Hi guys! After submitting college apps, I was wondering about my reach schools.
Duke
Princeton
Rice
I also am not sure how this works so if I forget any major details, sorry!
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
School Type: Public
State: NC
Major: Philosophy (planning on double majoring with Biology and a minor in public policy/econ)
Rank: 9/635 (May go down 1 or 2, I got 2 Bs last semester)
GPA: UW: 3.96/4 and W: 5.1/6
SAT: 2310/2400 (800 CR, 780 CW, 730 M)
ACT: 32, but I didn’t submit it
SAT Subject: 760 Bio, 740, US History, 720 Literature
AP Taken and scores on exams, World History (4), Psychology (5), Environmental Science (5), Biology (4), Language and Comp (5), US History (5)
AP Taking now - Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Statistics, Literature and Comp
EC’s (Leadership scattered throughout)
In School
Debate team- Lincoln Douglas,4 years. Junior Captain my junior year and currently senior captain. Qualified to 2 of the three big national tournaments last year and poised to do the same this year. Have won awards locally and this year done well at national tournaments,
HOSA- been a member 4 years, was VP my junior year but no major positions now
Founder of Model UN- restarted the club this year, working to increase membership and attend competitions
Member of KIA volunteering club (it’s pretty self driven though, not a REAL club)
Honors Societies-
NHS
Spanish HS
Technical Honors Society
Social Studies Honors Society
Out of School
Indian Classical dance (since I was 6), graduated junior year but still pursuing as a pastime. The graduation is a large event, and being a graduate holds a level of prestige, it is a leadership position, though it may not seem that way.
HSS (Religious Organization) (11,12)- family helped restart the program in our locale after it died down, Youth leader
CLTMA (ethnic group) (9-12)- part of youth chapter and general member, participate in cultural events to raise awareness about specific ethnic traditions
Helped volunteer with local middle school debate programs and co-founded a middle school debate team (Both teams did well at the state level)
Volunteer with kids at the local YMCA (9-12)- weekly/as time permits
Participated in a hospital sponsored career development program for 6 months for 1/2 a high school credit
Summer stuff
Freshman year
- Went to India (kind of sad I was unable to be productive)
Sophomore year
- Attended debate camp in Texas
- Interned with a local non-profit
- Practiced for my dance graduation
Junior year
- Attended debate nationals
-Attended summer ventures (a 4 week math and science camp )
-Attended a religious retreat - Participated in annual dance recital
Teacher Recs
-Will all be amazing- I’m very close with these teachers and my counselor, despite going to a large school. My debate coach will also write an excellent rec
Essays
- Common App one was on dance and was excellent
- Princeton essay has two small grammar errors- will this be an issue?
I think I’m most worried for mid-year grades. I ended up getting B’s in AP Chem (which is ongoing) but a low B as a final in Calc AB. It was a very difficult class and I did my best to keep my grade up but all my test grades were atrocious. How negatively do you think that will affect admissions?
