<p>ACT: 33 (do they superscore? if so 34)
GPA: 3.5</p>
<p>Extracurricular: Tons, School President, Leader of Spirit Crew, 2 varsity sports, leadership position in schools diversity club, wrote for newspaper, worked on yearbook, 2 years of theater, involved in youth group, held down a job throughout school, volunteered a lot</p>
<p>Classes: 34 college credit hours (I know they dont transfer but still), taken hardest classes through h.s., school is a bronze newsweek school, </p>
<p>Other: first generation American, speak Russian fluently as well as taken German 5 years at school, </p>
<p>Want to go to the international studies school so how do I look?</p>
<p>I had a 34 ACT which would be 35 superscored, 3.97 uw GPA 4.5 w, tons of ecs and leadership and great recs and essays and was deferred EA. Your ACT is strong but unfortunately I don’t think your GPA is high enough</p>
<p>I think additional information would be helpful. I do not want to jump to conclusions immediately.</p>
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<li>What is your class rank? That helps the committee put your GPA in a specific context.</li>
<li>How long have you lived in the United States?</li>
<li>What are your essays going to be/are about?</li>
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<p>thanks for the quick responses, you guys live on here? lol</p>
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<li><p>not too good, bad thing about taking all hard classes at a small school is that many capable people take several hard classes with mainly easy classes and get really good grades. so im right at about the 15-20% mark I think. Its not terrible but too good, especially with only about 60 kids in my grade</p></li>
<li><p>Proudly born and raised in St. Louis MO </p></li>
<li><p>Essay is about my a conversation I had with my grandfather about deciding college and using that to compare the difference in experiences he had to mine in college decisions which leads to my patriotism for USA and my future plans. a really SFS themed essay</p></li>
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<p>^I think the fact that you are a first generation American can help but not as much if you were actually born outside the United States and lived a certain portion of your childhood there.</p>