Because of teacher difficulties/personal preference, I took rather odd paths in my classes (at least for my school.) I’m worried that this could be taken negatively on my applications.
My top three schools are Northeastern, Boston College, and Boston University.
Freshman Year
Adv Algebra i
Adv Integrated Science i
Adv English i
Adv World History
Half Semester Spanish/French each (required
Creative Writing
Young Adult Lit
Chorus
P.E.
Sophomore Year
AP Lang (5)
AP World History (3)
Adv US History
Bio
Geometry
Exploring World Cultures
French ii
Art i
Health
Junior Year
AP Lit (5)
AP US History (4)
Adv Chemistry
Algebra ii at a local college
French iii
Environmental Science
Probable Senior Schedule
English at Bates College (had to apply/be accepted for the program)
Pre Calc and maybe Statistics at local college
Gov at local college
Some Science course at local college
Future Perspectives (required senior class)
Economics
Publications
Student Aid for AP Lang
Culinary Arts
French iv
Scores/Numbers
- Second in my class, possibly first by time of application
- 2040 on my SATS Junior year (610 M, 710 CR, 720 W) w/ hopes to increase my Math 60+ points
- 4.0 weighted GPA. My school doesn’t offer unweighted GPAs.
- I’ve had nearly straight A’s throughout High School with the occasional B from a science course.
Extracurriculars
National Honor Society
Soccer (Freshman - Senior, Captain)
Basketball (Freshman & Sophomore, Coach’s Award)
Cheering (Junior & Senior, MVP Award)
Track (Freshman)
Tennis (Junior - Senior, Coach’s Award, Honorable Mention from our conference)
Outing Club (Sophomore - Senior)
Interact Club (Sophomore - Senior, Vice President)
Student Council (Freshman year)
Attended Girl’s State (Mock Trials Award)
Essays and Recs
I feel pretty confident in both of these things, I have close relationships with multiple teachers and my English teacher and I are both really happy with how my common app essay came out.
Other
- I go to a small school in Maine that doesn’t offer many AP Classes.
- I skipped sophomore year English and thus took AP Lang and AP Lit early.
- Taking college classes is very unusual in my school, I don’t know if that’s the case in other places?
- I don’t have much community service, maybe 15 hours, but Interact Club works to fundraise and then donate the money we raised to good causes
- I’m white, female, from a middle class family.
- Applying to be an English Major