Applying to SESP, hoping to major in social policy
-UW GPA: 3.95
-W GPA: 5.15
-Class rank: top 5%
-ACT: 34C (35R, 35W, 34S, 30M)
-Subject tests: still need to take
-APs already taken: AP World History, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Language & Comp, AP US History
-Senior year courses: AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP French, AP Literature, Honors Journalism II-Newspaper, Healthful Living (I had an injury freshman year, so I have to take this course as a senior)
-Interned for seven months at global health nonprofit. I created my own internship to fill the needs of the organization, and I interviewed over 120 local students for research
-Earned an A in a 200-level college course at UNC-Chapel Hill. The course was on the role of public opinion in policy
-Co-Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper. I co-led the transition to online, and I created social media pages in addition to my work writing, editing, and doing layout
-Steering Committee of Global Health Club. Co-led fundraisers, all of which have raised at least $10,000
-President of French Club
-National French Honors Society (VP at my school)
-Volunteered at hospital daycare for roughly fifty hours total
-Part-time hostess at local restaurant
-School: smallish (~850 students), public HS in North Carolina
-Race: White
-Gender: Female
-My dad is an alum, but I don’t know if that matters
Also applying to: UNC, Tufts, Emory, Georgetown, McGill
@glblhealthnerd
Northwestern ED- High Match
UNC- Low Match
Tufts- High Match
Emory- Low Reach
Georgetown- Low Reach
McGill- Match
Being w legacy will help a lot and both Emory and Tufts have ED2. That might interest you if you don’t get in to NWU.
Hmm… don’t know why @VANDEMORY1342 thinks Tufts is a high match while Emory is a low reach when Tufts’ acceptance rate is 10% lower. Emory is a high match; Tufts and Georgetown are reaches.
@potentialtransfer2018 @glblhealthnerd
I personally think there isn’t a big difference between Emory’s 21% and Tufts 15% . However the difference in SAT scores matter more in my opinion with Emory’s 1475 and Tufts 1445. A 30 point difference is significant especially considering that Tufts superscores both SAT and ACT while Emory and GTown do not. This is all class of 2021 data of course. Same logic used with GTown.
Also if you show a lot of interest at all of these schools equally your chances rises the most with Tufts. All of that was considered in my chance prediction.
@VANDEMORY1342 don’t know where you’re getting your info from… Emory directly states in its admissions policies that it does superscore the SAT. And Emory’s overall acceptance rate this year was 22%; Tufts’ was 14.8%. Because Tufts relies so heavily on its supplements for admissions decisions, it becomes a reach in the way that you must be a great writer to get in – it’s not always about the SAT/ACT scores (although the averages are both quite high).
@glblhealthnerd You will have a better chance at NU ED with legacy than RD at Tufts or GT to put it into perspective.
OP is an excellent candidate and applying ED and Legacy should make her an even stronger one. I don’t think she will need to go to her RD list, but if she does, in my experience Tufts has been a lot harder to get into than Emory - at least from our high school. However, both are equally excellent schools and OP would be a great candidate at both. I think Emory is a match and Tufts is low reach.