Chance Tufts, Bowdoin, Oberlin...

Zadrii
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:42:26 +0000

My School List:
Tufts
Bowdoin
Johns Hopkins
Wesleyan (Legacy)
Oberlin
Kenyon
Occidental
American
Macalaster

HS Class of 2012
African American Female
Washington State
I go to a pretty bad inner city type public school

GPA: 4.0/ 4.0 (my school doesn’t weight at all, but I have all A’s)
Rank: 2/300
SAT I: CR: 710 M: 680 W: 730 : 2120 (I plan on retaking… can probably get at least 2200)
SAT II: Will take US History and Biology
AP’s: Junior Year: Biology, APUSH
Senior Year: Calc, Chemistry, and Stats (self study)
^^ My school doesn’t have a lot of AP’s and makes it difficult
due to block scheduling,
but I have been taking the hardest classes available and almost
all are honors classes.

ECs:
Year long study abroad in Brazil (my sophomore year, will write essay)
Varsity Soccer (2 years)
Varsity Mock Trial Attorney (2 years- 3rd in districts, 4th in state)
SYPP (city wide youth program) Board member (1 year)
Reading Coach (1 year)
JV Softball (1 year)
Student Government (1 year)
Marching/ Concert Band (3 years)
100+ hrs volunteering w/ foster kids
30 hrs volunteering w/ food bank

CLUBS: Key Club, NHS, GSA, and BSU (leadership position)
SUMMERS: highly competitive University of Washington Biomedical research program

AWARDS:
Multiple state and district mock trial awards (4, I think)
School wide scholar athlete award
National Merit Scholar (anticipated, I got a 236 on PSAT)
National Achievement Scholar

RECS: Are going to be really, really outstanding…

** I don’t have 4 year activities, because one year was spent abroad…

I know I don’t have good awards/ great ec’s… But Chances?