Accepted - Scholars
ACT: 32
SAT: 1360
GPA: 3.95 / 4.00
Rank: 8th
Extra: student page, intern in congressional office, CRASC, couple Honor societies, job
State Residency: MD
Ethnicity: white
Gender: F
Hooks: first gen student
Classes: AP govt, AP world, APUSH, AP HUG, AP Calc AB/BC, AP Stat, AP Lit, AP lang, AP Physics C, AP Chem, AP French
Essay: wrote about taking a gap year b/c of weak financial situation and needing surgery. Talked about what I learned and how I grew.
Strengths: as this was my second time applying to colleges I was very familiar with the process. My ACT score, gpa, and transcripts are good.
Weaknesses: I feel I could have been a bit more well rounded when it came to my extracurriculars. Most of them were government/ social studies based - good for my major luckily but could have hurt me if I was interested in something else.
Applied date: late October
Applied Early Action?: Y
Decision date: Jan 25
Major: Govt & Politcs
Campus: college park
Other acceptances: Towson, UMBC, Salisbury, MT. ST. Mary’s, St. John’s college, Washington college, The Ohio State University (class of 2022), UNLV (2022)