awger17
Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:23:56 +0000

Merit Scholarship Chances?
Nominated for Full-Ride scholarships by my high school for Duke (Robertson), UNC, Washington University in St. Louis (Danforth), U Virginia (Jefferson) and I am also applying for scholarships at Boston College, Vanderbilt, USC, and the UC system.
SAT: 2340 (800 Math, 740 CR, 800 Writing)
SAT II: 780 Math, 760 US History, 740 Physics, 730 Chem
GPA: 3.96 UW at competitive private school in Los Angeles, 4.5 W (#3 in class of about 120)

Other Academic Honors: National Merit Commended, various awards for being the best student in certain classes (AP Phys B, AP US H, and others), awards for Highest GPA, *** Laude Society, took Business class at community college and earned an A

ECs: Club Soccer at Gold level (would probably be able to play DIII like at WashU) (captain for two years before I tore my ACL), Varsity Soccer, Varsity Lacrosse, Zen Club (works in my essay), various community service activities (Head Officer of Best Buddies), founding member of Business Club, Weightlifting

Other: I take an Applied Psychology class that is also known as “Peer Leadership” (students teach and mentor a freshman class once a week). 20 students were selected from about a group of 75 to
be a part of the “Peer Leadership” program.

Work Experience: Summer job as sports coach for last 5 summers (5-6 weeks each summer, 40 hours per week)
Good Essays, Good Recs, the usual goodness

Additional Details
competitive meaning the average GPA of the students accepted to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, etc. from my school is between O.1 and 0.2 less than my GPA