Info:
Hispanic female, small public charter school, small AZ city
Stats
3.56 UW GPA, 4.4 W
School doesn’t rank
Course schedule was one of the most rigorous I could do, but I go to a pretty rigorous school as well.
14 AP tests taken
13 AP courses
taking 3 more AP courses this year
33 ACT
School is in top 5 in the nation for most rigourous which hopefully will help with GPA explanation
Merits/Honors:
-Congressional District _ Service Award (special recognition from Congress)
-Distinguished Finalist Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
-President’s Volunteer Service Award (Silver)
-AP Scholar with Distinction
-US Senate Youth Program Alternate
-School Citizenship Award
-National Hispanic Scholar
-National Merit Commended Scholar
EC’s
-Speech and Debate (3x state qualifier, Team captain)
-Public Speaking Nonprofit (administrative role, working with organizations and project in Afghanistan)
-College Board YAC (leader, speaker at events)
-High School Democrats of America (two-term state chair, running about 20 state chapters)
-Theater
-NHS (treasurer, 400+ community service hours)
-StuCo representative
-Congressional Campaign Intern
-Teen Court (volunteer Attorney)
-Volunteering at senior home
Work
-Home Depot (25 hours a week)
-Seasonal Christmas work (15 hours a week)
Anticipated recs:
-A current teacher who hasn’t known me that long but who can most definitely speak to my work ethic
-A former teacher who is literally my life coach and mentor
-Counselor rec (I LOVE my counselor and she knows me very well, writing about why my grades are so low)
-Recommendation from my congressional representative (I worked on his 2016 and 2018 campaigns and he can speak to my passion)
Personal Statement: My common app essay is about becoming the first female in my home depot hardware depart
APPLYING TO: Notre Dame (REA), Wellesley College, Barnard, Brandeis, Cornell, George Washington, Washington and Lee (Johnson), Swarthmore, BC, BU.
ACCEPTED TO: ASU Barrett and University of Arizona Honors!
THANK YOU FOR READING THIS FAR! I appreciate your help at determining what I am looking at!