Currently a junior.
SAT: 2130 (CR 750, Math 700, Writing 680)- I intend to retake and get 2250 with a 750 on each section. No SAT II yet
GPA: 4.25 weighted, 4.0 unweighted
Class rank: 1/600
Academics:
School does not allow APs before junior year, during my freshman and sophomore years I “doubled up” in three subjects and took summer classes (including language classes from Middlebury) to advance myself.
Junior year- College-level philosophy, Chorus, Honors Chem, AP Calc AB (anticipated 4), AP Comp Gov (anticipated 5), AP Lit (anticipated 5), German 4, plan to take an additional college level math class over the summer
Senior year (anticipated)- Chorus, AP Physics B, AP Statistics, AP Lang, AP US Gov, College Econ (no AP offered, 2nd level college Philosophy
ECs:
-National Honors Society, 11-12 (Vice President)
-Tolerance Club, 11-12
-Mock Trial, 10-12 (President)
-Speech and Debate, 9-12 (President)
-Chime Choir Director, 11-12 (President and founder)
-Model United Nations, 10-12 (President)
-Girl Scouts
-Youth Group and Footsteps, a youth retreat
-Best Buddies (President, 2nd in the club’s history)
-Chorus Accompanist, 10-12
-Jr. Philharmonic, 10-12
-Key Club, 9-10
-Honors College, 9-12
-Campaign for a Presidential Youth Council District Manager, 11-12
-Piano, 7 hrs/week
Achievements:
-Mock Trial team district semifinalist
-Accepted to Summer Piano Institute at Ithaca College
-Anticipated state finalist in debate
-Anticipated position paper/best delegate award for MUN
Volunteer/Community service: 20 hours required for our school’s Honors College and NHS, participation in Tolerance Club and Key Club but not heavily, Girl Scout Silver Award in 8th, intend on getting my Gold Award by the time I graduate but it will not have been completed by the time I apply
Anticipated supplements:
Essays: Anticipate being very good, multiple English teachers have described me as the best writer they have taught
Teacher Recommendation: 2 anticipated very good recs
Additional Rec: The judge who coaches my mock trial teams adores me as does my Forensics coach
Anticipated Major: Economics, PoliSci, Public Policy, Anthro
Other notes:
-Middle level high school in PA
-will not be eligible for need-based financial aid
-it is very important to me to be able to go somewhere that there is a possibility for me to pursue music aside my major
-I am most paranoid about not being a National Merit Scholarship, not taking AP Chem or a higher level science before my senior year, and not having a significant amount of volunteer service so far. How will these things effect my application?
-I believe my strongest points (and the things I am most passionate about) are my ECs. How far will these get me?
-Besides higher SATs, what else can I do to substantially improve chances? I understand that competitive schools are essentially a lottery as long as you are a qualified student, but what can I do to earn myself a spot in that “lottery”?
Schools:
Yale
UChicago
Duke
Bowdoin
Notre Dame
Vassar
-What other schools should I be looking into, keeping in mind that I need to have a strong music department?
-I have matches in mind that I have not listed, only reaches are listed
Thank you!!