Woodrow Scholarship

dp2593
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:33:08 +0000

Decision: Accepted with Woodrow Scholar Award
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 650 CR 640 M 620 W
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 650 US History 600 Physics
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t rank
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (4), English Language (4), Physics B (3), European History (3)
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Chem, AP English Literature, AP US Government, AP Spanish, Catholic Morality
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): School Newspaper (Editor in Chief), Yearbook, baseball team, golf team, debate club
[ *] Job/Work Experience: none
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 100+ hours of community service
[ *] Essays: pretty good, but put too much work into the honors application just to be denied
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: great, written by my school’s headmaster
[ *] Counselor Rec:great
[ *] Interview: met with regional rep twice but no official interview
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[ *] Intended Major: Finance and Pre-Law
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[ *] School Type: very small, Catholic prep school
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender:M
[ *] Income Bracket: less than 50k
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[ *] Strengths:EIC of newspaper, 9 APs, 3.95 junior GPA
[ *] Weaknesses: low freshman and sophomore grades, ok SATs
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: challenging curriculum, good recomendations

Hopefully going to USC next year! The Scholarship makes it way more affordable. Choosing between USC, Pitt, and hopefully UMiami.