Chance Me for Top 20, Indiana State Schools, and misc.

Junior here. White female who goes to private Catholic school. Indiana resident, but goes to school in Kentucky so will be admitted as a Kentucky student (it’s complicated and yes, this is what my admissions counselors at every university have told me). Household income is $100k+.

Extracurriculars

Speech and Debate - 9, 10, 11, prob 12

Parish youth group - 9, 10, 11, prob 12

Quick Recall (trivia team competes with other local HSs) - 9 JV, 10 Varsity/JV Captain, 11 varsity, prob 12

Alive in Mercy (visits nuns once a month through school) - 10, 11 (co-president), prob 12

Campus Ministry Council - (helps plan and give feedback about Masses and campus ministry events) -11, prob 12

Girl Scout - 9, 10, 11, prob 12 - hiked over 60 miles on Appalachian Trail with Girl Scouts

Venture Crew Member - 9, 10, 11, prob 12 - hiked over 70 miles at Philmont Scout Ranch with venture crew

Cross country JV - 9

Leadership (all I had to apply and was selected for or voted into by peers)

NHS - 11, 12

Beta Club - 11, 12

SNHS - 11, prob 12

Mu Alpha Theta - 11, prob 12

Rho Kappa - 11, prob 12

English NHS - treasurer and founding member 11, prob 12

Freshmen Orientation Leader - (summer going into) 10, 11

Youth Advisory Board for Archdiocese - 10, 11, prob 12

Youth Group Peer Leadership Team - events lead 10, president 11, prob 12 (also participated in NCYC in 2017 and will also attend this November)

Participated in Leadership Institute ran by local Archdiocese

Homeroom Mom (helps orient freshmen by leading homeroom in activities first semester) - 11

Advancement Council (helps with alumni events and school fundraising ) - 10, 11, prob 12

Awards/Recognition

Qualified and Completed in Public Forum Debate at the National Catholic Forensic League 2018 Grand Nationals Tournament

Advanced/Honors Program

Sophomore Distinguished Scholar - top 5% in my class of 250-260

AP Scholar

Girl Scout Silver Award - completes over 50 hours of service with two other girls by installing permanent anti-litter signs on a local park’s trash can

Principal’s List (all A’s) - freshmen, sophmore year

First Honor Roll (3.75-3.99 GPA) - first semester of junior year

Probably will be National Merit Commended

Service

Girl Scout Silver Award (see above)

Have completed almost 100 hours of service through many organizations including 40 hours at an elementary school and 15 hours at an agency for visually impaired preschool

Scores/Stats

ACT: Currently 33. Aiming for a 34 and going to take at least one more time.

GPA: 3.99/4.0 uw, 4,53/5.0 w

Course load: All advance/Honors, dual credit, or AP classes besides mandatory lower level classes (I.e. theology) APHG - 5, APUSH - 4, AP Lang - 4 (AP Scholar). I’m taking AP World, dual enrollment/credit (DC) public speaking, DC Precal, AP Seminar, theology, advanced/honors physics, and AP Psych. Going to take AP Research, DC calc, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Bio (or AP Chem if Bio doesn’t run), theology, advanced government (1 sem), photography II (1 sem)

Schools: Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, Case Western, Purdue, IU - Bloomington, Loyola Chicago, St. Louis University

Are all of those schools affordable? Rank?

IU and Purdue will be extremely affordable to me since I’m in-state. I also assume I’ll get some money from Loyola and SLU that will make it slightly affordable. Northwestern, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, and Case Western will be on the slightly more expensive side for my family. Ranking wise, according to US News Northwestern is #10, Vanderbilt 14, Notre Dame 18, Case Western 42, Purdue 56, IU and Loyola 89, and SLU 106.