Hi all!
I am a senior in MA and am applying to Syracuse, UConn, UMass Amherst, UMaryland, George Washington, Clemson, North Carolina State, Boston University, James Madison, and Penn State. I am applying for Public Relations/Advertising for the schools that offer it (Syracuse’s Newhouse School, BU, NC State, and Penn State), and as Marketing for my first choice and Journalism for my second choice at the rest of the schools.
SAT = 1340 (690 math, 650 reading, 20 on the writing portion). ACT= 30 with a 10 on writing. WGPA is 3.75.
Extracurriculars are definitely key in my application process.
I was my high school DECA chapter’s President for 2 years (first time my school had a junior as President), and competed internationally in the Marketing Communications Series event (ranked in the top 82nd percentile internationally). I placed at States every year since Freshman year.
I am a member of my school’s National Honor Society and National Business Honor Society (I am the secretary for the latter).
I’m also my class’ secretary and also participated in my school’s Journalism Club.
I played field hockey all four years of high school and I am also a competitive dancer year-round.
I am a freshman mentor and aid them in healthy decision making and academics.
I work as a camp counselor during the summer and as an event specialist during the school year.
Personal essay is decent and describes a medical condition I have and how it affected my competitive dance career (focuses on how I came back from it and overcame the obstacle).
My recommendation letters should be very decent (they are being written by my DECA advisor with whom I also took a business course, and my 11th grade AP English Lang teacher [I got a 5 on the exam, so she better write a good one!]).
Thanks for your help!