My dream school is USC and I am very sad that they don’t have early action/early decision but that’s okay. I am a bit nervous about my application and I would love it if you could chance me! I am a prospective bio/biochem major.
White male, live in Vermont (does being from NE help with my chances?)
low income - (45,000/year)
divorced parents
GPA unweighted: 93 (4.0)
2nd decile (top 20%)
AP world - 4
AP lang - 4
AP spanish - current
AP chem - current
AP bio - current
AP stats (DE) - current
lots of 200 level (honors?) classes and full schedules for 4 years
SAT - 1330, also waiting for Dec scores
finalist in the Samsung Build for Tomorrow contest
great commonapp essay and strong supplements
3 glowing recommendations from AP teachers
9th:
English 9 Honors - 91
Geometry 200 - 88
Grade 9 World History- 96
Earth and Physical Science 200 - 90
Spanish 3 - 94
Electives/Gym - 95-96
10th:
Grade 10 English - 95
Algebra 2 200 - 87
AP World History - 94
Biology 200 - 94
Chemistry 200 - 90
Spanish 4 - 94
Drivers Ed./ Gym - 95/100
11th:
AP Lang and Comp - 90
Precalculus 200 - 86
Math of Finance - 97
American Gov - 91
Physics 200 - 93
Spanish 5 - 94
Internship Class - 97
Computer Applications - 98
12th:
World Literature - x
Literature Humanities - x
AP Statistics - x
US History - x
AP Chemistry - x
AP Biology - x
Anatomy and Physiology - x
AP Spanish - x
Online Music Class - x
ECs and Volunteering:
Work @ local pizza restaurant ~ 25-30hrs/week all year - 3yrs
Chemistry Club - 2 yrs
Red Cross Club - 1 yr
Spanish Honor Society 4 years and President for 1 yr
National Honor Society 1 yr
Member of local Above the Influence group - 2yrs
Tutoring 2hrs/ week 1yr
Volunteering at local vacation bible school over summers for 5yrs
Volunteering doing landscaping for neighbors and family friends during summers
Internship at local orthopaedic surgery office - 40hrs
already applied to
Boston College: waitlisted
Notre Dame: denied
University of South Dakota: accepted
University of Vermont: accepted