QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship 2015 Decisions Thread

Irishtwins
Fri, 01 May 2015 14:39:08 +0000

Decision: ACCEPTED

SAT : 2050
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Weighted: 4.79
Ranked 8/372 at a school with 1750 students
Homeschooled up until High School

Honors: Duke Tip 7th grade Talent Search, Congressional Award-Bronze Certificate
AP’s 4 in Junior Year: AP Euro Hist, AP Bio, AP Cal AB & BC
(going to take 4 more AP’s in senior year plus a Dual enrollment class)

College credit from USC Columbia SC for Intro to Engineering taught at HS
3 years of Spanish thus far

Extracurricular, Volunteer and Personal Activities:

1. Worship Guitarist for 100’s at church and Youth Group Lead guitarist. Have played with famous musicians.

2. Co-lead Middle school Boys Bible study
These first two equal many, many hours of volunteer time

3. Cross Country

4. Representative on student council

5. Beta Club member

6. Happy Birthday Teacher club member

7. FCA

8. Volunteer: Read to kids to help them improve reading, worked in soup kitchen during holidays, Samaritans Purse

Short Answers and Essay: Put a lot into it.
Teacher Recommendation: Strong (did not opt to view)
Grades : All A’s with 1 B in (primarily) Honors & AP classes

Going to Palmetto Boys State camp this summer and also a second mission trip to Colombia, South America.

State : SC
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: <50K

First Generation with Dad, Mom has B.S. Degree but is a homemaker

Quest Bridge Awards:
• Free, on-demand test prep from Kaplan
• Personalized essay coaching (very cool one time help to improve essay)
• A nomination for expense-paid college visits to QuestBridge partner colleges

God has a plan for us all. Keep knocking and He will show the way.