Should I bother applying? (Have weird major and interests

sunflower100
Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:09:41 +0000

I’m a senior this year:

White female, upper-middle class, from Minnesota
large public school

-ACT:32
-WGPA: 3.7 UW: 3.6
-WRank: 43/802 UW: 101/802

-EC’s:
Newspaper (11, 12) Senior Writer, 12 (Given to 3 writers on a staff of 8)

Science Club (10, 11, 12)

3rd-Grade Teacher’s Assistant (10, 11, 12) +100 hours

Volunteer at Summer Reading Program at public library (11, 12)

Student Aid in school office (deliver papers, do paperwork) (10,11, 12)

Customize and sew for Asian Ball-Jointed Dolls since I was 13 years old (paint faces on dolls, make doll clothes. I pay for my hobby by selling doll clothes) I’ll send samples of work.

-Instruments:
Banjo, flute. Have played flute solo in church choir.

-Travel:
England 2005, raised $ through fundraising
Cruzando Lutheran Youth Gathering 2006, raised $ through fundraising

-Academic Honors:
NHS
Honorable Mention, regional science fair-- 2nd prize round-draft to paper

Research paper on the influence of conflict between Catholicism and Buddhism in Vietnam on American religious roles in 1960’s-1970’s submitted to the Concord Review (student research journal)

Research paper on disillusionment and disabuse as themes in 1950’s literarure submitted to the Lincoln Heights Literary Society.
^^^ Both papers written outside of school, not for credit.

** I’ve been uber-Lutheran since I was a baby; I want to major in religion. I’ll put a lot of emphasis in my essays on my knowledge of other religions and on my desire to learn more about different religions.

Should I even bother applying? I know I’d be a weak applicant, and it’d be like an ultimate dream-reach school.