Chance Me Please! (CWRU, UPitt, UMich, BC, Villanova, Purdue, UMN TC)

Chance Me / Match Me
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-Intended Major: Nursing
-Female, Asian, moved to a small town in South Dakota from the Philippines four years ago
-not a legacy or first-generation college student
-mom works two jobs, dad cannot work due to spine problems
-Bilingual (English, Tagalog)

ACT: 33 (35 Eng, 35 Reading, 32 Sci, 28 Math; 2nd try, will not retake)
Will take SAT Lit, Math 2, and Biology E/M before the end of 2019.

GPA: 4.0 (UW) 4.318 (W)
Honor Roll, first of my class since 8th grade (54 ish students)

College Dual Enrollment Classes (taken online, taught by univ. professors, all my grades were As)

Junior Year:
-College Algebra
-US History I
-US History II
-Intro to Psychology
-Intro to Speech
-Intro to Sociology

Summer:
-Art Appreciation
-American Government
-Introductory French I
-Introductory French II

Am Taking Senior Year:
-Introduction to Ethics
-Comp I
-Comp II
-Intermediate French I
-Intermediate French II

School does not offer AP/IB programs. Will also be taking Advanced Chemistry and Anatomy/Physiology this year. All my English classes were at the Honors level from 9th-11th.

ECS:

Job: Interpreter (Tour Guide)/Cashier at a local non-profit museum with in-situ research and excavation, 3 years and going. Promoted to Lead Desk Attendant my second year, Named Interpreter of the Year last year

Secretary for Key Club (11th, 12th) raised $5000 for student with autoimmune encephalitis
Student Council President (11th, 12th) raised $6000 in class funds
National Honors Society Treasurer (12th)

Knowledge Bowl participant (11th, 12th)
West River Math Contest (6th place soph., 10th place junior)
Had over 5+ artworks every year displayed at a local art show (9th, 10th, 11th, possibly 12th)

100+ hrs activities volunteer at a local nursing home
Around 50 hours volunteering to make stage props for school play
Attended Scrubs Camp at local hospital (11th, 12th)
15 hours job shadowing a nurse at local hospital
Attended Girls State 2019, was City Councilor and Juror
Will be attending Close Up in DC in 2020
I am my high school’s only candidate for the US Presidential Scholars

Thanks in advance

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I will add that my school does not have a lot of clubs/extracurriculars, so thats why you won’t see stuff like Model UN and the like.

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If you are interested in nursing, then consider UPenn’s Nursing school. You have a strong cohesive story, and I think you have a good chance. The financial aid at Penn will likely be better than the others listed above.

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You have a good chance of getting in, but run the NPC on each school to make sure they would be affordable. Some of the schools you listed aren’t known for generous financial aid.

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May I know which schools? (I’m assuming its UMich, Purdue and UPitt)

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@buckybarnesx

All of the state schools, especially since you’re out of state for all of them. Also, Villanova isn’t known for generous aid.

You may qualify for some merit at Pitt, though it likely won’t be enough to make it affordable.

CWRU and BC may be affordable with financial aid and/or merit, but you would have to run the NPC to be sure.