I applied EA to LSA as an undecided major.
ACT: 32; 33 superscored
GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.3 W
Class Rank: 9/301
School: highly competitive gifted program at a public school
Classes: taken 9 APs so far (English Lang & Lit, Bio, Human Geo, APES, APUSH, Comparative Pol, US Gov, Physics 1) and I am currently taking 6 APs this year (Chem, Psych, Stats, Macro Econ, Micro Econ, French) as well, all of my classes are gifted/advanced level classes including APs.
EC’s: Key Club (4 years), NHS (2 years), Tennis (4 years - 2 years varsity), French NHS (2 years), volunteer at local science museum (4 years), worked at a dermatology office over the summer, AP scholar with distinction, IL state scholar
Essays:
Common App: 10/10, I absolutely loved my essay and had it reviewed by my college advisor and my mom
Why UM?: 8/10, wrote about my visit to campus and how LSA would fit my needs as a student.
Rec letters:
Teacher: I had one from my APUSH teacher who absolutely loved me (and he knows how hard I worked in his class), and another from my Physics teacher who is known for writing amazing rec letters and knows me pretty well as a person.
Counselor: I don’t know him super well, but he’s great and he seems to like me a lot so I assume it was pretty good.
Possible hook: I would be the first person in my family to attend a four year university (my dad has a degree from a community college I don’t know if this would effect my chance of having a hook?)