Hi, my name is Lindsay Kinsella and I am a Sophomore in highschool! My dream school has always been USC (in California) but recently I have been realizing that I might not get in.
Here are my stats, please help, do you think I would be able to get in? thanks!
Freshman:
All honors classes except for English and History (honors wasn’t available but I was in the more advanced track)
All A’s except for a B in math — 4.0 GPA
JV dance team
extracurriculars: volunteering at Neighbor to Neighbor, Abilis, and my local library, exclusive ballet program in summer, a writing intensive at a college
school clubs: 3 (one being the newspaper)
Sophomore:
All Honors classes and 2 APs (US History and Lang)
4.2 GPA (all As except for B in math and B+ in AP US)
same extracurriculars
Varsity Dance Team
lifeguard summer job
Junior:
All honors classes with at least one AP (Bio)
GPA and grades unknown
same extracurriculars with two added things, an organized program though KHK started by me and my friend, starting a reading program at my local library
varsity dance team
planned summer programs: Fordham Business Insider, a communications/journalism/writing pre-college intensive, lifeguard job, dance programs
Senior:
all honors classes and two APs (Psych and Lit)
Grades and GPA unknown
same extracurriculars
Varsity Dance Team (hopefully a captain)
hopefully raise rank in one of my clubs and newspaper
PSAT: 1230 (haven’t taken SAT yet) pls keep in mind that I did not study for this and it is projected that I will be able to raise it my 150 points
Two Subject Tests Taken: Bio and US History