Chance me: OH resident, National Hispanic Recognition, 3.94 UW, 32 ACT (33 super); creative writing, screen writing, game story development

I think your daughter has a shot at any of the schools on your list. Yes, you have a lot of reaches, but I feel this is reasonable since you have a solid safety and some matches (given that she attends a private day school that has a proven track record with these schools.) Also it sounds as if she would be disappointed, but not devastated, if she receives rejections. So your list is good, in my opinion.

In terms of which 5 awards to list, I WOULD list National Hispanic Recognition Scholar. I would NOT list National Honor Society or International Thespian Honor Society (too generic.) For the others, I’m not sure. I do think it is probably better to list more recent things, as well as ones that highlight the qualities she wants to highlight most given her interests. So, for example, since she doesn’t plan to be a French major and because it happened way back in 2021 I wouldn’t list the Marie Curie Award.

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