"Chance Me" Thread for 2024 Applicants

Xxdreams
Thu, 12 Sep 2019 01:07:44 +0000

Dartmouth College, Yale University, Barnard College, Cornell University, Brown University, Swarthmore College, Vanderbilt University, University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, William and Mary, American University, Vassar College, Boston College, Fordham University, University of Virgina, Lehigh University

-Unweighted GPA: 4.0
-Weighted GPA (10-12): 4.6

-# of AP/honors courses: 10
Honors Pre-Calculus
AP European History-4
AP Microeconomics-4
AP Macroeconomics-4
AP Statistics-3
AP US History-5
AP Language and Composition-4
AP Physics- currently taking
AP US Government- currently taking
AP Language and Literature- currently taking
AP Computer Science- currently taking

-Class Rank: 4/230

-SAT/ACT scores: 1350 superscore 690 Math 660 Reading/Writing

-SAT II scores:
US History- 690

-ECs:

Journalism/Publication
10, 11, 12 4 hr/wk, 32 wk/yr
Founder/Editor-in-Chief of my school newspaper
“The Jaguar Post” is the student newspaper of my high school. I founded it the end of my freshman year.

Student Govt./Politics
10, 11, 12 4 hr/wk, 36 wk/yr
Student Leadership/Junior Class President/Treasure
Improving campus culture through student wide events was Junior Class President and Treasurer for Senior year

Academic
9, 10, 11, 12 6 hr/wk, 8 wk/yr
Captain/ Academic League
Traveling for academic competitions with local high schools

Junior Counselor/ Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
Leadership Conference
10, 11, 12 20 hr/wk 2wk/yr

Internship
10 40 hr/wk, 8 wk/yr
Intern/Senator Joel Anderson Internship
Constituent Correspondence

-employment:
Pharmacy: Front End Sales Manager/Media Manager 20 hrs/wk 52 wks/yr
Deli: Short order cook 30 hrs/wk 18 wk/yr

-honors/awards:
CASL State Board Finalist

HOBY Leadership Conference Finalist

Rotary Club Speech Contest Finalist

Girl State Alternate

AP Scholar with Distinction

-short explanation on recs/essays:
Common App: my intellectual journey from an ideologue to intellect
Emphasizes my curiosity, willingness to self-reflect, and criticize my own opinions.
Letter of Recs:
10/10 APUSH teacher corroborating my common app to my journey to intellectualism
10/10 AP Lang & Comp teacher highlight my leadership and my ability to rise up from a loss (losing a huge thing in my life)
10/10 Pharmacy Employer highlight my work ethic and ideas to strive for better
10/10 Peer rec for dartmouth (she is attending that school) talking about my strengths