<p>I believe i’m an enigma…
Everything is pretty much finalized…
First Generation
I’m an african american male from atlanta from a family that makes less than $20k
Father was abducted while i was a child, havent seen father (my essay topic)
Upward Trend (2 Deaths in family Freshman/Sophomore year)
GPA: 3.42
Ranked right outside the top 25%
ACT: 30
SAT II: MATH IIC - 700
MATH IC - 710
Great Recs</p>
<p>EC’s:
Part time worker for 4 years
FBLA Secretary
French Club Treasurer
Psychology Book Club President
Cultural Diversity Club
100 hour’s of community service
Volunteer at Local Hospital & Dentist Office</p>
<p>Senior Classes:
AP World
AP Govt
AP Econ
AP Statistics
AP Calculus
Honors Lit
Honors chemistry</p>
<p>Essays: Excellent
Recs: Excellent, Including 1 from a world-renowned Georgetown Professor.
Took 2 classes at UCLA (2 B’s)</p>
<p>ATL! I’m also from the Atlanta area (what school by the way?). Several things come to mind from reading your thread:</p>
<p>You have an an ambitious senior year load. Props for taking what could be the most difficult schedule.</p>
<p>Your activities demonstrate leadership and initiative (taking classes at UCLA, as well as volunteering in a local hospital), and your ACT might do the trick given your circumstances. I encourage you to try and aim for higher scores though and to diversify your SAT IIs, if you have the time to do so.</p>
<p>Your GPA and class rank however, are weak. So I would try to emphasize your initiative and extracurricular involvement in light of your personal life (ie. deaths in the family). </p>
<p>You have the potential to demonstrate your personal strengths. There was this Men of Dartmouth thing recently a few weeks back, and all of the speakers there talked about their own personal life prior to coming to Dartmouth. So it’s not just about the grades/test scores!</p>
<p>Submitting Math level 1 and 2 is not to your advantage. The entire point of submitting 2 SAT subject tests is to show that you’re good in different areas and that you’re a well-balanced student. But if that’s all that you have, then send it in, it’ll at least fulfill the requirement.
My biggest problem is your class rank because you are outside the top 25% applying to a school where 95% of the students were in the top ten.</p>
<p>He’s African American from a low income household. Bashi, if you make sure you have your application fee waived, then I’m sure you’ll stand a chance.</p>