I know this is kind of late in the game but the waiting is just killing me. I have already been accepted into Georgia Tech EA and University of Kentucky (and honors college) EA, but I was never really worried about those two. My other two RD are Vanderbilt and Duke and I just really have no idea if I have a good chance or not.
State: IL
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Major: Computer Science
Scores:
ACT: 34 (34E 35M 33R 36S) Two sittings (Superscore to a 35)
SAT: None
AP: Psychology (5), Lit and Comp (4), US History (3), US Gov (3), Physics 1 (3)
Will take Comp Sci A, Enviro Sci, Calc AB, German, Lang and Comp this year.
SAT II: None
Grades:
4.0 UW GPA
4.5 W GPA
Class Rank: 2/260
EC
National Honor Society (11th and 12th)
German Honor Society Secretary (10th,11th, and 12th)
Student Council (11th and 12th)
Track Indoor and Outdoor (9th and 10th)
Part-Time Job, 30 hrs/week during school year and 50 hrs/week during summer (11th and 12th)
Paid Tutoring outside of school one day/week (12th)
Fostered cats and dogs and helped at adoption shows for local organization (9th and 10th)
Helped pack seeds to send to impoverished countries at church (9th)
Awards: AP Scholar w/ Distinction
Won roughly 5 first place medals in various categories at math competition over four years
Went to WYSE (Math and Science competitions for Illinois) and won 4 medals over 2 years (hopefully more to come). Qualified for regionals, sectionals, and state last year, maybe this year too.
Recognized for straight A’s every year by local rotary club.
Hooks: None really. Totally white family with both parents holding masters degrees in their fields.
Letters of Recommendation:
AP Calculus Teacher: 10/10 (I have a very personal relationship and she has known my family for awhile)
AP Psychology Teacher and Track Coach 8.5/10 (Not as sure about this one. He always liked me in class and at practice but I had less of a personal relationship with him)
Counselor: ?/10 (Honestly have no idea. Our school got all new counselors my senior year and I have maybe talked to him once ever and I have no idea how well he can write letters of rec because he is not a very good counselor imho)
Common App Essay: 8/10. Maybe higher, but I am not sure. I wrote it my junior year and had my AP Lit and Comp teacher revise it two separate times my junior and senior year.
Schools applying to:
As previously mentioned, Duke and Vanderbilt. I also applied for the Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship and the Carell Family Scholarship for holding a part time job during high school, if anyone has any idea about how likely it is for me to receive either scholarship. (Already accepted EA at Georgia Tech and University of Kentucky (+ Honors College) )
I am really hoping for Vanderbilt because according to their net price calculator, my estimated family contribution is only about $8,000 which is manageable for my family. Any insight would be greatly appreciated because I just cannot wait to find everything out for sure on April 1st!
Thank you so much for any thoughts you have!