hawkeye1003 asked:


How are my chances (safety, probably, maybe, a small glimmer of hope, don’t even bother) at these schools?

princeton
duke
university of north carolina
yale
georgetown
stanford
university of virginia

i’m a junior in high school, 4.54 GPA (3.96 unweighted), class rank 5/1200 students (with a shot at being salutatorian if I could pull off straight A’s this semester), and I will take ACT/SAT this spring (predicting about a 2150 reading & math SAT/33 ACT)

I live in the Chicago suburbs and am a white female. I will be the first person on my mom’s side of the family to go to college.
I have been on the tennis team all three years so far (and play at a club outside of high school season), was captain of the badminton team freshman year, and am very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Committee Chair for the past two years). I have been volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year (and plan to do so until the end of senior year). I work as a tour guide in my town 6 months out of the year and plan to do this again next year. I am also serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

In my spare time I design and construct jewelry and closely follow sports.

Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

thanks

hawkeye1003 asked:


my assignment for break is to come up with a list of colleges i want to visit. i have some in mind, but i’m not sure which ones i want to visit. based on my credentials are there any colleges you would suggest to take a look at? i’d prefer if they were in either the midwest or east coast.

i would prefer a medium sized school. i would love it if the school had division 1 men’s football and/or basketball teams where all of the students were really into going to the games. i also want it to be academic though.

credentials-
junior in high school
4.60 GPA (3.97 unweighted)
class rank 2/1200 students
218 on psat, but i can definitely do better

live in chicago suburbs
first person on mom’s side to go to college
my uncle went there and my cousin is currently an undergrad there

high school tennis team 3 years
play at a tennis club
badminton team captain freshman year
very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Publicity Committee Chair for the past two years, Turnabout Dance Committee Chair, Prom Fashion Show Committee Chair, and I’m going to run for exec board next year)
Volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year
Work for my city’s park district as a tour guide in my town May-October, as Santa’s Helper in December, and a kid’s birthday part host year-round.
Serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

Another one of my hobbies is designing and constructing jewelry, some of which I have sold.

Classes-
Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

classes i will take senior year-
AP English IV
AP Gov
AP Geography
AP Art History
Calc III (through the university of illinois)
AP Macro/AP Micro

and i’m sorry this is really long, thanks for your time.

hawkeye1003 asked:


junior in high school
4.60 GPA (3.97 unweighted)
class rank 2/1200 students
218 on psat, but i can definitely do better

live in chicago suburbs
first person on mom’s side to go to college
my uncle went there and my cousin is currently an undergrad there

high school tennis team 3 years
play at a tennis club
badminton team captain freshman year
very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Publicity Committee Chair for the past two years, Turnabout Dance Committee Chair, Prom Fashion Show Committee Chair, and I’m going to run for exec board next year)
Volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year
Work for my city’s park district as a tour guide in my town May-October, as Santa’s Helper in December, and a kid’s birthday part host year-round.
Serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

Another one of my hobbies is designing and constructing jewelry, some of which I have sold.

Classes-
Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

classes i will take senior year-
AP English IV
AP Gov
AP Geography
AP Art History
Calc III (through the university of illinois)
AP Macro/AP Micro

do you think i have no/decent/good chance at getting into northwestern?

and i’m sorry this is really long, thanks for your time.

hawkeye1003 asked:


i’m a junior in high school, 4.54 GPA (3.96 unweighted), class rank 5/1200 students (with a shot at being salutatorian if I could pull off straight A’s this semester), and I will take ACT/SAT this spring (predicting about a 1470 reading & math SAT/33 ACT)

I live in the Chicago suburbs and am a white female. I will be the first person on my mom’s side of the family to go to college.
I have been on the tennis team all three years so far (and play at a club outside of high school season), was captain of the badminton team freshman year, and am very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Committee Chair for the past two years). I have been volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year (and plan to do so until the end of senior year). I work as a tour guide in my town 6 months out of the year and plan to do this again next year. I am also serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

In my spare time I design and construct jewelry. I also follow sports and have been a life long fan of a few teams.

Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

okay my main question is, with all of this is- if i were to apply to ivy league schools, stanford, university of north carolina, duke, georgetown, exc., and i got in (i know this is not guaranteed or even very likely- i’m just saying if), do you think i would be able to get enough money/scholarships to bring down these prices to a level semi-comparable to instate tuition of university of illinois? (family income about 100,000) this may be a stupid question, i don’t really know.

hawkeye1003 asked:


junior in high school
4.60 GPA (3.97 unweighted)
class rank 2/1200 students
i’ve signed up for sat and act but haven’t taken them yet. on the psat i got 74 in reading, 74 in math, 70 in writing

live in chicago suburbs
first person on mom’s side to go to college
white female

high school tennis team 3 years
play at a tennis club
badminton team captain freshman year
very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Publicity Committee Chair for the past two years, Turnabout Dance Committee Chair, Prom Fashion Show Committee Chair, and I’m going to run for exec board next year)
Volunteering at the hospital flower shop every week since the summer after Freshman Year
Work for my city’s park district as a tour guide in my town May-October, as Santa’s Helper in December, and a kid’s birthday party host sometimes
Serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

Another one of my hobbies is designing and constructing jewelry, some of which I have sold.

