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Chances
Major: Economics
Ethnicity/Sex: Chinese, Female
GPA Unweighted: 3.0/3.3/3.9
Weighted Rank: 9/165
SAT I 1520
SAT II 800/760/720

2 Independent APs Junior Year - AP scores 3,4
3 Independent APs Senior Year

Extracurriculars:
Academic Decathlon
World Cultures Organization, President
Mandarin Lessons
Summer Trips to China
Piano Lessons - since 9, will send in tape
Environmental Protection Agency
Sierra Club Member
Track and Field
Newspaper Staff Writer
SADD

Awards:
Academic Decathlon:Highest Scoring Scholastic Student in state.
Gold: Econ, Art, Music, Overall, Superquiz
Silver: Math
Bronze: Social Science
Lots of local recognition..letters from congressmen, newspaper articles..blah blah.

National Merit Commended

Brown Dictionary Award

State History Fair Honorable Mention

AMC Certificate of merit

School crap - e.g. honor roll and whatnot

Schools

Reach: UVA, Tufts, Cornell, Georgetown
Match: BU, GWU
Safety: State U.

By Cheerios128 (Cheerios128) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 02:49 pm: Edit

I also work 15hrs a week

By Jnorsky18 (Jnorsky18) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 03:43 pm: Edit

ull get into georgetown, cornell and tufts and uva, and everywhere, proabably

By Trojan1444 (Trojan1444) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 07:08 pm: Edit

ditto

By Bobbyh (Bobbyh) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 08:48 pm: Edit

your gpa= not good. don't be surprised if you don't get in somewhere like cornell cause grades are #1.

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 09:45 pm: Edit

Your grades improved, which is helpful... but I'm really going to disagree with Jnorsky18 and Trojan about definite admits to Georgetown, Cornell, Tufts, and UVA... my guess it that you'll get into any one or two of those four if you apply. The upward grade trend is helpful, but those schools quite difficult to get into, and SAT is not weighed quite as heavily as you might think. Your initial list of reaches, matches, and safeties seems to be very accurate.

By Cheerios128 (Cheerios128) on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:36 pm: Edit

Should I send in extra recommendations? Do those help or get read?

By Rubenizm (Rubenizm) on Thursday, September 18, 2003 - 12:26 am: Edit

yeah your gpa is bad. GW and BU would love to have you though. Never hurts to have a student who raises their average SAT score and you will. Georgetown and cornell are big reaches. But UVA might like you cuz their sat ranges are really low (like 1220 -1320 or something)