Demographics:
Male
Half black, half-German
Ohio
Top 30 public school in state
Intended major:
Nursing
Academics:
ACT: 29
Class rank: School doesn’t release rank
W GPA: 3.6 (slacked off three quarters freshman year and ruined my GPA)
2 honors freshman year
2 honors sophomore year
2 AP/1 IB junior year
2 AP/ 1 Dual Enrollment senior year
Honors:
National Honor Society
Extracurriculars:
Lacrosse team (3 years varsity, not playing senior year to save money for college)
German Club Member
Interact Club (volunteering)
Key Club (volunteering)
President of MEDS Club (medical interest club)
LINK (leadership; help new students get comfortable)
Freshman Mentor (leadership; monitor freshman throughout the year to make sure they’re doing well)
Peer Collaboration (practically a T.A. for my anatomy teacher)
Have been playing piano for 9 years
Work as a shift-lead 22 hours a week.
Around 220 service hours
I think you’ll be a borderline candidate, leaning more toward admit. Your freshman year grades might be excused given the coursework you’re taking your senior year and your impressive extracurricular involvement; they’ll probably assume that you had something personal going on your freshman year. You can always address that in the additional section they give you on the Common App. Your mixed ethnicity and in-state status will be good for you as well. ACT is good, but a 29 is considered average for OSU now. Overall, stay optimistic!
I can’t find the additional section on the Common App so I can address my freshman year. Do you know what it’s specifically called? Sounds great other than that. Thank you!
The Common App definitely used to have a specific “Additional Information” section, as of 2014 and 2015. It should be on the Writing page, but it’s possible that they’ve omitted it this year.
No worries man. Take a breather bro you are going to get in.
@CavalierZachBuckeye I did get in, thank you!