What are my chances?

ninahalty
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:32:37 +0000

Hi, I’m a high school student about to start applying to colleges and I’m all in a fluster. Currently my first choice is the College of William & Mary, but I’m looking at many different schools like Kenyon, Oberlin, Boston College, Tufts, and Williams. I’m curious to see what my chances are.
I guess I’ll post my “stats”.

General
Gender: Female
Race: Hispanic
Residence: South Florida
Income: Low

Academics:
Rank: 12 out of 762
GPA (unweighted): 3.9 (I’ve had B’s in math classes, not my strongest subject)
GPA (weighted): 4.3
SAT: Reading-700 Math-650 Writing-670
ACT: Math-27 Reading-34 English-32 Science-29 Composite-31
AP Scores:
(these were all taken in my junior, I wasn’t allowed to take AP’s until then.)
AP Language-5
AP US History-5
AP Studio Art-5
AP European History-4
AP Environmental Science-4
AP Statistics-3
(I had A’s in all of these classes)
I also took a Botany class at the local college.

EC’s
Soccer
Track and Field (Captain, 3rd at Districts)
Cross Country (Captain, All County Team for two years, went to states)
Science, English, Social Studies and National Honor Societies
Photography (I have won several regional awards and one national award)
Literary Magazine (Editor)
Writing (Published in several magazines)
Running (I’ve competed and placed in several half-marathons and 10k’s)
Over 200 hours of community service
Member of the Environmental Academy in my high school (It’s a magnet program)
Soccer Camp Counselor for 3 years
Started a mini charity (It supplies kids in Honduras with soccer gear)
Random jobs like lawn mowing, delivering, and cleaning. (Not sure if this will count as work experience, but whatever.)

Academic Awards:
Honor Roll all three years
Outstanding Achievement in AP Language and AP US History
AP Scholar
Scholar Athlete (it’s called “Order of the Arrow” at my school, but that’s kind of a cheesy name.)

I’m still not sure what my schedule will be next year because I will be full-time dual enrolling at the Honors College of a nearby university.

I’ve written a pretty decent essay and I am hoping to get two good recommendation letters.