I’m wondering what my chances are of getting into these schools are, granted I realize that Amherst and Williams are reaches. I’m open to other suggestions as well and am really interested in attending a liberal arts college and love the northeast. The goal is to major in something along the lines of public health or biology (perhaps combined) with minors or concentrations in sociology and/or computer science.
SAT 2110: CR 710/ WR 730/ M 670
GPA: 102.6 (weighted, my school doesn’t do 4.0 scale or show us unweighted)
Class Rank: Valedictorian
APs:
My school doesn’t offer most APs until senior year and we block schedule
Sophomore: APUSH
Junior: AP Bio
Senior: AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Chem
Online College Courses taken on my own time: Intro to Sociology, General Psychology, Anthropology
All my other classes were accelerated as well, just not AP
Extracurriculars/Awards/volunteering:
- Debate (3 years)
- Mock Trial (4 years)
- Drama Club Officer (4 years member, 2 years officer)
- Diversity Club (3 years)
- Rotary Club thing (3 years)
- NHS (2 years)
- Model Congress (3 years)
- Chorus: in class and after school (3 years)
- Class Treasurer (3 years)
- Student Ambassador/Advisor (3 years)
- I work in a bakery, on average, 2 - 4 days a week, often more - occasionally before school! (4 years)
- Performing, Musical Theater, Acting Classes, Stage Management, Light/Sound Operation, and more at a youth theater conservatory I receive a scholarship to attend (5 years)
- Camp Counseling at said theater conservatory for 3 weeks during the summer (2 years)
- Did unpaid/volunteer work acting in a local hospital’s PSAs (2 years)
- Girl Scout Silver Award
I know I listed a lot of clubs and activities, but I legitimately participate in each one wholeheartedly and have been doing most of them since freshman/sophomore year (I have a problem with saying “no” when asked to do things)
I’m also a first generation college student from a lower middle class family - I don’t know how much weight that carries though…