Classes-
Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

classes i will take senior year-
AP English IV
AP Gov
AP Physics
AP Art History
Calc III (through the university of illinois)
AP Macro/AP Micro

how do you think my chances are at stanford, duke, and yale?

and i’m sorry this is really long, thanks for your time.

hawkeye1003 asked:


junior in high school, 4.54 GPA (3.96 unweighted), class rank 6/1200 students (with a shot at being salutatorian if I could pull off straight A’s this semester), and I will take ACT/SAT this spring (took other tests that predict a 32ish ACT score)

I live in the Chicago suburbs and am a white female. I will be the first person on my mom’s side of the family to go to college.
I have been on the tennis team all three years so far (and play at a club outside of high school season), was captain of the badminton team freshman year, and am very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Committee Chair for the past two years, 4+ meetings week). I have been volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year (and plan to do so until the end of senior year). I work as a tour guide in my town 6 months out of the year and plan to do this again next year. I am also going to serve as a youth representative on one of my town’s boards or commissions.

In my spare time I design and construct jewelry. I also follow sports and have been a life long fan of a few teams.

I know my activities and interests are pretty random and they don’t really show passion for one area. That’s because I’m really not sure what I want to do because I have such a wide range of interests. However, I have been involved with almost all of these activities for quite sometime and genuinley enjoy all of them- they aren’t just some random things I picked up so I could throw it on my applications.

Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

How do you think my chance are at getting into Stanford? Duke? Princeton? Yale? Georgetown? Cornell? University of North Carolina?

thanks!

hawkeye1003 asked:


junior in high school, 4.54 GPA (3.96 unweighted), class rank 6/1200 students (with a shot at being salutatorian if I could pull off straight A’s this semester), and I will take ACT/SAT this spring

I live in the Chicago suburbs and am a white female. I will be the first person on my mom’s side of the family to go to college.
I have been on the tennis team all three years so far, was captain of the badminton team freshman year, and am very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Committee Chair for the past two years). I have been volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year (and plan to do so until the end of senior year). I work as a tour guide 6 months out of the year and plan to do this again next year.

In my spare time I design and construct jewelry. I also follow sports and have been a life long fan of a few teams.

I know my activities and interests are pretty random and they don’t really show passion for one area. That’s because I’m really not sure what I want to do because I have such a wide range of interests. However, I have been involved with almost all of these activities for quite sometime and genuinley enjoy all of them- they aren’t just some random things I picked up so I could throw it on my applications.

Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

How do you think my chance are at getting into Stanford? Duke? Princeton? Yale? Georgetown? Cornell? Dartmouth? University of North Carolina?

thanks!

hawkeye1003 asked:


junior in high school
4.60 GPA (3.97 unweighted)
class rank 2/1200 students
on the sat i got a 1530 (730 cr, 800 math) and with the writing i got a 2240 (710 writing). that was my first time taking it. i’m taking it again in march and i’m actually going to study this time so i’m hoping to get it up a few points, especially the writing.

live in chicago suburbs
first person on mom’s side to go to college
white female

high school tennis team 3 years
play at a tennis club
badminton team 1 year (freshman captian)
very involved with Student Council- Representative Freshman year, Publicity Committee Chair for the past two years, decent chance at become president of the exec board next year (highest position at my school of 4500 kids)
Volunteering at the hospital flower shop every week since the summer after Freshman Year
Work for my city’s park district as a tour guide in my town May-October, as Santa’s Helper in December, and other random things
Serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

Another one of my hobbies is designing and constructing jewelry, some of which I have sold.

Classes-
Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

classes i will take senior year-
AP English IV
AP Gov
AP Physics
AP Art History
Calc III (through the university of illinois)
AP Macro/AP Micro

stanford? yale? duke? northwestern?
how’s it looking for me
um at my school if you get an a in honors precalc you can go to calc bc. we cover everything ab does we just go a lot faster and then do some extra stuff at the end. i didn’t know that you couldn’t do that at other schools.

mt5 asked:


I’m starting to think about college and what to major in. I’m not really sure yet but I have some ideas. I really like art and thinking about majoring in either some kind of sculpture(maybe jewelry), graphic design or photography. Which do you think would be the best?

I’m not really sure yet but I might be interested in something like video editing, but the only thing is -is that I read that you have to take an oral presentation class and I am not good at that. Do you know anything about college classes on video editing?

Also- do you think you can major in art and minor in video editing?

hawkeye1003 asked:


i’m a junior in high school, 4.60 GPA (3.97 unweighted), class rank 2/1200 students, and I will take ACT/SAT this spring (i got a 218 on the psat and I made stupid mistakes in math so I can definitely do better).

I live in the Chicago suburbs and am a white female. I will be the first person on my mom’s side of the family to go to college.

I have been on the tennis team all three years so far (and play at a club outside of high school season), was captain of the badminton team freshman year, and am very involved with Student Council (Representative Freshman year, Publicity Committee Chair for the past two years, Turnabout Dance Committee Chair, Prom Fashion Show Committee Chair, and I’m going to run for exec board next year). I have been volunteering at the hospital every week since the summer after Freshman Year (and plan to do so until the end of senior year). I work for the park district as a tour guide in my town May-October, as Santa’s Helper in December, and a kid’s birthday part host year-round. I am also serve as a youth representative on my city’s Transportation Advisory Board.

Another one of my hobbies is designing and constructing jewelry, some of which I have sold.

Classes-
Freshman Year:
Honors Biology
Honors World History (studied on my own and took AP World History test and got a 4)
Honors English
Honors Alg II/Trig
3D Art & Ceramics
Spanish II

Sophomore Year:
AP European History (got a 5)
Honors Chemistry
Honors PreCalc
Honors English
Business Orientation
Jewelry
Spanish III

Junior Year:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Calc BC
AP Statistics
Honors Physics

next year i also plan on taking a whole mess of ap classes as well as Calc III through University of Illinois.

these two colleges are my top choices. any advice on how to improve my chances?

and sorry this is long.