Who has a better shot? Please, read! =]

Anonymous_2
Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:22:12 +0000

There is a girl in my class who is (unfortunately) applying to a ton of the same schools as I will be, and I think she has a better shot. Since top schools will often only take one kid tops from a small school like mine, I’m concerned I won’t get into any of that schools that we both apply to. Is there any shot that a school might take me instead of her, or better yet, take both of us?

At the end of sophomore year, she was 2nd in the class and I was 8th. So she gets better grades than me, (our rank is based on weighted GPAs). BUT, by the time we graduate, she will have taken 4 AP courses and I will have taken 9, (3 online, and 6 at school). I will probably end up with a better rank than her after senior year, but the only rank that matters is the end of junior year, and I am pretty sure she will be higher than me… but no longer second.

Her testing is better than mine. 32 ACT, 2150 SAT… my scores were 31 ACT (retaking) and 2050 SAT, but I’m only sending ACT and she is retaking the SAT but not the ACT. I think she has some pretty good SAT2s as well.

She has great ECs, lots of theatre, singing, dancing and she has always been on student council and will have a leadership position on NHS. I have lots of leadership postions at school, but not in the normal “student council” form. I have tons of volunteer work as well, and I play a few sports and stuff.

I think our essays will end up being about the same level.

Feel free to be TOTALLY honest. Do you think there are any schools that would take me over her? Or do you think that is quite clear that she’s ahead? Do adcoms always notice that two kids are from the same school and take that into account? Or do you think they will judge me in relation to the whole, and not in relation to my classmates at my school?

I would love some input. THANKS FOR READING!!! I know it was long.