So, I applied to Northeastern, McGill, WPI, RPI, RIT, BU, UConn, and Harvard (lol I know it’s gonna be impossible)
I’m a white female and I applied for CS and linguistics (where possible, RIT and WPI don’t offer it)
Stats:
ACT Comp: 34 (really a 33.5, does it round up?)
Math: 30 (I know it’s kinda low)
Science: 34
English: 34
Reading: 36
GPA: unweighted: 3.7 weighted 4.0 (7 APs, 3 last year, 4 this year - pretty much took as many as I could) - upward trend, then it dropped junior year when I could take APS and no idea how senior year factors in, but I’m doing better
Also, I skipped Geometry and Precalc using an online course, I’m hoping it shows ambition a bit lmao
AP Calc AB: 5
AP Chem: 4
APUSH: 5
I’m 7th in a class of 145
ECs:
Math Team: 2 years, I got a varsity letter but that means nothing lol - I didn’t know it existed for a bit
A Cappella: 4 years, It’s kind of leadership (which I mentioned on common app), I’m the head of my section and kinda do have authority over the others? I did get into districts this year though so that was p cool
A smaller ensemble: 2 years, it’s a (weirdly named) SSAA invitation only all girls ensemble that started last year, I’m one of the first members
Theatre: Musicals for 4 years, no major roles (no matter how hard I try lol)
Robotics Internship: 1 year (summer really), built an undersea robot with a small team, paid internship
Work: 2 years, I’ve worked as a page at my local library, usually 6-9 hours a week
Volunteer?: 1 year, I volunteered at a local consignment shop for a summer and organized a lot
Volunteer kinda: I helped for 2 summers at multiple theatre summer camps, led the kids and taught choreo and music
Essays:
Uh, I think my essay is pretty good. I talked about my passion for my majors so really generic, but a lot of people told me they liked my essay.
Teacher Recs:
One from my Chem teacher, one of my Calc teacher: My chem teacher is harsh but she adores her AP Chem students so I’m hoping that helped, and my Calc teacher is just a great dude all around. I had them both for 2 years and I’m hoping they explained that I’m a good student though I did struggle in their classes a bit (high 80 avg by end of the year)