SAT: 1320/1600
GPA: 3.83/4.0 UW; 4.0/4.0 W
Rank: 12/205 (my school doesn't rank so this is just a guess)
Intended Major: BME
Eccs: Founder of my school's chapter of the National English Honor Society. I also founded and tutored for my school's writing center. Head photographer of both my school's yearbook and newspaper. Ambulance Corps Volunteer (250 hours). Work/volunteered at my local library as a page/volunteer (50 hours volunteered and two years worked). Member/officer of all my school's honor societies. I was an officer of my school's now defunct chapter of HOSA. Two of the videos I directed about sunkist got to the finals of the DECA Sunkist challenge. One of those videos won in a local film festival.
Through my ambulance corps, I have BLS Training in Advanced CPR and AED for Healthcare professionals (by AHA and ASHI), Bloodborne Pathogens (ASHI), Red Cross Blood Services Volunteer (Red Cross), and First-Aid (ASHI).
Awards: AP Scholar
Recs: First one was from my Biology/Chemistry teacher that I had for the first three years of high school. I found out after I read it while faxing it to Macaulay that it was really generic and not me at all at points (claimed that I organized a humanitarian trip that didn't even exist let alone something I did; he obviously didn't read any of my resume that I gave him when he agreed to write my recommendation) which really broke my spirits but didn't break my chances of getting into Macaulay.
My second one was from my AP English Language and Composition (junior year) teacher and the adviser for the National English Honor Society. She was the main reason why I was able to start my school's English Honor Society. Her recommendation was beyond phenomenal. Though, I am not sure if I faxed her recommendation to Macaulay but I am sure that I sent it to everywhere else.
My third one was from my art teacher that I had for two years and who loved me. However, she just rewrote all of my resume/personal essay in her own words and threw in a few experiences/impressions she had of me.
Hooks: 1st generation American/American college student; from the tri-state area (Rockland)
Family Income: low 100,000 (both parents)
High School: Don Bosco Prep (private but religious)
Course Selection: 7 AP classes (one of the hardest class schedules possible but not the hardest possible)
Other colleges applied to: U Penn (interviewed but rejected), Rice & Rice/Emory MD program (rejected outright), William and Mary (waitlisted but then rejected), Lehigh (waitlisted <---idk why), Sophie Davis (interviewed but rejected), Binghamton (accepted), and Loyola MD (accepted but waitlisted by honors college). Very sad
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Other info: My val and sals are attending Notre Dame and Georgetown. My senior class got raped by Ivies this year (only 3 (out of the 30 that applied) got accepted Ivies/are attending without any athletic hooks as opposed to the 7ish avg the previous years). No ulterior problems that could have affected my education/life. I am not an athlete even though my school's sports program is top notch (football team is 34th in the nation right now and its XC team placed 8th in the Nike Team Nationals last fall season).
Listen kid. I was like you in my college search; I was probably even more extreme, being too obsessed of finding the small and right college to put on my list. The biggest regret I have after going through everything was that I didn't expand my list more which caused me to have fewer choices for enrollment after decision day. So my friendly advice to you is to make a substantial (about 15-20) list of the colleges you want to apply by the end of the summer. And then rank all of the colleges according to your interest in said college and the likelihood that you can get in with your various hooks and stats (regarding any due dates because of EA or ED of course). Then use said list to decide the order of which you should work on which application/set of essays. Do as many applications as you can going down the list until the last colleges' applications are overdue already. If you do this and don't procrastinate too much, then you shouldn't have a problem getting into all the colleges you apply to. Good luck in your college search!
PS: Don't apply to Macaulay City let alone CCNY unless you have a strong interest in either engineering/chemistry or performing arts/music. Even then you shouldn't apply if you can afford a school with a better engineering and/or music program. City is unique in that its administration is soooo overbearing/sloppy it's crazy! Hunter and Baruch are so much better in terms of less overbearing/more organized administration. Brooklyn and Queens college are in between. Lehman is sort of the same as City. And Staten Island I don't really know much about. Hunter also annually has the most Macaulay students as opposed to City which has one of the smallest Macaulay population. I hope this helps! =)
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