Help Me Form A Realistic List Please!

cmarshall497
Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:20:42 +0000

Hey, let me first say that I am only a sophomore, but I want to begin my college search soon. To do this, I want to have a realistic idea of where I could get in. These stats are projected, so this is what I imagine my resume looking like senior year. Test scores and GPA will just be a guess according to what I think I could do. I also understand that essays and recs are also very important, so just chance me based on my (projected) stats. Thank You!

General Info:
-Male
-White
-Income Bracket: ~$85,000

Education:
-Public High School in Rural VA. ~700 students
-Governor’s School for 1/2 day.
-Program where talented students go to the Governor’s School for the first half of the day and return to their home high school for the second half.
-UW GPA:~4.0 (projected) W GPA:~4.4 (projected)
-SAT: ~2200+
-SAT Subject Tests: ~700+ for each
-I am taking the hardest course load possible, but my school only offers 3 or 4 APs. I do hope to self study a few so that I can enter college (hopefully) with more credits (though at most of these schools, I’d need a 5) and to show initiation.

Activities:
-Theater (5-15 hours per week, some weeks are 25+)
Stage Crew (2011-2013)
Set Construction (2011-present)
Stage Management (2013-present)
Many school and community productions throughout the year
Publicity Chair(2012-2013), Treasurer (2013-2014), Vice President (2014-present)
Planned meetings and lead SDHS Drama Club and Thespian Troupe.
Honor Member of International Thespian Society

-Technology Student Association (5-7 hours per week)
Chapter Officer
Parliamentarian(2011-2012), Secretary(2012-2013), President(2013-present)
Organized, planned, and ran chapter meetings (~30+members)
Regional Officer
Secretary(2012-2014), President (2014-present)
The region consists of 30+ middle and high schools in the Shenandoah Valley
Held meetings to prepare for the regional fair
Awards
Seven Regional Awards, Three State Awards

-Writing
(I plan to enter in competitions. Hopefully I’ll have awards to list)
Writing Club (maybe an officer?)
National Novel Writing Month
“NaNoWriMo” challenges writers to write a 50,000 word novel in November(2 times)
“Camp NanoWriMo”- same deal but in one of the summer months (5 times)
A few novels published as e-books ( I write a lot, and want to at least self publish my
novels as ebooks. I know anyone can do it, I just want my work out there somehow)

-Work Experience
I plan to work part time the second I turn 16 and can look for a job.
Teen Volunteer at local hospital
Misc. Community Service (50 hrs./year)

So, that is the basic overview of what I hope my resume to look like. These are the activities that I want to highlight and show that I am passionate about them. I definitely don’t have a padded application, but I hope this conveys dedication. I do hope I can win awards here and there to put in it, but who knows? So how is it? To let you have an idea of where I am looking at: (A lot of these are slight reaches)

Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Brown University (Definitely a reach)
Claremont McKenna College
College of William and Mary
Columbia University (Definitely a reach)
Dartmouth College (Definitely a reach)
Haverford College
Northwestern University
Pomona College
Swarthmore College
University of Chicago
UPenn
Vassar College
Wash U. in St. Louis
Washington and Lee University
Williams College

Sorry that this is such a broad list. So are these colleges unrealistic for me or do I have a shot? I know all of them are selective, but I have no idea how I will match up to the rest of the applicants. All help is appreciated. Thank you!