Hi! I’ve only heard opinions from my counselor, so I’m curious to see what others outside of my bubble think. I am applying most everywhere for Musical Theatre, meaning auditions change everything, but I’m interested in seeing academically where I might fit.
Schools:
UF
FSU (Find out Dec 8)
Drexel (EA and didn’t apply musical theatre)
NYU (RD)
Michigan (LSA-EA)
Carnegie Mellon (RD)
UCLA (RD)
TCU (EA)
Elon (EA)
Penn State (Nov 30 deadline)
Indiana Bloomington (Accepted with scholarships)
Stetson (Accepted with Presidental scholarship)
Demographics:
Caucasian Hispanic
Female
Miami, FL
Small Prestigious Private School (230 in class)
Upper Middle Class
GPA/Test Scores:
W 4.67
Rank - School does not
SAT - 1340 (680CR, 660M, not sureW)
ACT - 31 (31E, 27M, 34R, 30S, 10 out of 12W)
AP Scholar
Courseload:
9th - all honors (Pre IB AP) except Spanish, Dance, and Theatre
10th - AP US (4) and AP Human Geo (4), all honors besides Spanish
11th - AP Psychology (3, horrible teacher) and AP Lang (4), all honors
12th - AP Bio, AP Enviro, AP Lit, and the rest honors
Extracurriculars:
Girl Scouts since the 2nd grade, Earned my Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards
President of Thespian Troupe
Student Council- Sophomore Historian, Junior Ambassador, Senior Secretary
Lotus House community service club member
National Honor Society member
Member of Academic Honor Council (A council at my school which reviews cases of plagiarism and cheating- a big honor)
Member of Spectrum LGBTQ+ club
Link Leader (A program where students help incoming freshmen transition into High School)
Diver- only freshmen year
Did lots of school shows and competed at the District and State level for thespians
Constantly training outside of school and I showed that
About 300 hours of community service
Summer Activities:
Attended NYU Tisch Summer High School and received 6 credits (It’s an NYU transcript that shows the classes I took, very official looking)
Well traveled
Essays:
Common App - probably 8/10. I wrote about never missing a single day of school in my life
Supplementals are all very descriptive towards the school and written nicely. My mom is an English teacher and helps me with grammar on all my supplements.
Teacher Recommendations:
Gov and Econ - probably 7/10 Not very close with him and struggled a bit in Econ, but he seemed to really like me
AP Lang teacher - 9.5/10 Super close with the teacher and she knows a lot about me
Counselor Recommendation: 9.5/10 Very very close with him