So I posted something a few months ago about what my chances were at Wesleyan/Brown and I was asked to provide more info in an organized manner. I decided to wait until I had some college acceptances under my belt and first quarter senior grades were in so I had a better idea of where I was. I also wanted to expand it to more schools. Here goes!
A little context on my school: It’s a small , private, Catholic all-girls school that doesn’t have a whole lot of opportunities class- or EC- wise because of its size. We don’t participate in NHS or anything of that sort. There is only one AP class offered, AP calculus AB. The highest level at my school is Advanced and the other level, the lower level that the majority of the students are in, is Honors. Some classes are only offered at an honors level. My school also recently changed its policy on A’s vs A+'s; it no longer gives out A+'s, which doesn’t really matter in way of GPA.
GPA: 3.87 UW on a 4.0 scale (It’s a little low because I got all A-'s freshman year, but since then I have been getting almost exclusively As- I had a 4.0 average junior year)
Senior year coursework:
AP Calc AB
World Literature Advanced
Spanish IV Advanced
Psychology Honors (it is an intro course, so there is only one level)
Physics Honors (it also only has one level, but you are only allowed to take the class if you have proven proficient in math)
Shakespeare Advanced
World Religions
I take seven classes, as opposed to the vast majority of the senior class; they only take six classes. I also took seven classes my junior year, which is a little less rare than seven classes senior year but I was still in the minority there. (I’m just hoping that schools see that I challenged myself as much as possible given my limited opportunities haha!)
This summer, I took an online course from the Scripps institute at UCSD about climate change; it was a graduate-level course and I got an A and am eligible for college credit in it.
Test Scores:
ACT:
Composite score: 33
Subscores:
English: 36
Math: 32
Reading: 36
Science: 29
Writing: 10
SAT IIs (I had to submit them to to Dartmouth):
US History: 720
Literature: 730
AP scores: (I took these despite not taking the actual AP class)
Lang and Comp: 5
APUSH: 4
Extracurriculars:
-I am student council president and have been on the council all four years
-I ran varsity indoor track and outdoor track sophomore and junior year. (named to conference all-star team junior year for spring track)
-varsity math team soph, junior, and sr year- freshman team frosh year
-Oxfam (there is a branch at my school)- all four years
-Friends of Rachel (club committed to spreading kindness throughout community)- soph, jr, sr
-History club junior and sr year
-Health and fitness/yoga club vice president- jr, sr year
-PANDA leader (prayerful activities club)- soph, jr, sr year
-I have played the piano at an advanced level with a private teacher for over ten years
-Guitar ensemble soph, jr, sr
Volunteer experience:
-I volunteer in the mental health department at social services at a health center for those with lower incomes and I go there two hours per week; have been doing this since junior year
-sophomore and junior year I periodically volunteered at the nursery at a UU church in my area
-I volunteered at the Special Olympics when it came to my school freshman and soph year (it hasn’t come back since then)
Jobs:
-I work as a lifeguard and I have been working since junior year: I work about 15 hours per week in the summer and 4 hours per week during the year (I only have time for one shift haha)
My parents were both born in Iran (they both have college degrees so I’m not first generation) and my mom is Jewish, so I’m hoping I might have a little bit of a cultural thing? My name is super foreign so maybe that’ll help? Who knows haha.
These are the colleges I could use some feedback on:
-Wesleyan
-Brown
-Dartmouth
-Bowdoin
-Wellesley
-Northeastern
-Holy Cross
-Smith
-Oberlin
I have been accepted EA into Boston College, Providence College (I got into PC’s honors program), Umass Amherst, and Clark if that gives you an idea. I’m so sorry this was so long!! If there’s anything that I’m missing please let me know. Thank you guys!!!