<p>American University is my dream school, but my family cannot make the financial commitment to do the EDII. I applied in early December, and am applying for the Global Scholars program. I want to know if I stand a chance of RD acceptance and if I should bother applying as a FD Scholar, or if my low GPA wouldn’t recommend me.
PSAT: 215, National Merit Commended (missed the OR Semifinalist cutoff by 1 POINT ARGH)
SAT I Composite (SUPERSCORE from 2 takes, 2110 highest sitting): 2130 - 760 CR, 740 W, 630 M
Lit Subject Test: 720
GPA: 3.58 (UW) - my school does not weight grades, but we’re a silver medal school (top 3%) My academic GPA is higher than this - I got B’s in health and freshman humanities.
2nd quintile.
AP’s: LIT: 5
ENVIRONMENTAL: 4
GOV: 5
EC’s: Debate: I have been debating for 2 years, am very successful, have placed at State 2x and went to NFL Nationals this summer. I’m captain this year. We’re reigning State champs.
Fencing: I no longer fence but qualified to the 2009 Junior Olympics in women’s sabre. I fenced for 4.5 years with 2 weapons.
This summer I rebuilt trails for 5 weeks with the Northwest Youth Corps.
I will graduate with 150+ hours of community service.
I also do slam poetry and am very successful there, as well.
I’ve also completed NaNoWriMo with 50,000+ words.
I am a member of the Acedemic Challange team, which is well on its way to winning the overall competition, undefeated with 2 matches left in the season.
Additionally I only have $2,000-4,000/yr for college and need scholarships. Ethnically I’m a quarter Pakistani, a quarter Austrian (Jewish lineage), and half generic “white”. I also have awesome letters of recommendations from my AP Lit teacher (PhD, former college professor), my AP Gov teacher (former lawyer), and one of unknown merit from my detached counselor. I want to major in International Relations with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies. I also plan on going to graduate school for a JD. My CA essay is about my love for writing, and how it helped me overcome my mild cerebral palsy in my childhood.
I’m incredibly anxious and would love some input! Thanks (:</p>
<p>Your SAT scores will probably put you in a good range for merit aid. I had slightly lower scores and received aid that made it affordable for me (which was considerable), but that was also about 5 years ago now, and it’s gotten a bit more competitive since.</p>