What are my chances?

theaddresser
Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:02:35 +0000

Hi everyone! I am oscillating between majoring in International Relations or Cognitive Science. Both “tracks” would be with a minor in Economics. Over the summer I enrolled myself in an Entrepreneurship Program where we had to create our own businesses and compete amongst our peers for seed capital. My business idea ended up winning second place and $1000 seed capital. After the program/competition, I decided to pursue this business and have now turned it into a small NGO aiding a couple of countries in Central America. When my senior year started, I enrolled in an International Relations class and completely fell in love with it. Add all these factors into the equation and boom. Now I want to pursue a field of study that is more pertinent with my interests. Also, the classes that I have achieved the highest grades in have been my Social Sciences classes from 9-12 grade, with the exception of AP World History for which I finished with a B. Anyhow, below is general overview/resume of my high school career.

GPA (both of them are due to increase due to increased grades of senior year classes):
Unweighted - 3.529
Weighted - 4.471

SAT:
Highest Reading - 570
Highest Math - 580
Highest Writing - 610
Composite - 1760

ACT:
Highest Reading - 27
Highest Math - 26
Highest English - 27
Highest Science - 25
Highest Writing - 27
Highest Composite - 32

Extracurricular Activites:

Founder and President of my school’s Biomedical Club

Co-founder and Treasurer of HOSA Chapter

President of the SECME Club

Vice President of Future Educators of America

Vice President of Music Club

Member of National Honor Society, FBLA, Investment Club, and Film Club

Activities External from School:

Chairman of the ByLaws Committee of the Miami Dade County Youth Commission

Former Chairman (resigned) of the Advocacy and Legislation Committee of Miami Dade County Youth Commission

Volunteer work at a local non-profit program for autistic children

Canvassed for the campaign of a local commissioner

Accomplishments:

1st Place Winner of the South Florida Regional Future Educators of America Conference in the Impromptu Ethical Dilemma Competition, 2015

2nd Place Winner for the BizNovator Entrepreneurial Program, 2015

2nd Place Winner for the SECME Yaeger Bionic Hand Competition, 2015

3rd Place Winner for the SECME Yaeger Bionic Hand Competition, 2014

3rd Place Winner of the Hispanic Youth Awards Scholarship presented by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation in the category of Education, 2015

Hobbies/Leisurely Activities:

Playing Guitar

Compose Lyrics and Poetry

Compose Short Stories

Recommendations:
-Stellar recommendations from both my high school and college professors.

Note: My school is one of the most rigorous in the state of Florida and in the nation, as per Niche.com and Newsweek. My school resides and has a partnership with Miami Dade College, which allows for all the students to be fully enrolled at this institution. My curriculum consists of all AP classes and Dual Enrollment courses. By the time I graduate, I will have 60 college credits under my arm, and will be receiving an Associates of Arts degree.

I hope all this info helps in giving all of you an idea of my chances of being admitted into Case.

Regards,

theaddresser

P.S. I’ve heard that Case Western is a school that considers interest highly in their admission decisions. I will admit, the only interest I’ve shown is pretty much through their correspondence. However, I know an acquaintance who’s grandfather used to be the Dean of Admissions at Case Western. I don’t know if it would be good to reach out to him. I really wish I would’ve shown more interest in Case because it appears to be a really awesome school with really great programs and atmosphere that I overlooked in favor of staying in state.