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I'm in the top 15 percent of my class with a 3.5 unweighted 4.4 weighted GPA. I'm in a special extremely comptetive magnet program at a large well known high school

GPA:
Freshman: 3.22
Sophomore: 3.5
Junior: 3.87
Senior: 4.0 (most likely)

SAT1s: 670 Verbal, 800 Math
SAT2s: 690 Math2c, 680 Writing, US history soon.

All APs, advanced, honors, or magnet.

Activities:
Senior Class President
Student Advocacy Coordinator for County-wide SGA
Captain of the Mock Trial Team
Head Attorney of Montgomery County Teen Court (a real juvenile court)
Cello- 9 years
Director of a student run a cappella group
International Thespian Club- Actress/Secretary
Lead roles in school/community theatre

I've earned 700+ hours of community service through public entertainment (performing cello or in plays for nursing homes)

Seriously I'm lacking in awards (besides National Honor Society)

I plan to do political science and theatre. What are my chances at...

Brown
NYU-Tisch
Swarthmore
Wesleyan
Haverford
UVA
Vassar
UMD
Brandeis
Oberlin

Thank you so much!

By Aeg315 (Aeg315) on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 06:12 pm: Edit

You should get into Oberlin, Brandeis, UMD. Haverford, Vassar and Wesleyan aren't far out of your reach either. Swarthmore is a reach because you are not in the top 10% of your class... Brown is a reach too, but it's a reach for just about anyone. You have scores to get into NYU-Tisch, but so much of your chance for admission depends on audition. Best of luck!

By Thecritic22 (Thecritic22) on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 11:01 am: Edit

Any idea about UVA? It's a good school, but I don't know if it's worth applying too if i have 9 other schools and I might not get in.

By Aeg315 (Aeg315) on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 11:25 am: Edit

You have a pretty good chance at UVA too. They may want a higher GPA, but you have good scores and some nice ECs. If you're a VA resident, you're in... if not, you stand a good chance.

By Aeg315 (Aeg315) on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 11:27 am: Edit

referring to my previous post:
I was looking at your 3.22 GPA, not 4.0... my bad

By Thecritic22 (Thecritic22) on Sunday, October 19, 2003 - 11:38 pm: Edit

it'll still be a 3.5/3.6 overall. hopefully they look at weighted more (4.4).

my essay is about falling on my rear then landing the lead in the school musical. it's kind of a cliched "overcoming adversity" but it's sort of lighthearted...will anyone review? preferably alumns/people past college aps (i'm a little paranoid)

By Thecritic22 (Thecritic22) on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 10:56 pm: Edit

bump. help!

i met with my counselor (most pessimistic woman in the world) and she said i "really didn't have any safety schools". AUGH.

By The_Slc_Bug (The_Slc_Bug) on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 12:18 am: Edit

Well, you definitely do not have any safety schools. Just pick a college that is a sure-thing, like a state university or somewhere with higher acceptance rates (try something above 60%, with lower scores than yours). You need a backup.

By Thecritic22 (Thecritic22) on Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 11:52 pm: Edit

I have no safety schools?! O_O UMD?