Chance Me (Updated) - Univ of Penn, Emory, UVA, UNC, UGA, Vandy, UWSL, Boston College,

Hi -

Thanks to all members who gave me public and private feedback on my previous post. Here’s an updated school list and ECs.

Appreciate the candid critiques and help.

Me:

  • Applying ED for Class of 2023 at Penn
  • Located in suburbs of Atl, GA
  • White/Female

Status: Legacy@Univ of Penn (Early Decision)

Academic:

  • UW GPA: 3.80
  • W. GPA: 4.06 (1 pt for AP, nothing for honors/gifted)
  • Clas Rank: 103 out of 400 – super competitive elite public high school
  • ACT - 30 (Superscore Eng 35, Reading 34, Math 26, Science 24) – retaking in June - hoping to bring up Math/Science
  • Will have 9 APs by end of 12th

    Current AP Scores: (end of Junior year)

    AP Human - 2 (Freshman year-ouch)

    AP World - 4

    AP Psych - waiting on score - predict 4/5

    AP US History - waiting on score - predict 4/5

    AP Language - waiting on score - predict 4/5

    12th AP Load: 4 classes (AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Literature, AP Environmental Science)

    International Skills Diploma (Georgia Award)

    9th Grade - First Place Cell Modeling Project (Biology Competition)

    9th Grade - First Place DNA Modeling Project (Biology Competition)

Extracurriculars:

2 sport 4 year letterman (Captain Sr. Year in two sports) ; State Champions 10th grade; State Runner-up 9th and 11th

9th-12th - Varsity Competition Cheerleading Team; Captain 12th

9th-12th - Varsity Football Cheerleading Team; Captain 12th

11th - I was Selected as a member of the Georgia 5-A All Region Cheer Team

Nominated for State of Georgia Cheerleader of the Year (Final Selection on Nov. 10th, 2018)

*** Nominated for United Cheerleading Association (UCA) and National Cheerleading Association Award ***

All Star Travel Team (Georgia Heat)- 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th; Multiple National Tournament Champions

Ambassador Club - 4 years, officer 12th

Served community with over 100+ hours

Organized and Managed End of Year Sports Banquet - 11th

Spanish Club/Spanish Honor Society - 9-10

9th-10th - Received Honorable Mention on National Spanish Exam

Beta Club - 9-12

Served community with over 100+ hours (Midwest Food Bank, Bloom Closet (Foster Children), Peachtree City Police Department)

Drama - Multiple School Musical Theatres - 11th, 12th

11th – Nominated for a “Schuler” Award for my Ensemble Group in UrineTown Musical (State of Georgia Award similar to a High School Tony Award)

Chorus - 9,10, 11; Elite Group 12

9,10, and 11th - Ranked “Superior” at State of Georgia Large Group Performance Evaluation

10th – Choreographed large-group performance in our Spring Gala; Sang Back-up in Major School Production

11th – Advanced Women’s Chorus; Performed in a trio during our Spring Gala; Selected as Dancer for High Profile portion of Spring Gala

11th – Served as Advanced Women’s Chorus Mentor to Freshman female student

11th - Led/Taught Special Needs students choreography for Spring Gala

12th – Advanced Mixed Chorus -

10th-11th Selected to Sing National Anthem at Multiple Civic and School Events

National English Honor Society - 11th and 12th

Founding Member - National Science Honor Society - 12th

Key Club - 9th and 10th

Interact Service Club - 9th and 10th

Served as State of Georgia Congressional Page - Representative Matt Bonner - 1oth

Selected to attend University of Notre Dame Vision Camp - 10th

Volunteer:

Church 100+ hours

Work Experience:

Part-time retail job 10th / part of 11th

Babysitting - 9th-12th

I’m retaking ACT on June 9th - hoping to improve to a 31/32 composite.

Take anything that I say with a grain of salt. I wanna be as helpful as possible, but I’m not an adcom. I just class of 2022.

ACT and ranking is rough, but you look great for Vandy. Glad to see a fellow Georgia theatre kid, and congrats on the Schuler! I am not sure if I saw National Honor Society. Vandy is very much about that life. Get that, pull a 33+ on the ACT, and you should be good.

Thanks IvyPlaywright - ended up with a Natural 32 / 33 Superscore from the June 9th test.

I’ll work hard on the remainder of my app to define myself as more than a test score!