I’m applying ED to Bowdoin, and have three legacy connections (all of which are first degree.) Here are my stats! I am from a Northern New England state, but I currently attend boarding school out of state. All of my recs will be great (I hope!) In addition, some family friends who are pretty involved at the school have been writing to the adcom on my behalf and have been pulling for me really hard. My interview went really well (My dad actually graduated with the woman I interviewed with and she’s the reader for my state!) My essays are solid 8/10s. I am pretty involved in theatre so I submitted a portfolio of my singing and acting and also met with the head of the theatre department during my visit. Honestly, I’ve demonstrated as much interest as possible, lol!
STATS: GPA: 3.65 UW; 4.2 W (senior year grades are kinda “meh” right now, not sure how badly this will hurt me after a really strong junior year. My freshman year GPA was a 2.67 and I’ve only gone up. I take all College Level/AP Courses this year.)
Ranking: N/A (Top 25%, probably)
ACT Score: 33
AP Scores:
APUSH— 5
English Language— 5
EC’s:
Professional theatre and acting (I was a principal role in a major in-theatre film when I was in 6th grade, and I have been featured in Off-Broadway productions, along with having done a few commercials. I have acted in major productions across New England since I was five and am eligible to join Actors’ Equity and the Screen Actors Guild) (13+ years)
English Tutor for my school’s Writing Program (1 year) Selected as an Emerging Writer by my school’s English Department (My poetry collection was put on display in our school’s art gallery and it was widely publicized across campus. This year, I was selected as a leader for new students involved in the program due to my returning to the program for my second year. I will be submitting my poems to the Scholastic Writing Awards for consideration as well.) (2 years)
Prom Committee (2 years)
Varsity tennis (I was MVP and Team Captain my sophomore year at my old school) (4 [going on 5] years on varsity)
Departmental Recognition Award in Language (junior year)
National Spanish Exam Bronze Medal Winner (freshman year)
Lead roles in the Winter Musical (2 years straight)
President of my school’s Feminism Club (Fundraising for Planned Parenthood, political advocacy around campus, etc.) (2 years)
President of my school’s political think-tank (Invite-only, faculty supervisor is Head of School; my co-president and I are going to get to publicly interview a former Secretary of State in late October) (1 year)
President of my school’s AIDS prevention club (Founded by me; I’ve raised a few thousand dollars for AIDS organizations both domestic and abroad) (2 years)
“Prefect” during my junior year (Lived in an underclassman dorm and acted as an “older sister” and authoritarian figure to the girls; essentially an RA for underclassmen; selected by faculty) (1 year)
Co-editor of my school’s satire newspaper (Started by my best friend and I in our junior year) (2 years)
School Dance Team and featured dancer for our school showcase (2 years)
Choir (2 years)
Singing for various campus events (I am invited by my school to sing the National Anthem for almost every sporting event including at the Special Olympics time trials that my school does a lot of work with. Off-campus, I sing annually at naturalization events for new American citizens, events attended by high-ranking state politicians, and at Division I hockey, basketball, and football games.) (2 [going on 3] years)
Audition-based singing group on campus (2 [going on 3] years) Student Ambassador (2 years)
JV Field Hockey (1 year)
Boys Varsity XC Manager (1 year)
VOLUNTEER WORK AND EMPLOYMENT:
I serve food at soup kitchens over the Holidays when I am home from school through a local Episcopal Church In 9th grade, I advocated in front of my local town hall in order to open a food pantry for children who might not have access to food over the weekends when they cannot get food from school. They opened the pantry following my speech which was a huge honor!
Camp Counselor (I work as a creative writing instructor for kids 6-17 and the editor of the weekly Camp Newsletter. I teach kids writing skills at a traditional all-girls camp)
Waitress and sandwich-maker at a local restaurant at home (2 years)