Hi,
I’m currently a junior in high school preparing to apply to colleges next fall. I have no idea where I stand but if you could let me know in what region of schools I should be applying too, (with examples) I would greatly appreciate it.
GPA: UW: 4.0 W: 4.23 Class Rank: 11 of 512
SAT: 1480
ACT: 32 (Taking both again in the next couple weeks)
AP Exams:
Environmental Science: 5
Chemistry
Comp Sci
Psychology
Calc AB
Physics 1 & 2
Government
Macroeconomics
Literature
EC:
Eco Club (10,11,12) President next year
-helped install sustainable lighting, run clean-up projects, install composting and hopefully another big project next year
Baseball (9, 10, 11, maybe 12???)
-Stopped playing halfway through season but does it matter??? District champs for jv but won’t make varsity till next year if I play
Ping Pong Club (9, 11, 12) Founder/President
-Founded ping pong Club, grew to 25 kids and hopefully more next year
Science Fair Judging Club (12)
-Senior only Club: have to apply to get in. Judge elementary and middle school science fairs
Science Olympiad (12)
-need to do it for an award
NHS (10,11,12)
-Done many community service projects thanks to being in NHS (explained later)
Should I maybe start a chapter club next year? I heard it looks really good for college so maybe I should? And which club?
Community Service:
Crow Indian Project:
Raised around $1000 and filled backpacks with school supplies for crow Indians in Wyoming. Will spend more time up there this summer. Considering starting a non profit but may not be worth it
Tutoring:
With NHS, I have been able to tutor middle schoolers
Street Reach:
Spent many hours at homeless shelter downtown providing food for the homeless population in Denver
Eco Club:
Don’t lake clean-up projects, school clean-up and other clean-up projected around the community
Jobs/Work:
-Paid internship doing document management at LundBrown corporations. Had to interview and was able to sit in on late company meetings to experience a work environment
-Internship at Douglas County School District doing programming and networking
-Work at Qdoba all summer
-Nanny neighbors once to twice a week in the summer
Awards:
-Honors STEM award (awarded for interning and taking many AP Stem classes)
-Junior Escort
-Colorado Scholar presented by Colorado College (one of 25 kids to win the award)
-Jag of the Month (monthly award for students who show respect and dedication)
-Lettered in academics every semester possible
-Lettered in Eco Club
So, where do you think I stand?
from Colorado. My dad went to Colorado School of Mines and Duke