Major: English
GPA: 4.0
[ *] Extracurriculars: Gay-Straight Alliance for several years (one year as secretary), one of the founding members of the English club (secretary), member of the Scoeity of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and I write novels.
[ *] Job/Work Experience: English tutor (16 hrs/wk), ESL coach (3hrs/wk), both through my school, plus a ton of odd freelance jobs in graphic design and writing. I also worked Uber for years and had random seasonal and summer jobs when I wasn’t in school.
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: None, really. I did organize a shirt sale to benefit a charity to the tune of $1500 or so back in 2017.
[ *] Personal Statement: They were checked over by half my college’s English department, so hopefully pretty good.
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] School Type: CCC
[ *] Gender: female
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): low-income
[ *] Strengths: gpa, proven interest in major
[ *] Weaknesses: several Ws on transcript from when my cousin died (she fell off a cliff and drowned, and I dropped out for a while to do therapy… went into it in my “greatest challenge” PIQ)