Great EC's, kinda low SAT

meadowl13
Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:17:37 +0000

FOR::: William and Mary, Boston College, URichmond, Northeastern, Villanova… and as a (gigantic??) reach, Georgetown?

My School: Competitive day/boarding College Prep School, well-known but not on Exeter’s level haha. since sophomore year.
GPA: 3.71 UW, 4.1 W. Grades are mostly B+/A- but got B- (first semester) and C+ (second semester, year average) in Chem Honors this year. The teacher was SO unhelpful. nobody understood that class.

AP classes not offered for frosh or sophomore year, though the honors classes are almost on the same level. Junior year AP’s: English Language, US History. Probably got 4’s on AP tests.
Planned Senor year AP’s: English Literature, US Gov’t, Spanish V.
SAT- 1970… eh.
math- 650
critical reading- 650
writing- 670

EC’s:
Hunter Jumper (3’0") Horseback riding for the past 5 years, once/twice a week. Retrained an ex-racehorse. Competed only locally (due to family finances), several champion and reserve champion awards, 3rd place High Point award for my division.

Dancing (Modern/Contemporary/Ballet) for the past 5 years, 5 days a week at school. Choreographed for Student Showcase twice, attended a two-week workshop with a renowned dance academy (audition only) and a four hour training session (at school) with two dancers from Cirque Du Soleil. Also perform every 3 months with a Lyrical Dance group at my church

School Clubs-
–Future Business Leaders of America (president/founder)- 1 year, mostly fundraising. (little interest, had to drag my friends to the meetings)
–Book Club (Creative writing and reading)… (member for 1 year, secretary this year, was asked to be co-President next year), writing, reading, fundraising. (((For any other bookworms- John Green is INCREDIBLE!! Love his work.)))
–Equestrian Club (president/founder)-1 year, volunteering, fundraising
–Humane Society- 3 years. volunteering, fundraising.

Volunteering-
-Humane Society, 20+hrs
-At a hippo-therapy center (physical therapy for special needs kids using horses), I organize volunteer days with my Equestrian club. 15 hrs.
-At a kids’ camp at a science and history museum, organizing/planning activities, watching/helping kids. 200 hours.

Other:
Pet sitting Business- very successful, $200+ a month, almost five days a week I’m taking care of neighbor’s pets. It certainly has taught me to manage my time and finances!

I also went on an one week Orphanage Outreach trip to the Dominican Republic where we taught English and helped clean up an orphanage. ~60 hours of community service.

Awards:
Outstanding Academic Award- Spanish 2. 2010 (this was at a huge public school, and very few freshmen took Spanish 2)
Outstanding Achievement in Writing- English Honors I. 2010 (public school)
First/Second Honors
Outstanding Volunteer Award (from the museum)
“Premio de Plata” National Spanish Exam Level 4. Scored in 94th percentile.

Sorry this is so long! I really appreciate your responses!! :)