<p>I'm a rising junior and beginning to freak out a bit about colleges :P
I'm putting my resume down and am really hoping some nice people with college experience can tell me how my resume is, what I can improve upon, and if Princeton/Brown/Dartmouth are in my reach/what are my chances of getting in. I know it is a MAJOR stretch, but is it completely out of reach?? Please Help! I have some safety schools, obviously I'm not counting on going to one of these... My resume isn't the greatest. Any advice would be appreciated.
I want to double major in poli sci & econ with a minor in philosophy (maybe something involving foreign affairs??) and potentially go on to law school </p>
<p>Class Rank: 11/179 (fairly competitive private school)
GPA: 3.7
SATs: still have to take those...</p>
<p>Freshman Year Schedule:
Advanced Honors Alg 1 >most challenging course available as a freshman
American History > most challenging course available as a freshman (no honors option)
Survey of Lit & Grammar Comp 1
Honors Physical Science > most challenging course available as a freshman
Theology 1 (I go to a catholic school) > most challenging course available as a freshman
French 1 > most challenging course available as a freshman</p>
<p>Sophomore Year Schedule:
Honors Geometry > most challenging course available as a sophomore
French 2 > most challenging course available as a sophomore
Honors Bio > most challenging course available as a sophomore
American Lit
Honors Sacraments & Morality > most challenging course available as a sophomore
Honors Western Civ > most challenging course available as a sophomore</p>
<p>Summer: alg2 </p>
<p>Upcoming Junior Year Schedule:
Honors French 3 > most challenging class available as a junior
APUSH > most challenging class available as a junior
Honors Chemistry > most challenging class available as a junior
Brit Lit
Honors Precalc >most challenging available as a junior
Honors Church History & Social Justice > most challenging course available as a junior
Marketing 1 - elective semester course
Business & Personal Law - elective semester course</p>
<p>I know my course load is pretty weak compared to other applicants, but my school offers very little </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Forensics (speech & debate):
-Congressional Debater
-I have earned over 1,000 NFL points by my sophomore year
-team captain since sophomore year
-2 time NCFL national semifinalist
-NFL national semifinalist
-Pennsylvania state champion sophomore year
-Tournament of Champions Semifinalist
-Villiger Invitational (St. Josephs University) Champion
-6th place at GMU Patriot Games Invitational
-numerous local awards including many first place finishes</p>
<p>Mock Trial:
-best witness & attorney award freshman year
-best attorney award sophomore year
-helped team advance to semifinals 2 years in a row
-interviewed on TV for success in mock trial</p>
<p>FBLA (future business leaders of america):
-district champion in Public Speaking 1
-4th place in PA states in public speaking 1
-local chapter's reporter</p>
<p>Girl Scouts:
-presidential award in community service
-bronze award
-silver award
-led troop meetings and served as a mentor for younger scouts
-completed gold award, my project involved working with a local pediatric rehab hospital to develop a guide full of activities for all different ages and skill sets so once the children went home they could carry on their rehab with their guardians. The guide is a living document and will be sustained after I am out of the picture. I also held a toy drive to raise awareness of the hospitals needs and raised over $1500 in toys. </p>
<p>FRIENDS:
-this is my school's peer counseling group.
-in order to be a part of this I went through an application and interview process and once accepted, attended a 2-day overnight training session. </p>
<p>MISC.
-Marine Corps Good Citizenship Award
-Veteran of Foreign Wars Award</p>