chances for a full ride anywhere...

trjohnson1
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:07:28 +0000

white male, georgia resident
intended major: double, english/theatre
3.92 GPA unweighted
4.38 GPA weighted
11 out of 198 in my class
3 AP’s so far, 6 more for senior year (as many as my school had available for me)
3 on APUSH exam, expecting 3/4 for AP govt and 4/5 for AP lang
1940 SAT - expecting ~2100 on pending results
31 ACT - expecting ~33/34 on pending results
retaking ACT
taking SATII’s in lit, us hist, world hist, french, math lv 2
203 PSAT ( i think) - haven’t released finalists/semifinalists etc yet i don’t think, but i’m at least national merit commended

EC’s:
national art honors society
-3 yrs, vice-president (sophomore, junior, & senior)

thespian society (drama club)
-2 yrs, historian/librarian (junior & senior)
-involved in 5 productions junior year
-expect to be involved in 6 productions senior year, directing one of them in the fall

summer community theatre
-summer production (junior-senior summer)

debate team/student congress
-2 years, team began in my school last year (junior & senior)

improvisational theatre troupe
-2 years, co-leader, troupe began in my school last year (junior & senior)
-student run, performed 3 shows last year, expecting 3 or 4 more this year
-personally intergrating clowning & physical comedy into it this year

interact
-2 years member (freshmen & sophomore, unfortunately disbanded in my school after that)

year book
-1 year, photographer (sophomore)

work experience
-local pediatrics center (sophomore-junior & junior-senior summers)

schedule:
freshmen-
computer apps - 89
drafting - 92
writer’s workshop - 97
health/PE - 97
world lit (H) - 93
algebra II (H) - 88
biology (H) - 98
world history (H) -96

sophomore-
yearbook - 92
beginner art - 96
french I - 96
french II - 97
american lit (H) - 95
euclidean geometry (H) - 95
physical science (H) - 95
AP US history - 97

junior-
advanced art - 99
advanced theatre - 100
advanced theatre - 100
french III (H) - 91
AP language - 100
precalculus (H) - 92
chemistry (H) - 95
AP government - 96

senior-
advanced theatre
advanced theatre
AP art
AP french
AP literature
AP calculus AB
AP biology
AP microeconomics

since they insist i could get a full ride, my parents are giving me no money for my college education, despite the fact they make 150k/year (what? efc=like 50k? yay! no financial aid for me!) so i have to get a full ride.
safety-
mercer (4k/year from hope+gteg)
oglethorpe (4k/year from hope+gteg)

match-
UGA (free tuition from hope)
furman
tulane
rhodes

reach-
emory (4k/year from hope+gteg)
vanderbilt

i realize a full ride from most of these is wishful thinking. the safety/match/reach rating are not in reference to my acceptance, but roughly (well, extremely roughly) to my chance for scholarship money.
also willing to take any advice for where else i should apply that i might receive a full ride to.

thank you for your help!

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