GPA: approx 3.8-3.85 (unweighted) 4.6-4.7 (weighted)
Class rank: top 15-17%
ACT: currently 32 superscored, but I just took it again a few days ago and I’m waiting for scores to come out. I’m hoping to have a 33-34 superscore by the time I apply.
**These are ranges because they’re going to be slightly different by the time I send in my application, so I’m estimating.
APs: AP Gov & Politics- 2 (yikes, it was freshman year); AP World- 3; AP Psych- 5; AP Lang- 4; APUSH- 4; AP Calc AB- 5
Senior Year Classes: AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Art History, Adv Human Anatomy/Physiology, Adv Spanish 4, Adv Senior Seminar
Leadership Positions: Equity in Advanced Placement leader- 11th,12th (this program aims to get more promising minority freshmen into AP classes), Cooking Club co-president & founder- 11th, 12th, Bee Club media coordinator- 11th, 12th (environmental club that focuses mainly on saving bees from extinction), Fighting Hunger Club service coordinator-11th, 12th
Other Extracurriculars: Y-Club- 11th, 12th, Young Independents- 9th, Young Democrats- 11th, 12th, Competitive Dance Team- 9th, 10th, 11th, Student Council homeroom representative- 11th, daily babysitting for younger sister/other household duties (single parent household)- 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Community Service: Sweet Blessings (decorating birthday cakes for underprivileged children)- 50 hrs; local hospital summer volunteering- 24 hrs; Bair Foundation (non-profit organization for foster kids)- 40 hrs; state university research participant- 40 hrs; various church service projects- 30 hrs; blood drive volunteer- 7 hrs; community reforesting project- 5 hrs; other- 10 hrs
Honors/Awards: NHS, NSHSS, AP Scholar with Distinction, various awards from dance competitions, Liberal Arts Academy (gifted/talented program at my school)
Jobs: babysitting (2017 summer), Cakes By Kalin (my own cake decorating business since I was 12)
Other Activities: GSP/Governor’s Scholars Program (5-week summer program for the best and brightest Juniors in Kentucky)
Teacher Recommenders: 11th grade APUSH teacher (probably 9/10), 10th and 12th grade Spanish teacher (8/10)
Other Recommenders: GSP teacher (10/10), school counselor (9/10), EAP mentoring program supervisor (6/10)
Common App Essay: 9/10 (haven’t finished it yet, but I’m an okay writer and my father (a published author) is helping me extensively with it)
Demographics, etc: Caucasian, middle class, female, large public school, Kentucky, divorced parents, both parents are small business owners with college degrees, one parent has served jail time and been to rehab several times (idk if this will ever come up but)
Downfalls: illness, taking 4 AP classes, and mental health problems Junior year caused me to get 4-5 B’s over two semesters; my highest science ACT score is currently a 28.
That’s all the stats I can think of. Tufts/Vassar are currently my top schools. What do you think are my chances of getting in?
I cant say anything about Vassar, but for tufts your chances look alright, your GPA is a bit low as well as your class rank since about 90% of admitted students to tufts are in the top 10% of their class. Also, make sure to explain why you got 4-5 Bs junior year because if it was fully due to mental health problems it is out of your control. Also, the 75th percentile act for tufts is 33 and the 25th percentile is 30. a 32 is on the higher side so you don’t really need to retake it.
@StudyFoxx that info I should a bit out of date. The average ACT score for Tufts is now 33. The new range isn’t published yet but is probably around 32-34 (last year’s being 31-34). 32 would actually be on the lower side, as it was for this year’s admits.
@StudyFoxx Thank you so much!
@Tufts2021 Thanks for the clarification!
I think you have a good shot at both.