what are my chances?

button937
Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:33:46 +0000

Hi, thanks in advance for your help!

Sex: Female
State: California
Ethnicity: Korean
School: small prestigious private school (about 90 per grade, sends at least 15-20 to the top schools) and it has a pretty strong curriculum.
Status: Rising Senior
Financial Aid: Yes

Colleges I Like: Boston College, Swarthmore College, Johns Hopkins, Wesleyan, CMC and I’m not sure where else yet…any suggestions?
Major: (possibly) Sociology
Minor: (possibly) Spanish

Academics:
GPA: I think my unweighted GPA is around a 3.6, and my weighted GPA is around a 3.9.

Junior Classes:
APUSH: B+
AP Calc AB: B+
AP Bio: A-
Spanish 3: A
AP English & Comp: A-

Senior Classes:
AP English & Lit
AP Calc BC
AP Physics
Spanish 4 AP
History Electives

Freshman and Sophomore Years I took one AP (AP Chem) and I got 8 A’s with two B+'s in English and a B in Chem.

Test Scores:
SAT: 2120, and I plan on taking it one more time maybe in October
SAT2: Math Level 2: 730, US History: 730 (I’m going to try and improve these two too)

Extracarriculars in High School: (ones worth mentioning)
Varsity Tennis (Soph, Junior, Senior)
Junior Class Treasurer
Photo Editor for School Newspaper
Vocal Ensemble for School Musical Productions
Madrigals (school choir)
Piano & Violin

Summers:
This summer I’m going to do some volunteer work, work at a job, and take some classes at a local city college.
Last summer I spent 7 weeks in South America in a homestay program.
Summer before I went on a backpacking trip.
And the summer before that I went to Holland as a sports ambassador.

I don’t know what else to put, so if you want to know anything let me know too (:

Thanks!!

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