<p>Forever?(:</p>
<p>GPA UW: 3.8 [weak I know, freshman year was bad at a 3.4]
GPA W: 4.8
Rank: 12/1,000 [total enrollment at my school: 4,000. its selective in Chicago]
ACT: 30 [I KNOW I can improve in September]</p>
<p>Awards:
Cook County Medal of Honor [2010-2012] [Volunteering]
AP Scholar
"School Name" Scholar
Community Service Award</p>
<p>Volunteer Hours: 1,000+</p>
<p>ECs [Most Important to me]:
Volunteer at Hospital 4 times a week
Key Club
Student Council
Amnesty International
ONE
Environmental Club
Best Buddies</p>
<p>No leadership.): I will talk to the Student Council sponsor because she loves me [for being so involved] about being an officer. I'll also ask some of the other leaders of the clubs if there was a possibility I can get leadership since I was so involved.</p>
<p>Clearly I love community service/helping out.</p>
<p>I'm planning on tutoring kids from Poland who don't speak English well and just kids who need the tutoring in general.</p>
<p>Sophomore Year: AP US
Junior Year: AP Psychology, AP Human Geography, AP English Lang, AP Biology
Senior Year: AP Calculus, AP Physics, AP Extended Physics Lab, AP Microeconomics, + maybe AP Government</p>
<p>First generation college.</p>
<p>Will join a sport but applying in December leaves only two sports that would be played before apps.</p>
<p>I also go to a selective enrollment school in Chicago and being ranked 12 is pretty impressive. Everything looks great to me I know someone from my school who got in with a 25 ACT you will be fine.</p>
<p>I’m actually going to give a reality check here and say that you’re borderline. Either spring or rejection. The GPA and the class rank is your strongest asset.</p>
<p>Bring up that ACT score as much as you can. You’ll need it to make up for the weak ECs. Don’t bother joining a sport your senior year, that’ll just look silly. Admissions can spot when a kid is trying to pad out their resume. Be dedicated and improve in the ECs you have and show initiative in those activities – don’t try and fill up your plate with a bit of everything.</p>
<p>Make sure you have stellar recs that can attest to your EC involvement, too. Maybe a supervisor at the hospital you work at?</p>
<p>Your major will affect your admission, too. What are you planning on studying?</p>
<p>You’ll always hear those stories about “a friend of a friend of my cousin who got in to XYZ school with XYZ low SAT/ACT score.” DON’T listen to those. You don’t know the unique circumstances of that applicant’s application and admission status so it’s stupid to base your chances off of unusual things like that. (Because, let’s be real, unless the student had a learning disability, was a URM, was an athlete etc – there’s NO WAY USC would accept any “normal” applicant with a 25 ACT just for kicks.)</p>
<p>^ I second this post, itl also be more competitive with the common app</p>
<p>Biology as of now! The hospital would be glad to write me a rec. I need more leadership though. Any tips?</p>
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<p>Get a leadership role in your favorite EC. Boost those test scores. Cultivate relationships with your favorite teachers and get them to write you good letters of recommendation.</p>