Hi everyone! I’d love to get your take on my chances of acceptance at Boston College, Occidental College, Gonzaga, and GWU; I’d also really appreciate if you’d give me some insight on how likely I am to receive merit aid/financial aid. Thank you in advance! 
OBJECTIVE:
SAT I: Did not take.
ACT (breakdown): 33 overall (Reading = 36, English = 36, Math = 30, Science = 30); Superscored 34
SAT II: Did not take. Took PSAT and awarded National Merit Commended Scholar status.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank. Top 25% for certain. Grad class is ~600 students.
AP (place score in parenthesis): European History (4), English Language (5), US History (5).
IB (place score in parenthesis): School does not offer IB
Senior Year Course Load: AP Psychology, AP German Language, AP Environmental Science, College Credit Algebra, College Credit Senior Composition
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Bronze Award, AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Board of Education Award of Excellence (2x), SIFMA Investwrite National Competition (9th place in the nation, 2nd in the state of Missouri).
SUBJECTIVE:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Leadership of Saint Louis (selected delegate), Girl Scouts of the USA (13 years; Bronze Award recipient), Mock Trial (president for 3 years), Politics Club (VP for two years), Youth in Government (serving as judge 1 year), Track and Field, Cross Country (2 years on Varsity), National Honors Society.
Job/Work Experience: Retail, 20-30 hours/week
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouting, working with my district’s Gifted Program students, Feed My Starving Children, Ronald McDonald House.
Summer Activities: Working, Leading a unit of ~20 campers at Girl Scout day camp (40 hours/summer for 3 summers; prior to serving as leader I served as camp aide for 3 summers), Serving as a classroom aide during my district’s Gifted Program summer camp.
OTHER:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Foreign Affairs and/or Business
State: MO
School Type: Large public, top 15 in state
Ethnicity: White and Middle Eastern
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Parents are ~115k. I’m working with my college counselor and school social worker to file FAFSA independently due to abuse. My personal income bracket is less than 20k a year.
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No “common” hooks, but I come from an abusive home (well-documented in my application and recommendations) and suffer PTSD as a result of being raped my sophomore year of HS. Not sure if these count as hooks, but they’re a large part of my academic + personal journey and my school’s college counselor encouraged me to include them in my applications.
NOTES:
Admitted to Kelley School at Indiana University Bloomington
Presidential Award at DePaul University ($23,000 / year)
Highest automatic scholarship available at Loyola Chicago ($21,000 / year)
Highest automatic scholarship available at St. John’s New York ($31,000 / year)
Recipient of George Beadle Scholarship at Nebraska ($15,000 / year)