What are my chances?

nimbo226
Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:05:49 +0000

Class of 2010
Texas Resident

Standardized Testing:
ACT: 34 (36 E, 35 M, 31 R, 32 S, 8 Essay)
SAT 2’s: 800 Math II, 800 World History, 790 Chemistry, 750 U.S. History
AP’s: 5 Computer Science A, 5 Computer Science AB, 5 Calculus BC, 5 Chemistry, 5 U.S. History, 4 English Language and Composition

Class rank: 3/655
GPA Weighted: 4.76/5
GPA unweighted: 4.0/4.0

EC’s:
• University Interscholastic League (UIL) Academics – current events and issues, math, and science; 2007-2010
• Quizbowl/Academic Challenge – Team Captain; 2007-2009
• Ping Pong Club – President; 2008-2010
• German Club – member; 2006-2010
• Band – marching, concert, and jazz band; tenor saxophone; 2006-2007
• Mu Alpha Theta (math honorarium) – member; 2008-2010
• National Honor Society – member – 2008-2010
• German Honor Society – member – 2007-2010
• High School Musical (Bye Bye Birdie) – instrumentalist and set design, 2007

Awards:
• Quizbowl/Academic Challenge – 2nd place Greater Houston Area, 3rd place state competition; 2008; 1st place state competition (Junior Varsity level); 2009
• UIL Academics in Current Events and Issues – 1st place in District, 1st place in regionals, 2nd place in state; 2008, 2009
• UIL Academics in Science – 1st place in district, 2nd place in regionals; 2009
• National Merit Commended Scholar – 2009
• AP Scholar with Distinction – 2009
• German Language and Cultural Contest – 1st place (grammar, sight reading, reading comprehension), 2nd place (extemporaneous speaking), 3rd place (listening comprehension) Greater Houston Area, 2009; 1st (grammar), 2nd (sight reading, reading comprehension, extemporaneous speaking), 3rd place (listening comprehension) state competition, 2009
• Academic Award (4.0+ GPA) – 2007, 2008, 2009
• Outstanding German Student Award – 2008, 2009
• Katy Elks Lodge Teen of the Month – 2008
• Band – All-Area Band; UIL Solo and Ensemble Division 1 rating solo, Division 1 rating ensemble; 2007

Other things:
• Spent a summer studying in Germany
• Fluent Chinese, English, and Norwegian speaker, decent in German
• Essays are going to be about having lived in 3 countries and the difficulties in languages encountered, my mom being an influence on me, and the problem of religious intolerance in our world (these 3 topics are required by UT but they can be reused on the Common App)

Approximately 120 hours of community service.

Schools that I am applying to:
-UT Austin - Honors Program (backup)
-Northwestern
-Rice
-Washington University in St. Louis
-Georgetown
-Cornell
-Duke
-Columbia
-University of Pennsylvania