What school could I not get into?

You're in for a rude awakening. A 32 ACT is the low end for the non-athlete non-legacy student body at almost every top school. Only four AP's? No leadership mentioned?

ALL the US News World Report schools are crapshoots for everyone, and most of the Top 11-20 are reaches for you if you only have a 32, four AP's, and no leadership. I'd say that's a solid list of 15-20 schools that will be very challenging for you (and everyone else applying) to get into, not to mention all the liberal arts colleges that are sometimes as tough as the Ivies to get into.

I count 5 APs, and I'm taking 3 more this year. I am XC team captain, Boys league senior representative, German honor society, and on top of that, an Eagle Scout. I have served in multiple capacities in my church. Directly after high school, I will be taking a break to do humanitarian work, likely in a different country. Does that change anything?

You'll get rejected from a lot of schools. I was friends with our valedictorian in high school who had a 2300 SAT. 2 season track captain, all state for jazz band. He got rejected from Dartmouth and Williams.

Your ACT isn't that good, and when you're applying to high level schools it's a crap-shoot.

If you're thinking Ivy, they've got boatloads of applicants like you. They want to see what makes you special. Your mile time is close to doing that....get a coach interested in you and you have a chance. Good luck.

I'd say everything on the US News list down to Brown would maybe reject/waitlist you.

Not to mention trolling Letsrun. Tell them that and you are a shoe-in.

studentguy wrote:

I count 5 APs, and I'm taking 3 more this year. I am XC team captain, Boys league senior representative, German honor society, and on top of that, an Eagle Scout. I have served in multiple capacities in my church. Directly after high school, I will be taking a break to do humanitarian work, likely in a different country. Does that change anything?

Take a prep course and retake the ACT.

GPA:

4.0 UW

4.5 W

Courses: Always the highest level available, which includes almost all honors and AP courses besides classes like Health, Drama, and PE.

APs I've taken:

AP World History - 5

Chemistry - 5

Physics - 5

English Language - 5

US History - 4

I'll be taking AP Latin, AP Calculus BC, AP Environmental Science, AP Economics (Micro and Macro), and AP English Literature during my senior year.

Class Rank: Top of my class

Standardized Tests:

2300 SAT (800 CR, 750 Writing, 750 Math)

800 Chemistry SAT II

800 World History SAT II

800 Math 2 SAT II

35 ACT

Extra Credentials:

- Boy Scouts (8 years) - Eagle Scout and Senior Patrol Leader (Leader of the troop)

- Track and Cross Country (4 years Varsity) - Multiple local awards, team captain, 800: 1:55 1600: 4:13 3200: 9:03 Looking to run in college if possible.

- Model United Nations (4 years) - President and was the first to add a second annual conference to our club's schedule

- Founding Member of school meditation club (3 years)

- Founding Member of the school Ultimate Frisbee team (2 years)

- Officer and original member of school Pencils of Promise Club (2 years)- raises money to build a school for underprivileged children in Laos

- Officer in Film Club (3 years)

- Math Team (4 Years)

- Habitat for Humanity - spent spring break in New Orleans doing community service

- French Exchange - was only person allowed to go from a lower level French class

Summer Work:

- Camp Counselor for 3 years (2009-2011)

- Tennis Court Manager for 2 years (2012-2013)

- Worked compiling a research database for a law school over the summer (2013)

I have saved almost all of the money I've made and I plan on using it to contribute to my college tuition.

Awards:

National Latin Exam:

2x Summa Cvm Laude (edited to get past filter)

2x Maxima Cvm Laude (edited to get past filter)

Cross Country and Track & Field:

3x All League

4x All League HM

Possible All County Senior Year

Possible All State Senior Year

Hispanic

Copy pasted this from a thread i remembered in College Confidential

Kids like the op are so full of sh*t. If you are at a school where it is possible to take 4 aps in one year and still get decent grades then you know that the school is crap or the grades are inflated.

Hate to break it to you, but you're basically the same as all of the other applicants to upper-level schools. You have to have something that makes you special. I had better academics than you and ended up going to a state school, so don't get discouraged if you don't get accepted to an Ivy.

libertariankid wrote:

Kids like the op are so full of sh*t. If you are at a school where it is possible to take 4 aps in one year and still get decent grades then you know that the school is crap or the grades are inflated.

People always exaggerate how hard APs are, if you get a 4 or 5 on the test you should have an A unlessyou're too stupid to work hard.

Honestly, don't mention the eagle scout, thing. Academia is not interested in Boy Scouting and it creates a poor image for the review committee.

When I hear 18 year old boy scout I picture Will Ferrell in his Elf costume.