Chance??

<p>Should I bother applying???</p>

<p>Expected major: Anthropology</p>

<p>Female/ Catholic/ Middle Class
National honor society member</p>

<p>GPA: 3.85 uw/ 4.79 w
Rank: 3/190
SAT: retaking this fall- expecting a 1900-2000 (my SATs are my low point)
SATII:
Bio 660 (retaking)
Taking Math 1 & 2 this fall</p>

<p>I have taken 3 APs so far and planning on taking 3 my senior year.
I will have taken 4 yrs of Spanish after my senior year.
All of my core classes have been honors or AP throughout high school.</p>

<p>EC:

  • HS volleyball team (1yr JV / 3yrs varsity)
  • Made the Volleyball All-Division Team my junior year
  • Club Volleyball (2yrs) - Team CoCapt for 1 of the years
  • HS Track & Field team (3 yrs)
  • HS Student Council - have helped run various activities and have chaired committees
    -> Junior Class Rep (last yr)
    -> Recording Secretary (this coming yr)
  • HS class council
  • Irish Step Dancer (up until sophomore yr)
    -2 yrs. Confirmation classes</p>

<p>Volunteer:

  • Church Missionary - went to Nicaragua over my school vacation last year to work at an orphanage
  • CCD Teachers assistant (during 10th grade)
  • CCD 1st grade teacher (during 11th grade)
  • Mass Reader at my church
  • Ran middle school volleyball clinics
  • Currently working on cemetery clean-up activities in local communities
  • Hoping to volunteer at a local medical hospital this coming school year</p>

<p>Misc:
-Pharmacy Internship/Observation
-'11 Graduation Grand Marshall
-Have given speeches and presentations about missionary work in Nicaragua
-Received the URI Book Award</p>

<p>Good EC’s. Great rank, is the high school a good one? SAT scores need some help…</p>

<p>You will be a good test case for the supposed “holistic/total package” admissions review process. Good luck.</p>