<p>White, female applicant from Lillington, North Carolina (rural, economically disadvantaged area), attends Harnett Central High School, a public school which has not sent a student to a top-tier college in some time, and has very few applicants (student will most likely be the only applicant to our school from her town this year).
Good ACT scores (32C, with 36R, 33E, 31S, 27M), SAT not submitted. Two AP Exams, AP US History and AP English Language, both with scores of 4. GPA is not great, but not terrible. A 3.6 unweighted, but a 4.5 weighted leaves her in the top five percent of her class. Student has always challenged herself, and has taken advanced classes across subject areas. Though she struggles in the math and science fields, she has still taken honors and AP level classes in these fields. Student will have taken 7-8 AP classes before graduation, with the school average well below that number.
Extracurriculars are solid. Student has been involved in theatre for four years, as a lead actor and as a leader. She is the student leader, and has stage managed a production. Most recently, she was Daisy in The Great Gatsby. Student has danced competitively for four years, in modern, lyrical, hip-hop, ballet and pointe.
Other positions include a year of marching band, two years of winterguard (performance based activity), a year as an English tutor, a year as a student representative for an online high school, and many family responsibilities.
The best part of this application is the additional high school this student attended. She attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Online for two years. This student challenged herself academically in classes like International Relations and Intro to Chemical Engineering. The student will take seven classes with the school before her graduation, while maintaining a full schedule at her home high school.
Weaknesses are GPA, and lack of diversity. Parents attended a technical college and a community college. Incomes between 100K-200K.
Would schools like Yale, Brown, Amherst, Kenyon, Oberlin, BU, Northwestern and Carleton accept me?</p>
<p>Hey! Your stats and ECs look pretty solid. Yale is a reach, Brown and Amherst are low reaches, Northwestern and Carleton are high matches, and Kenyon, Oberlin, and BU are matches. Good luck! Chance me back?
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<p>Sure thing!</p>
<p>Yale: high reach
Brown: high reach
Amherst: reach
Northwestern: reach
Kenyon: high match
Oberlin: high match
BU: match</p>
<p>how much do you think geographic diversity and coming from a poor rural area helps?</p>