Extracurriculars
•Clubs :Student Government/Council (Member), Peer Helper
•Services: Shelter/Food Kitchen Volunteer, General Community Service, and Environmental Volunteer
•Jobs: Office work - administration/secretary/filing (Intern), Hospital/Animal/Elderly/Child Care (includes babysitting) (Intern), Teaching/Coaching (Volunteer)
About Me
•State residence :OR
•Household income: 30,000
•Disability: Mental health/emotional disability
Honors/Awards: National Honor Society, Elie Wiesel: Excellence in US History, First Honors
I am pretty good at writing, so I am working extremely hard on my essay. I plan on doing my main Common App essay on when I did not become Vice-President, despite my opponent being unprepared and not taking the entire election seriously. For the supplemental, I am doing how I am incomplete and what question fascinates me. I apologize for this being so long. If you need more to go on ask.
I assume you are a rising senior.
ECs seem fairly diverse, though vague. Do you play instruments or sports? Even just on your own time? Could you flesh the volunteering out more (what they specifically are, how often, etc.)?
GPA is in the right range. Could you describe your high school curriculum (honors, APs, etc.)?
Which prompt are you doing for the Common App? Make sure your essays display who your are, especially the Notre Dame supplements.
Now to the elephant in the thread. ACT. Frankly, you need to raise it by at least 10 points to be viable (that’s a 30), and 12 (a 32) would make you competitive. That is an enormous undertaking, considering how little time you have left to study and test. Have you tried the SAT? Some people are better at one than the other. Raising that test score significantly (to a 25 would be a good start) would improve your chances, however slightly.
My junior year I was an executive council member. I have interned at a pharmacy, school, and now, a healthcare company. I volunteer at dining hall and food banks. The internship and volunteering spans over my high school years.
I am doing my Common App prompt on failure. I ran for Vice-President and lost. But, my opponent did no campaigning and he took the race as a joke because his opponent, me, was female.
I am thinking about the SAT, but it is more math heavy than the ACT, and the Math section was what brought my score down the most.
I agree that the ACT is a problem. With your profile you should consider looking at some of the excellent test optional colleges out there. http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional/state
I’d also suggest that you run the net price calculator on schools you are interested in to see if they are likely to be affordable.