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Hello! I just finished browsing through the comments on this message board, and I am now WICKED stressed out! (oh, if you haven't already noticed, I'm from Boston) Everyone seems so tense! I'm just trying to stay calm and enjoy whatever time I have left in high school. I just wanted some quick feedback on my chances. Here is the run down.

Top 5% in my class (5th of 200)
SAT 1 - 1350 (V 700 M 650) retaking them for the 3rd time (only went up by 10 pnts the first time, but I feel like I can do way better)
SAT 2- 690 Bio
ACT- planning to take these and bypassing everything affiliated with college board... what would be a safe score to aim for? 30?
GPA- 4.37 (out of 5) weighted
GPA- 3.65 (out of 4) unweighted
5 - Bio AP
5 - Psych AP

2001
Accelerated English A
Accelerated Geometry A
Honors French A
Accelerated World History A
Honors General Science A-

2002
AP Bio B+
Honors Alg.2 Trig B
Honors French A
Honors English B+

2003
AP Psych A
Honors Pre-Calc B+
Honors French A
Accelerated US History A-
Honors American Lit B+

2004 (as of now…)
AP Government B
Honors Physics C-
(there are 12 Cs, 2 Bs, and 1 A…should my guidance counselor include a scattergram of the class?)
AP English A-
Honors French 5 A+
Accelerated Calculus A-


I took Chemistry over the summer at a local state college (AP Chem didn't fit in my schedule) I got 5 credits for the class and received an A.

I am a professional Indian dancer and I have been learning for about 11 years. I had my official debut as a dancer the fall of my sophomore year. (it was a 2 hour solo performance in front of about 600 people with live musicians flown in from India.) I sing every waking hour of the day (ha, not really, but pretty close) I’ve done a lot of unique community service that I’m passionate about (ex. volunteered teaching English to underprivileged children in the slums of India) I will probably interview very well, because my personality is pretty compatible with that situation. I'm writing my essay on dance and how I have now started to pass on the art to other little children in my area. I have played the flute for the past 7 years. Am a licensed and practicing EMT for the state of MA and I am often times "on call" during school hours working for my town. VP of National Honors Society. I do a lot of tutoring, peer help, teaching French at the kindergarten, and teaching the little kids at dance class. Hospital volunteer in the oncology department. AND, I hold a part time job as a teller at a very prominent bank in MA. I work about 8 hours a week. (various other accomplishments, but I don't want to brag...these were the biggies) Thanks!!

Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated.
*now breathe
Thanks

By Sejal2005 (Sejal2005) on Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 01:45 pm: Edit

any help would be awesome! thanks!