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Colleges and Universities A-Z Bucknell University
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<p>Alright, so I would dearly appreciate anyone who could offer advice, opinions, and/or their just overall thoughts on my chance at Bucknell. I am a Senior who lives in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. I will be applying RD.Here’s my stuff…</p>

<p>Academics:
Class Rank: 13 out of 430(top 5%) GPA: unweighted 3.8699 out of 4.0 Weighted 4.18 out of 5.0 </p>

<p>4 years math (1 college level course) 4 years science (2 years advanced)
4 years history (2 years advanced,2 years IB)
4 years English (2 years advanced, 2 years IB)
3 years of Spanish (2 years advanced) 3 years of Debate (2 tears of advanced)
4 other various credits </p>

<p>Test Scores: </p>

<p>ACT: Composite:27 </p>

<p>Best subscores:
English:29
Math:27
Reading:32
Science:27
Writing:9 </p>

<p>SAT: Taking it October </p>

<p>EC’s: Debate for 3 years (officer one year, president one year) </p>

<p>NHS for 2 years</p>

<p>B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) for 2 years </p>

<p>B’nai Tzedek Youth Council 2 years- philanthropic organization </p>

<p>Two BBYO Sponsored Leadership Programs- one in D.C. at GEORGE WASHINGTON U ,
And one in Boston at Brandeis</p>

<p>Missouri Boys State summer before senior year </p>

<p>Over 100 hours of community service </p>

<p>Club Rugby for 2 years (co-founder and co-captain, leading scorer helped start first team in city) </p>

<p>Football freshman and sophomore year (freshman and JV team) </p>

<p>work experience:</p>

<p>Worked at Papa Murphy’s Pizza for 7 months (not fired lol) </p>

<p>Awards/honors:
Congressional award for visual arts
Principal’s honor roll 3 years
3 academic letters
3 letters in debate
Numerous placings at tournaments in debate and forensics </p>

<p>I should also mention my strong desire to enter the field of politics and government. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!</p>

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<p>Your GPA and rank are good, along with your course rigor. Your EC’s show good focus (Debate, forensics). The only thing that might be a slight issue is your ACT, your at the lower end of the spectrum. Try to get it above 29. You are going to want to shoot for a 680+ in reading and math for the SAT. Have you taken any SAT subject tests? I don’t know if they require it but it looks good to take some. Look into one of the math one’s, #2 has a generous curve (5-6 wrong for 800). Also look into a history one. Besiedes that I like your EC’s (go BBYO, I am a member as well) and write killer essays and get good rec’s and i think you got a good shot. Good luck and make sure to continue taking tough courses senior year!!!</p>