I’m just starting to formulate my list. If y’all could chance me at these schools, that would be great. Any advice would also be appreciated.
Age: 16 (Junior)
School Type: Public (a large, competitive new school)
Location: North Carolina
Race/Gender: White, Female
Parent’s Salary: 150k+
Prospective Majors/Minors: Econ, Poli Sci, Journalism, Linguistics
Rank: Top 10%
Unweighted GPA: 3.91
Weighted GPA: 4.41
SAT Scores (possibly retaking)
Writing/Reading: 760
Math: 740
Total: 1500
Notable Classes
Honors - (8th) Honors Math I, (9th) Honors Math II, Honors English I, Honors Bio, Honors World History, (10th) Honors Chemistry, Honors English II, Honors Civics & Econ., Honors Math III, (11th) Honors Pre-Calc, Honors Digital Photography, Honors Spanish 3
AP - (10th) AP European History (5), (11th) AP Lang & Comp, AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography, AP US History
5/24 of my school’s offered AP Classes, but I’m planning to take 5-6 senior year
Activities - A bit lack luster but…
- Softball - 8 years of rec, 3 years competitive challenge - CAPITAN
- Young Democrats - since last year, political involvement and education around the school - VP (Pres. next year)
- MUN - since this year, multiple awards, hosting a conference - SECRETARY
- Photography Club - since this year, local museum feature, teaching photography basics to an elderly community (Im going for an officer position next year)
- K-8 tutor at a local community center, since this year
- GSA - attended meetings, but nothing huge
- (11th, 12th) NHS, Roh Kappa, NEHS
Future Activities - - I’m applying to internships involving my interests, hoping to hear back soon
- Also hoping to get involved with Girl State/other forms of political involvement
- I don’t have many service hours comparatively, so I’m working on that
Recommendations: Actually great and personalized
Essays: I’m quite a good at writing and have a private admissions councilor to help me along
Other Info
- I’m a fan of learning languages; besides my Spanish class, I can speak conversational German and Korean basics.
I’d like to know what my chances would be to where I’m thinking about applying, if they’re a stretch or something.
1st Northwestern (I’d be doing early decison)
2nd Princeton
3rd Duke
4th Chapel Hill (Legacy)
5th Vanderbilt
6th Washington University
7th Emory
8th Columbia