Anyone who was accepted or waitlisted at American University share your stats, goals, etc!
This is a place for the AU class of 2024 to get to know each other
Accepted spring for journalism
GPA- 3.3 uw 3.5w (disgusting grades IK)
SAT-1300
EC- Writes for the LA Times, writes for student paper, film club, softball, volunteers at school theater events, has a full time job, and owns their own business aside from my job, helps run a student gallery and teachers art to lower class LA kids.
Essay (common app)- Very personal essay about how I moved A LOT and how I dealt with poverty.
AU essay- My desire to be a documentarian and travel, and how I can do that as a American University Student.
Also sent in a portfolio to all my schools
Also accepted into Tulane, The New School and UCSC
Waitlisted-Fordham (if anyone else got waitlisted at Fordham pls lmk)
Accepted into SPA for PoliSci
4.0uw 4.1w
Did not submit SAT
Over 5 extracurriculars including:
- A podcast with a youth organization
- Led fellow for a civic engagement organization
- Student Council
- Yearbook Editor
- Student Literary Magazine Editor
-Founding member of Black and Latinx culture Club
- Model UN for 3 years
College Essay: Why I don’t want to learn how to drive (really about the fears of being a young black driver)
Accepted into Arts and Sciences (undeclared)
3.9uw 4.71 w
31 ACT
Lots of ECs mostly church leadership stuff and sports at school
College Essay - the split of the methodist denomination and the global methodist conference (I was raised Methodist and American was the only school I applied to that was Methodist, wasn’t a super positive review of the denomination so I was nervous lol)
Accepted - Chapman, USD, Fordham, ASU honors college
Waiting for NYU still
American is def my top tho so I will probably be committing soon!
Accepted into the Global Scholars program. If anyone else was, could you message me? I’d love some advice.
DS Stats:
Accepted to SIS and majoring in IR
3.79 weighted GPA
26 composite ACT
1190 SAT (applied test optional)
Rank: 81/416
Really good essay and great LORs
HONORS AND AWARDS:
• JROTC Leadership Award
• Honor Roll all years
• High School Student of the Month (January 2019 and September 2019)
• Rotary Student of the Month (April 2019)
• Research Assistant for Dr., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
• Senior Superlative- Top 10 Senior in Class of 2020 (voted by staff at high school)
Activities:
• JROTC Leadership Development Camp (Squad Leader)
• School Mentorship Program (worked with at risk students)
• Pep Club (School Spirit Club)
• Knowledge Bowl
• Speech and Debate, President
• Mu Alpha Theta
• AVID tutor for lower grades
Attended Boys State 2019
Volunteered heavily at school and at Veterans Affairs
Football- 9th and 10th
Lacrosse- 10th, 11th, and 12th
Cross Country- 9th
He met with the admissions rep when they came to our area and really evidenced interest.
Has been awarded 3 year National ROTC scholarship and will be participating in AROTC
@“kat2002!”
My son applied but withdrew his app when he got selected for ROTC- doing both would have been impossible.
Did you look up the facebook page? Lots of info on there
Does anybody want to start a groupchat or something to meet other freshman
@tipsplease Join the Facebook. There’s many groupchats already.