I am a rising senior and I attend a rigorous public high school.
University of Liggett Merit Scholar- I got one of 8 academic scholarships at a private high school and I attended for a semester. I left because it was not challenging enough, I had a 4.28.
Varsity hockey (two years). Starter and MVP. Recently quit, I was not enjoying the sport and wanted to focus on field hockey.
Varsity field hockey- Starter, MVP, All-state, will be captain this year
Varsity track- all-conference, all-region, state finalist
Student council senator and student activities director
WILLOW member
Interact Club (community service)
NHS
School paper- I am the managing editor of a very prestigious student-run paper at my school
I am a reporter for our local paper
Bible school instructor, volunteer at local soup kitchen. I don’t have hours for these because honestly I have been doing these my whole life and never really thought to.
I also have a more personal attachment to the community because a good friend of mine was killed this year and so I am writing my essays about her and the work I am doing in the community for her and the charity that was started in her honor for victims of violence.
Classical pianist- have competed in some competitions and festivals as well. 13 years of experience.
I have won awards in journalism and english. The journalism awards were at the state level, and I did pretty well, but the english awards were only for my school.
I was also a mentor for at-risk kids at my school in a program called Freshman Assist, which was a class every day where we worked to improve literacy in struggling freshmen.
I have just been accepted into a program at Northwestern for journalism. It’s 5 weeks long, on-campus, and seems to boost chances of admission by the looks of last years graduating class.
GPA- 4.4 (weighted)
4.24 (unweighted)
ACT-34 composite, 35 superscore
SAT II- US History- 780. I sat for Bio M and Lit but those are not in yet.
5 on AP US test, I am expecting 5s on all of the ones I sat for this year (see below) as they were not very challenging.
Current schedule (junior year)
Pre calc
Spanish II (I have 2 years of latin as well)
AP Lang
AP Biology
AP Gov/AP Econ
Advanced journalism II (our paper)
Freshman Assist
AP Psychology
I would have outstanding letters of rec, I have been assured by my teachers.
I am looking at Columbia, Yale, Brown, Duke, Notre Dame, Northwestern, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, etc. University of Michigan is my backup. I would be majoring in business, political science, or journalism. I’m currently undecided.
What do you think? Do I have a shot?
Thanks for your input!