<p>Hello all! I'm looking at small LACs in the midwest -- Carleton, Grinnell, Macalester, and Oberlin. Carleton's probably my first choice as of right now, with Grinnell and Mac running close seconds. I'm specifically curious about my SAT scores, and if taking the test a second time would be worth it or not... thanks!</p>
<p>High School: all-girls, private, Catholic, ~400 students, college-prep. Don't send many grads to what CCers would consider "top schools"... </p>
<p>Academics: 3.91/4.00 GPA weighted. Honors weighted 4.5, AP/dual credit weighted 5.0. (Only two official AP courses are offered.) I think I've taken almost every honors I can except calculus... let's just say math and I don't get along. At all. Oh, and my school doesn't rank.</p>
<p>SAT: 760 CR, 660 M, 720 W (8 essay). 1420/2140
ACT: 32, but essay sucked so I'm just going to pretend it doesn't exist.</p>
<p>ECs: music: flute (band, competitions, etc.)
debate: annotator junior year, co-president senior year
Senior Retreat Team: leadership/service position by application. We basically plan retreats for every grade, prayer services, freshman orientation (with student council)... lots of stuff.
Habitat for Humanity
Latin club, film club, NHS</p>
<p>work: part-time (8+ hours/week) job at Barnes and Noble. Half of every paycheck goes to college savings... hopefully that will cover textbooks or something.</p>
<p>awards: honor roll, National Latin Exam maxima cum laude 3 years in a row, lots of music awards</p>
<p>And I'm a really anxious person, so I've been spending a lot of time fretting about the essay but I haven't actually started writing it yet...</p>
<p>Thanks again for reading this and any advice!</p>