•5th in class out of 530 at public school.
•4.2 (out of 4.0) weighted GPA
•Involved in dance for 16 years outside of school
-National Championship title winner
•school dance team for 2 years
-regional champions
•Invloved in class government
•Invloved in Interact Club (had to do a lot of community service)
•Lead alto saxophonist in audition only wind ensemble and jazz band for 4 years in high school
•Top 25 in nation for EuroChallenge (internationally recognized economic competition)
•Letter of recommendation from Brown precollege teacher for summer writing course
•President of the Foreign Language Honors Society for two years
•President of EuroChallenge
•In 5 honors societies including National, Music, Science, Social Studies, and Foreign Language
•Embracing Our Differences Art Competition winner 2013
•1410 on SAT but taking another one to improve (Also taking the ACT and SAT Subject Tests for English and Math II)
•White female
***I either want to do English or Math. I like both equally, so I might just do whichever gets me into a better school. Which is better? Should I apply undecided, or does that look bad?
Also, would it be better or worse if I didn’t include my race?
If you are Asian, don’t bother putting down your race(however they might recognize if you are Asian by your name)
I believe you have an amazing chance at all of your schools. Duke might be a reach.
^^ she explicitly stated white female.
Weighted GPA is good but what is UW? “I believe you have an amazing chance” is VERY misleading. Do not listen to them. I hate to be brutal but no one has an amazing chance… Vassar is your most likely. And yes, Duke is your least likely.
Include your race.
You seem qualified for these schools, just try to perfect your writing. Your chance is probably = to the acceptance rates of these schools… so yes, 10% for Duke.
I don’t think it will matter if you put english or math if you’re equally strong at both.
Based on your history, GU’s School of Foreign Service may be the way to go. I disagree that Duke is least likely. Dartmouth is least likely unless you are legacy or have a hook.
Preppedparent, Dartmouth and Duke are pretty much the same acceptance rate- both are least likely.
And GU SFS is about the same as either Dartmouth or Duke
it’s higher, around 17%
Thank you for the advice! My unweighted is 3.89
Thanks for your help! I don’t have a legacy. Neither of my parents went to college. My dad is self employed and the first person in my family to attend college was my brother. He is currently attending Juilliard. I’m not sure if any of this matters other than the fact that I don’t have a legacy.