Demographics
- US Citizen
- State/Location of residency: Minnesota
- Type of high school (or current college for transfers): Public
- Other special factors: First gen, Adopted (Freshman year), 13 people in my household (includes uncle who has leukemia, aunt, and 2 cousins)
**Cost Constraints / Budget: As little as possible of course! Also, since I was a foster kid at the age of 14, I will be considered an “Independent” on the FAFSA, which should significantly improve my financial aid if I’m not matched.
**Intended Major(s): Pre-law, Political Science
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- GPA (Unweighted): 3.949
- GPA (Weighted): 4.281
- Class Rank: 6/437
- Test optional
**HS coursework: I’ve taken 9 AP classes, 1 honors class, and 1 CIS class throughout high school. For my AP classes I’ve taken Human Geography(5), APUSH(4), Bio(4), Lang(4), World(3), Chem(3). The last two were taken under less than great circumstances.
**Awards:
- AP Scholar (10th)
- All Conference -Speech- (10th)
- Outstanding New Speaker (10th)
- Most Likely to Light up a Room -Speech- (9th)
- Lettered -Speech- (9th)
- AP Scholar With Distinction (11th)
- QuestBridge College Prep Scholar (11th)
- Honor roll (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
- National Rural and Small Town Recognition Program (12th)
- National First-Generation Recognition Program (12th)
**Extracurriculars: Speech team (9th, 10th, 12th–Captain senior year–), volunteering at family fun nights around my area, Mental health day (talking to elementary schoolers across my district about mental health) Chess team (9th).
**Essays/LORs/Other
-Short Answers (8.5/10)
-Writing Exercise I: I wrote about wanting to pursue law because of my lawyer when I was in foster care (9/10)
Writing Exercise II: I wrote about a road trip with my adoptive family and how I value them. (10/10)
-Personal Essay: I wrote about the “situation” that led me and my siblings to be put in foster care, and my journey to realizing that it wasn’t my fault–at least not in the way I’d thought. (10/10)
-LOR from APUSH teacher: (10/10) --Guess
-LOR from AP Bio teacher: (10/10) --Guess
-LOR from Counselor: (10/10) --Guess
I had many memorable interactions with all of the people who wrote me a LOR, and I feel like the letters they wrote me are very strong (although I haven’t seen them of course)
**Schools Ranked:
- Yale
- Cornell
- Stanford
- Princeton
- U Chicago
- Duke
- U Penn
- Rice
(If not matched, I’ll also be applying to: The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, University of Wisconsin Madison, Hamline (in St. Paul), and University of Michigan Ann Arbor through RD)
The decisions on who the finalists are will be out tomorrow (wish me luck!) If I become a finalist, I’ll have the chance to be accepted to the Match. If I’m missing anything (which I probably am) please let me know!
Thanks!!!
