White female from MA, top 5 NE public high school (800 students)
Intended Major: Psychology
GPA UW: 3.4 (upward trend, extenduating circumstances that guidance is writing about)
Classes: Almost all AP and Honors
SAT:1300 but retaking hoping to score at least 1400
School doesnt rank
EC:
President of Friends of Rachel
VP Cradles to Crayons
Thirst Project
Best Buddies
Environmental Club
Teach CCD
Help out around church
Acting in short/student/indie films (sag-aftra member)
Clothing line
Job: Babysitting
2 great letters of reccomendation
Essay in my opinion is good, It’s about losing my mother and multiple teachers have edited it
My mother died extremely suddenly during HS and I’ve had to step up and care for my sibling.
SCHOOL LIST
Providence College
Boston College
Fairfield
Sacred Heart
Salve Regina
Saint Anselm
Quinnipiac University
UNH
James Madison
Stonehill
Hi congrats on the great work! Hope you have a great senior year and strong gpa in the fall.
BC in 2018 isn’t what was even 10 years ago. And it was great then. With a 1400 it’s worth a shot with the legacy preference - ea. But I agree with Tom. It should be considered a high reach
PC Fairfield Quinipiac are matches. The others are low match and safety category.
If you hit the ball out of the park with a 1400 they are all likely in my book with the exception of BC. 1448 and 33 were last years averages. And that takes a lot of students with other preferences and athletes into account. But who knows.
Have you considered applying to Clark? It’s a reach for you but not a high-reach; and given the extenuating circumstances and the possible increase in your SAT score it could definitely be worth a shot. It’s particularly well known for its psych department.
Seems like you’re leaning toward Catholic colleges for the most part (and Holy Cross, which is the Jesuit college in the Worcester consortium, is a bit reachy, albeit not as reachy as BC). But worth considering if you haven’t already. It has a cool film program too fwiw.
For that matter, your 3.4 is unweighted and you’ve taken a lot of honors & AP, so Clark could even be a high-match depending on your weighted GPA… and Holy Cross might not even be out of reach, especially if your SAT comes up.