Do I have a chance, lower GPA

romanigypsyeyes
Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:33:31 +0000

White, female from Michigan.
First in the family to go to college.
Grew up below poverty level.
Not below poverty level anymore.
Father was in a nearly fatal accident when I was in 7th grade and ever since then everybody has to take care of him so I wasn’t really able to be involved in anything prior to getting my license in 11th grade.
My other issue is that I missed a lot of middle and high school due to being in the hospital. I have chronic pneumonia and a bad immune system so I’m constantly in and out of the hospital. Finally between sophomore and junior year they tried some new experimental thing on me that seems to be working better.

GPA= ~3.75 UW, 3.917 W. Projected for the end of Junior year. (TRYING to get it up.)
Class rank- In top 10% but I’m not sure exactly what it is.

ACT scores: (retaking).
Comp: 29.
English: 31.
Math: 28. (NO idea how I got that low.)
Reading: 29.
Science: 26.

Taking the Math 2 and Biology SAT 2 in a few weeks.

AP Tests: (These were self study.)
Bio: 4.
Psych: 4.
Gov: 4.

Before graduation taking: Calc AB, Calc BC, World History, Prob and Stats, English language and literature, and maybe some other ones.

(Do they even look at AP tests?)

ECs: (I know my positions for 12th grade because we had election for next year already.)

Freshman basketball. Couldn’t go beyond due to injury.
Started a nonprofit innercity basketball league close to Detroit for girls. It’s been successful. (Started when I was 12, been going for 5 years.)
Awareness and Activism (Humanitarian club that partnered with Invisible Children and Save Darfur.) - Treasurer. (11, 12)
Debate Club. (10-12).
Save Clark Park (dedicated to saving an innercity organization known as Clark Park in Detroit)- Co-President. (12).
Animal Rights Club- 11. President (12).
NHS.
Worked with the Detroit Humane Society to help raise thousands of dollars for homeless pets. Very active in volunteering there. (11, 12)
Worked with Latino Family Services in Detroit to raise thousands of dollars for homeless Latino families in Detroit. (9-12).
Coach a right-start (5-7 year olds) basketball. (10-12).
Coach girls basketball teams (9-11 and 12-14 year olds). (9-12).
Play volleyball, softball, basketball, and swim. Not school due to injury..
Cofounded Save The Bullies (organization that helps stop BSL and helps save dogs of the Pit Bull breed.) (11-12).

Most of my clubs are humanitarian based and I’ve organized countless amounts of charity projects and raised tens of thousands of dollars for them. It is my passion.

Recommendations should be good. My teachers really like me and one I’m asking is a Fulbright Scholar who absolutely adores me.

If I get my GPA up, do I have a chance? I REALLY want to go to Amherst. I don’t really have a hook though.

Any suggestions would be great too.

EDIT: I am also applying for Questbridge.