East Coast Schools + some Cali

Chance Me / Match Me
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Location: California, highly competitive area (college wise)
Race: Hispanic/White
Income <40k

SAT: 710 R, 720 M- Essay 4,4,4 (this wasn’t my shining moment… essays)
SAT II: 710 Math I, 590 Bio E (not submitting either)
Unweighted GPA: 3.93
Weighted GPA: 4.13
APs: AP Euro-3, AP Enviro-4, AP Lang-4, AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Comp Gov, AP US Gov

Awards
-National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
(yea thats it)

Activities & Leadership Positions
Art philanthropy club (3 years)- treasurer
Lit Mag (3 years)- Treasurer and VP
Youth & Gov (4 years)- Pres, Gov Lobbyist, PAC Co-chair
Cross Country (2 years)
Track (3 years)
National French Honors Society (3 years)
National Thespian Honors Society (4 years)
Theatre Club (4 years)

Letter Of Rec:
I got one from my AP Lang teacher who knows me better than I know myself- so it was probably really good
History teacher: decent
Drama Teacher (for northeastern): Has known me for 4 years and watched me grow

Essays
I feel my common app is strong and my supplements are decent

Special Circumstances
My dad has cancer, so I’ve had to help out more at home
Both my parents lost their jobs, so it has been a rough transition from upper middle class to less than 40k a year

Schools & Major per school (based on how they let you double major- will end up having econ or poli sci and theatre)
NYU- Poli Sci
Northeastern- Theatre
Bard- Econ
Cal Poly- Econ
SDSU- Econ
Fordham- Econ
Williams- Theatre
Harvard- Theatre (parents making me apply)
U Chicago- Theatre
Hofstra- Econ
Boston University- Econ
Hofstra- Poli Sci & honors college
Santa Clara- Econ or Poli Sci
William & Mary- Econ
Amherst- Poli Sci

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Should be pretty set for most of these schools, Harvard and some of the other LACs are a bit of a stretch, especially considering that you’re not sending any SAT IIs and there’s not a whole bunch of recognition.

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Yea my parents are making me apply to the crazy hard ones to get into aka Harvard. I think on Harvard and U Chicago recommend subject tests and since I don’t really care about those, I figured it’d be fine.
@accaccacc

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EDIT: I’m sending in a portfolio for the Theatre Arts schools, so that should help somewhat.
@alexis71200

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Why not Vassar or Wesleyan, given your interests? Stronger options than Bard IMHO.

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@ReallyOk - the Political Science, Economics (Levy Institute!) and Theater departments at Bard College are wonderful - the equal to Wesleyan and Vassar (which are certainly good options, as well, for the OP.) Not sure why you would think otherwise.

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I looked at Vassar and didn’t really like it as much.