To Chance or Not To Chance?

<p>Hi doing a little chancing cause I just got my sat iis back.
Stats:</p>

<p>GPA 3.8 out of 4.0 unweighted Hardest possible courseload graduating with 10 APs and lots of honors</p>

<p>3 APs last year: AP US, AP English Lang, AP Chemistry all 5s on the tests taking 7 more this year, AP English Lit, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, AP Biology,
AP French V, AP Euro, AP Calc AB</p>

<p>School doesnt rank</p>

<p>ACT Composite: 31, 11 on essay
english 27
math 29
reading 35
science 34</p>

<p>SAT IIs
Chemistry 800
Lit 730
Math I 800</p>

<p>Honors & Awards
11/15/2004’5’6’ AAA For Success Years: 04’, 05’, 06’ </p>

<p>10/29/06 Detroit Free Press Marathon Top 10 in My Age Group Finisher</p>

<p>5/26/06 Grosse Pointe South High School Scholar Athlete</p>

<p>12/08/05’06’ Macomb Conference All Academic Team</p>

<p>12/08/06 Macomb Conference Championship Team</p>

<p>12/13/2006 NCTE Junior Writing Contest Participant
National Council of Teachers of English holds a writing test where kids from every high school are selected to compete in a very selective writing contest.</p>

<p>4/15/2006 National French Honors Society
Inducted into the National French Honors Society for maintaining a high GPA along with a B+ or higher in French.</p>

<p>Activities & Interests</p>

<p>Freshman-Present GPAAS Foster GPAAS
I take in stray dogs or dogs that would be otherwise euthanized for the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society and care for them until they got adopted.</p>

<p>Freshman-Present Cross Country Grosse Pointe South
Participated in cross country at first junior-varsity then as a sophomore on the varsity squad during that fall and since.</p>

<p>Freshman-Present Track and Field Grosse Pointe South
Participated in track and field since Freshman year every spring.</p>

<p>Junior Summer Wayne State Internship Wayne State University
Internship in the Biomedical Engineering Department of Wayne State studying Anatomy and Phyisology and applications of modern technology to particularly crippling diseases/injuries.</p>

<p>Junior-Senior Year GPAAS Promotional Coordinator GPAAS
I arranged for and organized the promotion for donations to Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society.</p>

<p>Junior-Senior National Honor Society Cum Laude
Accepted to GPS HS chapter of National Honor Society, Cum Laude.</p>

<p>Im applying to:
Boston College
Columbia
Cornell
Duke
MSU (In-state)
U of M (In-State)
Northwestern
Oxford
Williams
Yale (Early Action)</p>

<p>Unfortunately dont have any national awards or competitions. Getting really good recs from my AP teachers from last year. Essays about my experience on an inner city detroit track team my mom coached and how that taught me about values of diversity. Yale Alumni interview went really well this past weekend he told me he was going to do what he could to help me get in. Had academic interview for oxford, the prof. told me I did “bloody good” (no joke) so that helps there. Very passionate about running as is evident with marathon and dedication to cross country and track.
Sorry its so long but its better chances if you know everything, whatever you can give me is great,
Thanks.</p>

<p>Also thinking bout taking more SAT IIs in January perhaps Math II and Bio, not sure, thoughts on that?</p>

<p>anyone have any thoughts?</p>

<p>Might want to look at Holy Cross-1 hour from Boston. HC is very similar to Boston College.</p>

<p>Great reputation safety schools for you should be Lawrence University (Wisc), Grinnell (Iowa) and Wesleyan (CT).</p>

<p>I think you are in at MSU, UM and BC. Good luck!</p>

<p>Honest opinion would be no for Oxford, Duke, Columbia, Yale; maybe for Cornell and Northwestern; Yes for MSU, UM and BC. No opinion for Williams.</p>

<p>I think you are a strong applicant to all of your choices except for Yale and Oxford. UMich is practically a lock; haven’t you already sent in your app?</p>