Hi! Here are my stats:
PROFILE
Black female
Attended Title 1, public school in GA
Applied SCEA
ACT Score: 35 English, 30 Reading, 31 Math, 31 Science, 29 Writing, 32 Composite
GPA: 4.167 (W), 3.975 (UW)
EC’s
Varsity Cheerleading for Football & Basketball (11,12-Captain)
JV Cheerleading for football & basketball (9-10)
Jack & Jill of America Inc. (15 years, Atlanta Chapter President- 12)
Spanish Honor Society (3 years, Vice President- 11, President- 12)
National Honor Society (2 years)
Beta Club (3 years)
Tri-M Music Honor Society (1 year)
Advanced Mixed Chorus (3 years, Soprano II section leader)
Choral Council (President)
Piano (7 years)
AWARDS
Georgia Certificate of Merit
National Cheerleading Association (NCA) All-American Nomination
NCA All-American Team
PTA Reflections Finalist (1st place school, 2nd place county)
Published poet (Published 4 poems in a literary magazine which was sold at the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Decatur Book Festival)
School Community Service Award (9-11, 100+ hours)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Chick-fil-A (3.5 years, Team Trainee/Leader)
Kumon Center (tutor)
And I wrote my college essay about my experience working at Chick-fil-A. Please let me know my chances! My number one school is Yale
And my senior courseload:
Advanced Mixed Chorus
AP Statistics
AP B/C Calculus
AP Spanish
AP Economics
AP United States Government and Politics
AP English Literature
I will have taken 11 APs
Exam scores : AB Calculus (4), U.S. History (4), World History (3), AP English Language (3)
Those stats are extremely competitive for anyone! Your essay seems interesting too. If you were unhooked I’d say you had a good shot. But since you are an URM I think you’ll get into all or most of your schools including at least one of HPY. It truly is a crapshoot though so this advice works for everyone:
Lower your expectations and assume you won’t get accepted into any of your reach schools. That way, when you do get accepted it’s a very pleasant surprise, and if you get rejected it’s no big deal.
I agree with above, you have impressive ECs and decent scores/academics. I also think that with your URM hook you’ll have a great shot at getting into the schools you listed.
Yale - reach
Harvard - reach
Princeton - reach
Georgetown - high match/low reach
Rice - high match/low reach
Georgia Tech - match
Good luck!
@yousefk - please don’t give URMs the impression that their status is somehow going to get them special treatment. The applicant pool for URMs is very strong and competitive and the number of students who are admitted is small. For example, there are generally 80 African American students each year in a class of approximately 1,300. Hardly an advantage and the same 8% that was there during my time 1978-82.
@Tperry1982
please stop playing sjw. the applicant pool for URMs has lower stats on average. nothing wrong with that, but it is a fair and provides a recognizable advantage.
ask me for proof.
What science and math classes have you taken? You are definitely a very strong candidate for those schools. However, I do know that the majority of kids who go to uga take AP Calc so that would make you an even better candidate (even though you’re already strong).
Yes as a 56 year old Black woman who was raised in DC, grew up during the final days of Jim Crow, went to DC public schools in the 70’s, went to Yale and then had a 32 year career in the government in human services and corrections, I do consider myself a Social Justice warrior. I think I have raised my child, Class of 18, the same as she is working in a New Haven public charter school and thinking about Teach for America. Thank you for the compliment.