known for their premed programs.</p>
<p>That’s a good idea, Cookie. Thanks for the help</p>