Hi! So I am currently trying to narrow down my list of schools. I have a feeling my list is highly ambitious though…any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Objective:
ACT Composite: 28 (I know, very low…)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.90
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): Comparative Government (5), World History (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Comparative Government, AP World History, Honors English Literature, Honors Psychology, Spanish, French, Statistics
(I am homeschooled so AP classes haven’t ever been a big part of my schooling experience, however this past year I did try to take some)
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Dance (ballet and modern) minimum 10 hours a week (however it is always more due to rehearsals)
-Art
-Piano (1 year)
-Guitar (6 years)
Job/Work Experience:
-Assistant in archival research: Organizing and interpreting personal primary documents and maintaining a database for a year so far, still working there. ~20 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service:
-120 + hours volunteering at a local farmers market helping mothers that are a part of the WIC program cash in their checks as well as giving them extra money (as part of the market’s double dollars program) to spend on healthy foods/sustainably grown vegetables
-Volunteering for two weeks (~20 hours) in Nicaragua as an elementary school teacher’s assistant
-Working with low-income/homeless children in DC, helping them with homework and extracurricular activities
Other:
Intended Major: International Studies/Relations or Political Science, also thinking about majoring in a language
State (if domestic applicant): Maryland
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Homeschool
Ethnicity (Hispanic Y/N/not reported): Not Hispanic
Race(s) (AI/AN, Asian, AA, NH/PI, White, not reported): Black (Nigerian) and White
Gender: Female
Hooks/tips (URM, athlete, legacy, 1st gen, etc.): URM, 1st gen
I am conversational in Spanish, getting to be conversational and French, and am an intermediate beginner in Mandarin Chinese.
I am also about to take a gap year where I will be travelling in South America, volunteering in both Colombia and Peru for many hours a week.
Here is my list so far (I know I definitley need to narrow it down haha):
Northeastern University
Vassar College
Wesleyan University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UCLA
U Michigan
Occidental College
UMD-CP
USC
Colby
Kenyon
Carleton
UMass-Amherst
University of Pittsburgh