rosietoes

Stats:

ACT: 34
34 english 34 math 34 reading 35 science

GPA-UW/W: 93.5 we don't weight

AP/IB classes: AP Language and Composition (5) AP Comparative Gov & Politics (3, but scored highest in school and was the only junior to take the senior class) taking AP Lit and AP Biology next year. We were not allowed to take AP until Junior year.


Teacher Recs: great
Counselor Rec: even better
EC highlights:
-National Art Honors Society
-Multiple individual awards for outstanding achievement in visual arts
-Newspaper Editor
-100+ hours of service
-3 published poems
-Math Club
-4 years french club
-freshman & sophomore year Varsity Cheerleading
-Won an award for outstanding journalist (Newspaper's version of an MVP award)
-attending a class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earning college credit for it
-Was nominated to take a leadership course and got the opportunity to lead/teach a gym class at my high school.
-2 jobs. Barista from August 2011 to present and Hostess since June 2012
- not sure if i should include this on my application but every year i join 2 clubs I never have participated in before and try them out for the year. Freshman year I did soccer and French club, sophomore year I did anime and girls lacrosse, junior year i did choir and musical. My goal was never to reach perfection in the particular activity but to get involved and meet new people.

Location/Person:
State or Country: IL
School Type: ~1000 kids, Catholic College Prep
Ethnicity: white
Gender: female

Other Factors, hook?:
-I have suffered from mental health issues (depression, anxiety, ADHD) and overcome many struggles throughout high school. I have a very interesting story about my personal growth and maturity. Freshman and soph year i got low 90's but junior year I finally got myself together and found a way to handle my troubles, resulting in high 90's. I made a drastic improvement through school which is visible in my records.

GoldOwl

I think you have a great chance of getting into all of these schools. I mean, UCLA and UMich are public schools and you are OOS, which puts you at a disadvantage, but I still think that with your test scores and ECs, you definitely have a shot. You have an even better shot at USC and NYU since those are large private schools that don't discriminate between in-state and OOS. I can honestly say that I would be shocked if you didn't get into at least one of those schools. Just make sure you write a strong essay! Best of luck!!

rosietoes

Thank you Gold Owl!

Rolando4

You should apply to U of I too. You have a good shot for those schools but The OOS publics will be expensive! Btw, low 90's aren't bad..

rosietoes

Rolando4,
I know low 90's aren't bad, but for the schools I am applying for I felt I needed to do better. I have looked at U of I and it's not very appealing to me. I want to go somewhere that my highschool does not typically feed into and a very large majority of my school ends up there. Thank you for that recommendation though, do you know any others that are similar to the schools I listed?

rosietoes

by the way-- if anyone could chance me even though others have I would really appreciate it. I am extremely stressed about applying because I have been having trouble finding schools I like and still have no idea what I want to do with my life. Basically the chancing gives me a more realistic outlook! Thanks again

rosietoes

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