<p>Hey guys. I know I’m a long shot but please chance me!</p>
<p>Race: caucasian
Location: small public high school in a small city in Alabama, not at all competitive
GPA: 4.3
Rank: 2/290
ACT: 31 (but hopefully next time I’ll bring it up to a 34)
AP’s: AP Chem, AP Cal AB, AP US History (haven’t taken the exam yet but I should make at least a 4), next year I’ll be taking AP Bio, AP Eng Lang, AP Eng Comp, and Call II, Cal III, and organic chem at a local college. Those are the only AP’s my school offers…
EC’s: Debate Club, Student Government Association, Interact (a service club), founder and president of Helping Hands (a sevice club), co-founder of Chemistry Club, Spanish Club (president), lead roles in every theatrical production since my freshman year
Leadership: Youth Leadership Dothan, Organized Spanish Club Coat Drive, Organized Helping Hands Cupcakes for Kindness
Other: BEST Robotics Design Team, month long program aat University of Alabama taking summer classes at their honors college, and week long program at their engingeering college
Volunteering: 200+ hours spread out between the hospital, the elderly home, and the City Council</p>
<p>it’s great that you’ll already thinking about your future plans, namely college.
and yes, i would definitely apply.
you seem to be taking a challenging courseload, and it’s impressive that you’re planning on taking Calc and orgo in a community college. there may be a lot of qualified applicants out there, but it definitely helps if you decided to go beyond what your school offers.</p>
<p>you’re overall what people might commonly say a “well rounded” applicant to any college, which is well liked. i would say i’m also in this category, and i have tried to do as many things possible in high school. but after getting deferred from yale this past fall (still crossing my fingers for march 31), i realize the one bad thing about “well-roundedness” is that its hard to pick out what’s charismatic about that person. i would try to pick out one academic area that you really enjoy (not the subjects youre just good at), and focus on one EC that you’re already doing to complement that academic interest. it might be a bit late in your junior year to suddenly shift gears. but in the long run, this might help. a lot of people feel clueless after getting accepted.</p>
<p>yeah, so i would for now not worry about college per se. you should rather try to make the most out of high school, and make that experience truly unique to you, so that no one else could also be taking that away upon graduation. i just wish someone told me this early on.</p>
<p>Thanks Geowash. That’s kinda what I was afraid of… My EC’s just look like a laundry list of activities. I’m going to try and get into more activism and see if maybe my passion for volunteering will pay off…</p>