Hi! I’m a rising senior at a high school in Missouri City, Texas. I want to be the first in my family to go to a college out of state, so if someone could chance me, that would be great!
Bio:
-Citizenship:U.S citizen
-State of residence:Texas
-Class:2018
-Race:African(Nigerian)
-Gender: Female
School:
-Type (Public/private & size): Public, around 2,500 students)
-Graduates (How many go to Ivy’s/top 20): So far, no one has gone to an ivy league from my school in the past 6 or 7 years. About 4 went to a top 20 school. Majority go to University of Houston or a junior college
-AP’s Offered: 19
EC (In order of importance/commitment):
-Band (I am a section leader so it takes up the majority of my time)
-Rho Kappa Society (I am president. It is an honor society for social studies)
-Model UN (a pretty awesome political “debate” club)
-NHS
-Student Council
-Spanish National Honor Society
-English National Honor Society
-Math Honor Society
Other Notables (College courses you’ve taken, papers published, created own website, TAing a class, ect):
-Made region band. 5th chair at freshman level. 7th chair in the top band my junior year. Advanced to area and placed 6th at area
-Attended as a HOBY leadership ambassador for Elkins
-Competed at Farrington World Languages Competition and placed 1st in Spanish 2
-Competed at same competition and placed 3rd in Spanish 3 Honors
-Served as an Elkins representative at the Houston world languages luncheon
-placed first at the Czech annual eating competition (just a funny one
Honors:
-Academic excellence 9th, 10th, 11th
-Outstanding Geometry Student freshman year
-Outstanding Spanish Student freshman year
Work:
-Cannot work because band does not leave room for a job
Schools I’m looking at:
-UT Austin
-Rice
-UCLA
-UC Berkeley
-Stanford
-University of Southern California
-Harvard
-Yale
-Princeton
-UChicago
***The list is more or less in order of preference
My mom is a pharmacist. I know she makes around 110 thousand a year. My dad lost his network job around 6 years ago so he works a small job at dillards in retail. Idk how much he makes. And the college budget depend on whether I get scholarships or aid
Only reason I am asking is that although you are a highly qualified and competitive applicant, UCLA and UCB offer little to no financial aid (need-based or merit) to out of state students. You should expect to pay $60K/year to attend.
USC can offer good financial aid but apply before December for the best chance at scholarships. I cannot comment n the rest of the schools. I would look at the Net Price Calculator for UChicago to make sure it is affordable.
@bryagod If you want to go OOS, why do you have Texas schools in your list??
You need some Matches and Safeties, you list is too top heavy. But otherwise I have no advise to give, you have a great application.
I would remove the UC schools as you will most likely be full pay, as fin aid for those schools are terrible for OOS students.
UT Austin- low Match
-Rice- High Match/ Low Reach
-UCLA- Match/ High Match
-UC Berkeley- High Match/ Low Reach
-Stanford- Reach/ High Reach
-University of Southern California- High Match/ Low Reach
-Harvard- Reach/ High Reach
-Yale- Reach/ High Reach
-Princeton- Reach/ High Reach
-UChicago- Reach/ High Reach
I would add
Brown
NYU
Emory
Vandy
Tufts
Wake Forest
U Rochester
Villanova
BC
BU
Vassar
Middlebury
Thank you so much! I did not list safeties or matches due to the fact that those are terms I have never come across. UT would be a safety i believe because I have automatic admittance
Your statistics are certainly great and in the range of acceptance to all of those schools. I would really try to emphasize your approach to admissions in the coming months. You’ve laid down the foundation and done the heavy lifting. Now try to relay your efforts to stand out. Sure all institutions are primarily academic, but once you pass a certain point, it is viewable in many scatter charts and becomes evident that selection is no longer based on numbers alone.
Also here is some extra information to help with the advice I’m getting
AP scores: World History 5, Euro History 5, Us History 5, Psychology 5, Human Geography 5, English 5, Chemistry 4, Physics 1 4
Im also in the top honors band at my school and have been the first chair flute player since freshman year. I play all the solos during marching season
