Chance Me! UPenn, UChicago, Barnard, Claremont McKenna, etc.

Academics:
GPA (Unweighted): 3.97
GPA (weighted): 4.08 I believe
ACT: 32
Sat Subject Scores: Not submitted
Rank: School doesn’t report
(My school does not have AP’s, only honors courses)

Extracurriculars (all of these I’ve taken since at least sophomore year):

  • Ethics Bowl, State Champion team, 5th place at nationals
  • Speech and Debate (went to state one year, but not anything special)
  • Youth Legislature, Chief of Staff for the Youth Governor
  • Model UN, my school’s head delegate
  • HSDA state executive board vice chair
  • Volunteer tutor for local organization in public elementary schools
  • Golf

Summer activities:

  • Stanford National Forensic Institute (before Junior year)
  • YMCA Conference on National Affairs (before Senior year)
  • Interned at law firm in my city (before Senior year)

Awards, etc:

  • Ethics Bowl
  • Won first place in a local civic essay contest

Personal Statement: Kind of kooky topic, I wrote about making hot chocolate. Most people who read it really liked it.

Note: At UPenn I am legacy and I am applying early decision. My mom donates here and there (not enough for it to be a sure thing) and volunteers as an alum interviewer.

Intended major: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics for most of my schools, or something equivalent

Top colleges:
UPenn
Claremont McKenna
Barnard
UChicago
NYU
Emory
Scripps

Some more info:

  • I’m a white girl
  • I go to a private school that sends quite a few students to top-ranked colleges each year
  • I am from Washington State

UPenn sounds like a good chance due to the hooks,
Extracurriculars are strong
Not the strongest academics (WGPA and ACT) so you need to make up with your essays! Best of luck

weighted gpa is out of 4.5 rather than 5.0 so it looks lower. but yes I agree ACT isn’t so high!