<p>Intended majors: Journalism/Political Science</p>
<p>Objective
ACT: 29 (30 if superscored, perfect writing score)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
AP: AP US, AP Human Geo, AP World, AP Language & Comp
Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Micro, AP AB Calc, AP Environmental, AP Gov, AP Lit, Journalism, PE Leaders
Major Awards:
-Superior rating at JEA/NSPA journalism convention in podcasting. (Basically, I got first place out of 4,000 at national high school journalism convention 2 years in a row.)
-National Council of English Teachers Writing Award recipient
-Illinois All State Journalism Team-(Top 5 journalists in state)
-Illinois Journalist of the Year finalist</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper for all 4 years (Editor-in-chief for 2 years in a row), National Honor Society, Foreign Language Honor Society, Student Council, Active Young America Youth Activism Group (founder), Peer tutor, Freshman mentor
Job/Work Experience: have worked at American Apparel for about a year and a half
Volunteer/Community service: over 200 hours of volunteer work between multiple clubs and organizations (NHS, FLHS, Student Council, Active Young America)
Essays: pretty good, have already started working on them- most deal with social justice and my passion for journalism
Teacher Recommendation: glowing from my journalism advisor
Counselor Rec: great</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): IL
School Type: competitive public, top in state
Ethnicity: white
Gender: m
Income Bracket: 200k+</p>
<p>I am still debating whether or not I want to apply CAS or Gallatin. I want to major in Journalism & Political Science, but still want to dabble in a lot of other subjects.
I know my test scores and GPA are low, but I think my essays and awards will make up for them.</p>