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Here's my stats (I'm a junior):

GPA: 4.75 (4.0 on 4.0 scale)
Class Rank: 8 out of 700
SAT I: 1530
SAT II: US History: 750
Writing/Math: Taking in June
AP: US History: 4
Psychology/Euro History: Taking in May
Junior Schedule: 3 AP classes (Environmental Science, Psychology, Euro Hist) and all other honors classes (weighted grades)...all A's in everything
Senior Schedule: 6 AP classes (Government, Economics, Calculus, English,French, Biology)
EC's: 1)School Newspaper - 4 years
2)Debate Team - 3 years
3)Political Science Club - 3 years
4)Tennis Team - 4 years (2 years varsity)
5)PALS (intergrating learning support into
high school - 3 years
6)French Club - 4 years
7)NHS - 2 years
8)French Honors Society - 2 years
9)Intramural Basketball - 3 years
Volunteer: 1) Volunteer at local library (3 years)
Work: 1)Summer Camp Counselor (2 years)
2)I work at the local paper (pretty big
paper) as copy boy (2 years, 12-15
hrs/week)
3)Basketball referee (3 years)
Leadership: 1) News Editor of newspaper (soph)
2) Editor-in-chief (junior-senior)
3) Treasurer of PALS (junior-senior)
4) Historian of French Club (junior)
5) Poss. Prez of French Club (senior)
6) Poss. Prez of French Hrs Society
(senior)
7) Poss. Treasurer of NHS (senior)
8) Captain of Debate Team (senior)
Awards: Various 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards for
newspaper
Conferences: 1) Columbia Journalism Conference
(junior year)
2) National Youth Leadership Conf.
(junior year)
Profile: White Jewish male in Pennsylvania
Possible Poly Sci Major

What do you guys think about chances at Penn, Columbia, Georgetown, UVA, or Wash-U? Also does anyone know any good poly sci schools other than Georgetown, GW, and Penn?

By Mochika88 (Mochika88) on Sunday, April 11, 2004 - 03:15 am: Edit

stop posting your weighted its for you, its not the same scale colleges use
jewish male will definately make it fotught for ALL schoools, especially coming from penn. Anyhow I wouldn't put soo many Ec's down, its quality not quantitity. Your Ec's are there to demonstrate your interest and tell what your goal is, not to fill the page. Other than that you have a pretty nice shot playa ;P

By Jared (Jared) on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 04:35 pm: Edit

thanks mochika...just a question...i am involved in all of those activities and heavily involved in most of them should i not list them even though I do enjoy them and do participate in them? and does anyone have any other comments on this or my chances? thanks

By Nannerl (Nannerl) on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 05:45 pm: Edit

Tufts has a wonderful political science department, with amazing teachers and scholars, many of whom have won national awards. Go to the Tufts website and take a look.