senior anxious about college

burnoutgiftedkid
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 06:04:57 +0000

hi! current senior in high school. I go to a highly rated private school in California, and I’m super stressed about college. i’m really worried I won’t get into my schools, as I don’t have the highest GPA, and because everyone at my school really really smart, I don’t stand out much…

Before I get into stats, my school doesn’t do APs so I don’t have any of those, my GPA is calculated starting in 10th grade, and in my school’s profile, the average gpa is a 3.74, and they don’t rank.

Here are my overall stats:

GPA: 3.5 (weighted AND unweighted. idk how that works lol but it’s worked out like that even though i took 2.5 (one honor was only second semester) honors last year. However, my projected GPA after 1st semester senior year (based on my hopes) is a 3.70 weighted and a 3.61 unweighted with 2 honors. Overall, I have a B+/A- average and an upward trend.

ACT: 32, 32, 33. english: 36, 36, 35. math: 26, 23, 28 (not really my strong subject). reading: 33, 36, 36. science: 34, 31, 33. writing: 11, 8, 9. I’m only submitting the first and third scores.

SAT II: Literature 730.

ECs: girl scout since 1st grade, did a “doctors without borders” trip for dentistry, volunteered at the boys and girls club for a summer + was on their fundraising board for that following year. president of a club that partners with a national charity, president of club about intersectional feminism + social justice, editor/president of school’s literary + art magazine. I’m on a teen committee promoting better mental health discussions for teens in our area. I’m currently doing a design/marketing/sales internship at a tech start-up that combines my passion for graphic design with my passion for providing education to others. I’ve also been on my school’s spirit committee since my freshman year.

SAT Subject Tests: I’ve taken the literary one so far and I got a 730. I’m taking the Math II (which I’m not expecting to do great on) in two weeks, and I’m also taking the US history one.

College List (difficulty according to my counselor):

Likely: GW, CU Boulder (EA), IU Bloomington (EA)

Possible: BU, SCU (EA), Tulane (EA), UIUC (EA), UC Irvine, UW Seattle, UC Santa Cruz, USD

Reach: Cal, UCLA, UC San Diego, USC (my DREAM school), UT Austin, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, Emory, NYU, Wake Forest, WashU, Vanderbilt.

I want to go into college for either business (concentration in marketing) or psychology (got an A in my psych class). My letters of rec are from two of my favorite teachers (history and english), and they know that I care more about truly learning than getting amazing grades. I’m also getting a rec from my internship.

Sorry if that’s a wack amount of info, this is my first post on here and I didn’t really know the protocol, sorry! So yeah, I’m just very very worried about not getting into any of my reaches, especially USC, because that’s my favorite school. I wanted to know if you guys could reassure me in any way, give me some tips on how to present myself, just comment on this I guess? I don’t really know how CC works but giving this a shot. anything at all is appreciated.