Is Scripps Impossible or within grasp?

jleefire
Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:08:11 +0000

First of all I would like to thank you for reading this post. It’s incredibly long, but your opinion means the world. Scripps is my first choice. I fell in love with it even before I first set foot on campus.

Female (obviously)
From Tennessee
I come from a single parent household. My mother is a doctor. My father is an attorney, but at this point I am assuming he is not contributing towards my college funds.
I attend a small, private girls-school. We are known to be one of (if not the) most challenging school in the city.

GPA: 3.74u/4.87W* My school does not use a normal GPA ranking system (meaning it’s not out of a 5.0)
Class Rank: School does not rank
ACT: 31C, 34E, 34R, 28M, 28S, 08W
APs: English Lit and Comp (5), World History (5), U.S. World (4), Latin (3), Human Geo (TBA), English Lit and Comp (TBA), AB Calc (TBA)

Classes (I don’t remember exact grades) I am considered to be taking one of the more heavy course options at the school Average = 4-6 APs, Heavy = 7+

Freshman Year: All "A"s
H. English 9
H. Geometry
H. Biology
World History I
Latin II
Health
Choir

Sophomore: Mostly "B"s , Some "A"s
H. English 10
H. Algebra II
H. Chemistry
AP US History
H. Latin III

Junior: Mix of "A"s and "B"s
AP English 11
H. Pre-Calc (AB)
H. Physics
AP World History II
AP Latin IV
Chamber Ensemble (Auditioned Based Singing Group)

Senior: All "A"s (except Math)
AP English 12
AP Calculus AB
H. Music History/ H. Religious Writing
Comparative Religions/ AP Human Geography
H. Latin V
Chamber Ensemble

My dip in grades are explained in one of my rec letters. Sophomore Year my parents were getting divorced and I was diagnosed with depression. Junior Year I was hospitalized for an illness for several weeks and had to attend weeks of rehabilitative therapy

Extra-Curricular:
Piano (12 years) - won several awards
Newspaper (4 years - Reporter, Entertainment Editor, Creative Director 11-12)
Music CD Staff Member (9-12)
Technology Club President (10-11)
Latin Club (9-12)
Wordsmith Team (10,11,12*) - won some awards

National Beta Club (9-12)
National Honor Society (11-12)
National Latin Honor Society (9)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (11-12)
University of Rochester’s Xerox Award
Poetry is published in a National Magazine

Volunteer:
Animal Shelter, Soup Kitchen, Church Youth Group Events, File Clerk for Doctor’s office, I co-founded a service project to provide books for underprivileged children in South America

Job:
Worked a 45 hour week as a receptionist at a doctor’s office summer of my junior year.

Summer Programs:
Vanderbilt’s Summer Academy (Short Story Writing) -After 10th Grade
Kenyon Review’s Young Writers Workshop - After 11th Grade

That’s all I can remember at the moment. Once again, thank you for your patience. Your input is worth a lot.