Chance Me for Colby RA!

calltomuster
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:54:57 +0000

Demographics: white middle class female from a rural area in the Midwest. Currently attend a boarding school

Intended majors: political science/international relations, Spanish, computer science?

SAT: 1540 superscored (770 EBRW, 770 M), highest score w/o superscore is a 1500

took the APUSH exam and got a 4, school doesn’t offer APs

W GPA: 4.18 (school doesn’t offer UW or rank)

Coursework: took all the honors classes or college level (school’s replacement of AP) courses I could, did well in them

Awards: National Merit semifinalist, got an award for the best junior in the school, Harvard book prize, U of Rochester Young Leaders Award, 7th place in a statewide writing competition, 3rd place in a schoolwide scholarly research paper contest

Extracurriculars: currently student body co-president, class president for the two years before that, prefect (like an RA) for junior and senior years, editor for the school paper for the past 3 years, head stage manager, studied abroad in the summer between sophomore and junior years (6 weeks), tour guide, analyst for the Student Investment Committee

Essays: Common App essay is probably about a 7/10. I think it’s pretty good but I know people on this sub like to exaggerate how good theirs are.

LORs: I can’t read them but I’m confident they’re good.

I already submitted my application because I had the Common App done and there are no supplementals.