financial aid/scholarships

lazydaisy
Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:20:27 +0000

Here’s the deal: I really love GMU, I’ve been here for speech camp in the summer for two years and I just really like the school in general. However, I’m from North Carolina and I need money. Basically, since we have UNC Chapel Hill, my parents won’t let me go to Mason unless I get scholarships of some sort.
Pretty much what are my chances of getting scholarships? And how is the need based financial aid? Is it crappy? Thanks guys.

Academics:
SAT: Verbal 680 Math 700 Writing 690
Subject Tests: Literature 740 class rank: 13/429
GPA: uw 3.7 (our unweighted system is kind of weird, but i’ve never gotten below a 92 in anything) w. 4.746
APs: English Lang 5
Statistics 4
Psychology 4
US History 3
Environmental Science 3
Government 3

Senior schedule:
AP English 4
IB 20th Century History
IB Psychology 2
IB Math Studies 2
AP Biology
Honors Spanish 3

recommendations: really good. I read one from my AP English teacher junior year. She’s awesome, and the other is from my math teacher who’s taught me the past 3 years and loves me.
extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate- President this year, secretary last year. Honestly this is what I’ve focused the most on in high school. I spend about 14 hours a week on it between practices and tournaments. I’ve been a state finalist, won districts and been successful in Humorous Interpretation and Original Oratory. I absolutely love speech and it shows. I’ve participated all 4 years.
NHS- project manager
Interact- member, service projects
student government- class representative 9th and 10th grade
Violin- suzuki level 7, I’ve been playing since middle school
I do Yoga and I carriage drive my miniature horse
Church- I’m the prayer leader of my youth group and I volunteer there a lot.

community service:
I have a lot of community service.
Church- multiple things with my youth group
Volunteer at the Coalition for Human Care
Volunteer at ARC (association of ■■■■■■■■ citizens)
paper drives at my school and regularly work recycling drive at my town
I also have been an AP/Honors teaching assistant for the past 2 years (grade papers etc)

awards and other stuff:
All of my speech stuff plus:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Forensic League Academic All-American
Junior Marshal for Graduation
NC Governor’s School Nominee – English
Excellence in Speech Award at my school junior and sophomore year
Barnes-Travis Arts Scholarship (arts award in my community)
School winner of the Rotary Club Alcohol and Drug Awareness Speech Competition
Best Newcomer to Speech Award at my school
County Winner of the Optimist Oratorical Competition (2006)
-Invited Presenter at the North Carolina Poetry Society Statewide Annual Meeting, recited my poem, Math, published in North Carolina Poetry Society’s book Bay Leave

anything else that could help me:
My dad is Puerto Rican, so I can put hispanic down on my forms. But I’m not bilingual and it’s not like I have dual citizenship anywhere so I’m not sure if this matters.