Hello all! I was hoping someone could please chance me for the College of Arts and Sciences? It’s definitely my first choice. My intended major is English. I’m currently going into Senior year in a relatively small well-known private school in Baltimore. Although we’re not Ivy-sending machines, we regularly send students to Hopkins, Georgetown, and Columbia.
Here are my stats:
(Only juniors and seniors are eligible for AP unfortunately)
Freshman Year Load:
• Honors English I
• Honors Algebra I
• Honors Biology
• Honors World Civ.
• Honors French I
• Honors Theology I
• Health
• Honors Choir
Sophomore Year Load:
• Honors English II
• Honors Geometry
• Honors Chemistry
• Honors US History
• Honors French II
• Honors Theology II
• Gym
• Honors Choir
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I currently have a 4.0 unweighted, 4.5 weighted, and I’m 1/148 students
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Junior Year Load:
• AP American Literature – 5
• AP British Literature – 5
• AP US History – 5
• AP Biology – 5
• Honors Theology III
• Honors Algebra II
• College French III
• Honors Choir
Senior Year Load:
• Creative Writing
• AP US Government
• AP Physics
• AP Calculus
• AP Music History
• Intro into Philosophy
• College French IV
• Honors Choir
• Intro to Psychology (Online course through local college)
SAT: 1550/1600 (800 English, 750 Math)
SAT II Lit: 800
Extra Stuff:
• Drama Club (9, 10, 11, Planned 12) Lead roles 10th and 11th year
• Schola choir (Advanced choir which performs at different venues) (9, 10, 11, Planned 12), Luminaire Choir (Above Schola) in 10th and 11th year, planned to stay through 12th year.
• Debate Team (10, 11, Planned 12)
• Mock Trial Team (9, 10, 11, Planned 12)
• History Club (10, 11), History Club President (Planned 12)
• Newspaper member (10), Newspaper editor (11, planned 12)
• Creator and president of the Creative Writing Club (10)
• Creator and president of a youtube channel run by the students which helps promote the school (10)
• National Honor Society since junior year (only available junior year and senior year)
• Short stories and nonfiction published in several literary magazines (since 10th grade year), and I’ve won one national-level award and two regional-level awards awards
• Been on the Dean’s List since Freshman year, and I’ve gotten an Academic Scholar award
• Internship at a publishing company
• Summer job at a local Books-A-Million
• Taken classes on writing at a local community college in the summer of freshman year, and taken credited creative writing classes at the University of Maryland summer of Sophomore year. I’ve done a summer program for writing at John Hopkins this summer.
• I’ve been volunteering at a nursing home since summer of freshman year, and I’ve volunteered with an organization in Baltimore which focuses on helping under-privileged children learn to read since sophomore year.
• First generation American, first generation college student. And I’m gay, though honestly I don’t know if that qualifies as being a minority of not.
• I’m predicting that I’ll have amazing recs and essays. I don’t think it’ll be much of an issue for me.
Please be honest. Like I said it’s my first choice, so I hope to get at least a few responses. Thank you for taking the time to chance me!