Will I have a shot?

saints2009
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:27:52 +0000

So, I got rejected from Wharton ED, but got into UChicago EA and was apparently good enough to also get a $5000/yr scholarship. Weird.

-GA resident, male
-Ethnicity: mixed Hispanic (Spanish) and Asian (Filipino)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish-may go down slightly as a result of a B in AP Stats
-Weighted GPA: 4.14 (will go up by the end of the semester)
-school doesn’t rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I’m a would-be valedictorian.

SAT I’s
Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710

SAT II’s
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710

AP scores:
US Gov and Politics: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng. Lang: 5

Senior Load-likely grades

1. AP Calculus BC: A

2. AP Statistics: B

3. AP Biology: A

4. AP Physics: A

5. H British Literature: A

6. Economics (I wish my school offered AP.): A

-school doesn’t offer honors classes, but mentions “due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors” in school description.

My only other B’s have been graphic design freshman year, AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this), and a mandatory composition class at our school this summer? I got straight A’s junior year.

-will mention Math, Economics, and Chemistry respectively as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice majors. I want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager when I grow up.

EC’s:

Boy Scouts
-Eagle Scout. My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade, Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects
-raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-completed trek 34, the hardest trek Philmont has to offer (Only 5 crews this entire summer out of the 1000+ that come to Philmont did trek 34).

Tennis (all 4 years)
-private lesons
-varsity tennis

Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12)

I founded and am president of our school’s food critic club. We go to restaurants about once a month and write critiques about them, which are published in the school newspaper. I’m trying to see if we can get published in the Zagat Survey. I wrote my “optional” essay about this.

Trumpet
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school’s open house 10th grade

Piano for 11 years
-invited to play at several concerts

Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)

Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)
-National Merit Semifinalist