Chance Me @ Georgetown, NYU, Brown, Duke, Notre Dame, UVA

Hoping to get a better look at how many rejection letters I’m going to get in the spring :wink:

State: MD
School Type: Public
Race: Caucasian
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female

Major: Accelerated Dental (where it applies)/Public Health

Scores
ACT: 31 (34E 27M 33R 29S)
SAT: 1420 (new) 740 W 680 M
AP: 5 in English Lang, 5 Psych, 5 U.S. Gov, 3 Calc AB (yikes) - will take Calc BC (redemption I swear!), Chem, Bio, and Spanish 5 Lang this year
SAT II: Taking Bio M, Math II, and Lit this weekend (wish me luck)

Grades
3.9 UW GPA
Weighted GPA: 4.74 (Rank 18: Top 10%)
Class size: 291

EC
-2 year captain of our school’s Senior Dance Company (highest level)
-Intern at dentist/orthodontist (through intern/mentor/research program at our school)
-Dental assistant at dentists office
-FBLA Member
-Active Minds member
-Relay for Life Member
-SGA
-Member of a dance competition team at a studio outside of school (past 8 years)
-Previous JA Rising Women member, President of Customer Service and Sales (started a business, pitched original product to companies, sold product)
-Member of previous high school musicals
-Volunteer Tutor
-Travelled to China over the summer by myself and spent a month there volunteering and teaching children English
-Also work another job at huge venue as event staff

Awards: National Hispanic Recognition Program, Honors Societies (National, Science, Math, Dance, Spanish), AP Scholar w/Honors, 1st place at states for Intro to Business Communications for FBLA (5th in Intro to Business, 3rd in Business Comm on regional level)

Hooks: Dedication to intended major/experience in field, NHRP, clear love for dentistry/business

Weaknesses: Scores :frowning:

Letters of Rec:
AP Calc teacher (9/10, Had her soph & junior year & I love her but my subpar performance on my AP test is scaring me)
AP Spanish Teacher (9/10, had him for past two years, I excel in his class but his emotions are very hard to read)
Counselor: 10/10, loves me and commends my dedication constantly

Common App Essay: 9/10 - very unique, will definitely not be like anything else another applicant has written but might not be everyone’s cup of tea

Schools applying to: Georgetown, NYU, Brown, Duke, Notre Dame, UVA, U of MD CP, American, GW, VTech

I know many of these schools are reaches for me but I couldn’t bring myself to take them off my list based on the chance that maybe just maybe one of them would accept me. Let me know what you think! Thanks :slight_smile: