Hello,
I am a male Junior from CT and can you let me know if I could get into Lehigh? Also, I really like the school, therefore I will definitely apply ED, would that help me get in? Thanks!
GPA UW: 3.75 (4.0 scale)
W: 4.25
Class Rank:
Top 15% of 500
ACT: Composite 29
English 29
Math 30
Reading 30
Science 27
Writing 22
EC’s:
H.S. soccer for three years and varsity for one year
FBLA Vice President for one year and then promoted to President and member for first two years
Innovation and Economics member for one year
DECA member for two years
Full Court Peace member for two years
Volunteer head soccer coach for 3 years for the same team. Around 140-160 hours of it.
Referee for boy’s basketball for two years.
.
Work Experience:
Worked in a soccer shop freshman year, was promoted to manager as well.
Worked in a Concession stand for freshman and sophomore year
Worked as a summer camp counselor for soccer for freshman and sophomore year summers
Currently working all year and summer long at a after School program and Summer Camp. Recently got promoted to head counselor.
Babysitter for three years for the same family
Rigor of Courses:
7 honor classes by end of Junior year. Also I am taking French IV Honors and 1 AP: APUSH.
Senior Course Load will be AP Environmental, AP Psychology, AP Gov Poll, English Honors and some other non-honors or AP prerequisites.
Awards
National Honors Society (Most likely got the invitation)
2nd Place for Information Systems Management for FBLA in the state
4th Place for Marketing for FBLA in the state
National Business Honor Society
National Science Honor Society
High Honors (3.8+) for every quarter so far, and will most likely accomplish high honors for my entire high school career.
Intended Major:
Finance
Any guidance and information would be a tremendous help. Thanks!
I think you have a good shot, maybe try to raise the ACT. I remember from my visit that Lehigh love appliacnts to show interest, so applying early will help.
Applying ED to Lehigh helps a lot. I think you would have a good chance of ED acceptance. Lehigh loves the visit and loves interest. If you show a lot of interest with your stats, I think you would have a good chance.
I would retake the ACT because their 50% range is 30-33. I agree that showing interest is very important, and ED is a good way to start. Your ECs look good, too. Good luck!
@pineapple86 I went to a tour and information session at Lehigh a month or so ago, and they said that their ACT range was 29-32. Does that help me now that I am in the range plus ED?
ACT range is usually 25-75. Meaning that the first number is 75% of people did better and the second number is that 25% did better. You got a 30 and the ACT range was a 27-33. That means you are at 50% since you are in the middle of the range where 25% did better than 33 and 74% did better than 27. Hopefully that makes more sense. Also to the OP, raising or trying to raise the test score never looks bad.
Like others have stated, you should try to raise your act but I think everything else on your app looks very impressive. Are you ok with paying full tuition?