I am applying early admission to U of San Francisco to major in Communication Studies and minor in Art History.
Stats:
Unweighted GPA: 3.81
Class ranking: unsure exactly but I am in the top 10% of my class
SATs: 1820 (my math is a bit low at 560 but my reading is 600 and writing is 660)
AP Classes: Psychology (received a 5 on the AP exam), US Government (yet to take the AP exam) and Statistics (yet to take the AP exam)
Extracurriculars: Feminist Club, Environmental club, lots and lots of volunteering, guitar (I have played for 10 years), painting, regular church attendance
Can you guys please chance me? I’m hoping for merit aid
Senior
3.8 WGPA at one of the better public schools in my town
No idea about class rank
31 composite ACT (never took SAT)
29 math 29 science 30 english 36 reading
First generation college student from low income family
white female (Southern CA)
What I believe to be a pretty good essay
One great recommendation, One i’m not too sure about
Taken all AP humanities courses I can, all either advanced or honors sciences, and regular maths (geometry, algebra 2, precal, and now discrete math)
this year schedule having 3 AP’s(lit, art history, and psych) and 2 classes at a community college(intro to poli sci, and american political system)
Plan to be a history major [hence all the humanities stuff]
Extracurriculars: 350 hours of community service, 25 hours a week babysitting, VP speech and debate, tech theatre for 4 years, Junior statesmen foundation member 2 years
Awards: $100 scholarship for excellence in the study of history (2 awards given out of 600 people), School wide award for excellence in advanced biology (2 per class given so out of like 40), scholarship to attend a week long summit discussing politics and media at UCLA (got to meet many politicians and great journalists), and a $1,500 scholarship to College Apps Academy which is a service to help first gen low income students get in and excel in college