Hi there! Have submitted all of my apps just looking for some input!
Colleges I’ve Applied to:
-NYU
-Duke (I know, definitely slim-to-none chance lol)
-USC
-Boston University
-University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
-UW-Madison
-George Mason University
-Mizzou
-Fordham
Home State: Illinois
ACT: C:31 (Reading:34, Math:26, English:35, Science:29)
Class Rank: 2/38
W GPA: 4.1
UW GPA: 3.86
School doesn’t offer AP classes, but I took all my classes junior and senior year through a dual-enrollment program at a nearby college, and was in the honors program (I completed extra projects with professors for honors credits-noted on college transcript) and honors society.
Activities:
Illinois Leadership Seminar Soph-Sr
-Chosen to attend seminar by guidance consular (Sophomore year)
-Selected to be on staff as media team for next semianr (Junior Year)
-Elected Alumni Media Director (Junior & Senior year)
Phi Theta Kappa (College for Dual-enrollment honor society) Jr-Sr
-Member both years at college
-Public Relations Officer (Senior year)
Football Fr-Sr
-JV team Captain
-“George Butler” leadership award winner (Senior Year)
-Only girl on high school football team (also wrote about this in my essay)
Basketball Fr-Sr
-JV Team captain
-“Pride, Hustle, and Desire” award
National Honor Society Soph-Sr
Student Council Soph-Sr
Awards not listed above:
“Best Solo of Day” IHSA Solo award-Sophomore
“Outstanding Sophomore” Award-Sophomore
Illinois State Scholar-Senior
NUIC all conference academic-Junior
Dean’s list (high honors) at College-Junior & Senior
High Honor Roll at High school-Freshman-Senior
Letters of Rec: from football coach, english teacher, and someone I volunteer with through Illinois Leadership Seminars. All should be very good.
Essay: talked about my experience as a girl football player and the obstacles and such I had to overcome to not only play the sport but be successful and accepted by my teammates.
Thanks in advance for your honesty!