I’d like it if someone could chance me at Macalester College, in St. Paul MN.
Objective:
ACT (breakdown): 32 (34 E, 33 M, 33 R, and 29 S)
GPA: 4.19
Rank: (3/129)
AP: (4 on AP Language, 3 on AP Chemistry - only 20% of students scored a 3 or higher on the 2016 AP Chem exam). I’m not sure if I should submit these scores.
Senior Year Course Load: Comparative Religions, AP Biology, Contemporary World Affairs, Physics, AP Literature, and Adv. Pre-Calculus.
Awards: Scholar of Distinction Honor Roll (4.0-4.5 GPA) every trimester, Lettered in Cross-Country, and Lettered in Knowledge Bowl.
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Cross-Country (4 years, captain in 2016) and Knowledge Bowl (3 years).
Job/Work Experience: Not currently employed. I worked monthly shifts for no pay at a Culver’s restaurant between 2011-2013.
Volunteer/Community service: 80 hours by the end of Senior Year. 150 if including my middle school service.
My school features a service requirement of 20 hours every year. Additionally, I have experience completing 30 hours every year at my junior high/middle school. Cumulatively, I’ve completed 60 hours of service during my 3 years at AHA (80 or more by senior year). 150 hours total.
Other Activities: personal hobby of graphic design.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): no idea on this one. Written about my creative experience with graphic art and Lego construction.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): I have no idea. Can a teacher write a bad recommendation letter?
Teacher Rec #1 (rating 1-10, details): My Biology teacher for two years and Cross-Country coach for four years. I think she knows me very well.
Teacher Rec #2 (rating 1-10, details): AP Language teacher, I honestly don’t know what she thinks of me. But I got A’s in her class, which was fairly difficult (one of the hardest at the school AP program).
Counselor Rec (rating 1-10, details): I don’t know what she thinks of me.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: not yet; waiting for potential acceptance first.
Intended Major: Undecided (considering biological sciences or communication).
State (if domestic applicant): St. Paul, Minnesota
High School Type: Catholic College Preparatory
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Yes, I’m a typical white cisgender male.
Hooks: I hope it is my recommendation letters and grades. Maybe my essay?