Chance Me: Virginia Tech Engineering

pinkcarnation1
Sun, 07 Dec 2014 18:23:55 +0000

I am an aspiring engineering student and being able to attend Virginia Tech’s engineering school has been a dream of mine. I just need help finding out whether or not I even have a chance of getting in (not deferred). I applied Early Decision on November 1st. Here are my stats:

GPA (weighted): 4.23
Class Rank: 32/460 (Top 10%)

SAT (superscore): 1930
Reading-650
Math-630
Verbal-650

9th Grade Courses:
Geometry - A+
Earth Science Honors - A-
Pre Ap World History (honors) - B
Honors English - A-
German 3 - A-
Orchestra - A+

10th Grade Courses:
English Honors - A+
Algebra 2/ Trig (honors) - A-
Biology Honors- A
Chemistry- A+
German 4 Honors- B+
Orchestra- A+
PEER (no grade)

11th Grade Courses:
AP Language/Composition - A-
AP Biology- A
Math Analysis (Honors Pre Calculus)- A
German 5 Honors- A-
US & VA History- A+
Economics- A-
Personal Finance- A
Orchestra- A+

In the summer going into my senior year, I attended the Governor’s School for Agriculture at Virginia Tech

12th Grade Courses:
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP German
Physics
US & VA Government
Teacher’s Assistant

Awards/Honors:
Governor’s School For Agriculture at Virginia Tech

•2014 Summer Attended Governor’s School for a month where I was a part of the Animal Science major
•Wrote a research paper on the use of GMOs in developing countries to alleviate world hunger
•Presented my research at Virginia Tech’s Graduate Center to a panel of judges

Girl Scouts-Silver Award

•January 2011 Co-Led a Stop Hunger Now event at a local church where we recruited volunteers to package food to send to various countries around the world
•Packaged enough food to feed over 200,000 people around the globe

Delta Epsilon Phi- German Honorary
•2012-present Granted this honor to be a part of the German honorary society for maintaining a high average in the class.

Certificate of Special Recognition-Academic Letter

•2012-2013 School Year (Sophomore Year) Recognized in the yearly ceremony for obtaining a cumulative grade point average above 4.0
•2013-2014 School Year (Junior Year) Recognized in the yearly ceremony for maintaining a cumulative grade point average above 4.0

Honor Roll

Certificate of Achievement of Becoming a PEER Helper

Club Membership/Leadership/Activities:

National Honor Society
• Committee Leader

Science National Honor Society

German Club
•President

UNICEF

Global Ambassador’s Club
•Committee Leader

Chamber Orchestra

Girl Scouts
•Level: Ambassador
•Active member for 10 years

Acolyte & Sunday School Teacher at my local church for over 10 years

Loudoun Soccer

Varsity Track & Field