<p>Hey! </p>
<p>Sorry for posting this, I recalculated my GPA and fortunately found it to be a little higher.
I'm a high school senior and applying to the following schools:
- Penn State
- Temple University (Philadelphia)
- University of Connecticut
- University of New Hampshire </p>
<p>Intended major: English Literature </p>
<p>ACADEMICS:</p>
<p>GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6/4.1
Rank: Unknown (in a new school this year)
School type: Competitive Private (2010-2012), very competitive Public (2013-2014)
Class load: All honors and AP courses throughout high school </p>
<p>STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES:</p>
<p>SAT: 2120 (CR: 730, M: 600, W: 790)
AP: AP European History (3), AP English Literature (?), AP Physics B (?), AP Psychology (?)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:</p>
<p>In school
Astronomy Club (President, 2011-2012)
Book club (trying for a leadership position)</p>
<p>Volunteering
Nursing home volunteer (100+ hours)</p>
<p>Other
Fingerstyle guitar (composer, 9 years)
Classical piano (4 years)
Art (I'm a very skilled drawer)
Writing
I'm an autodidact and spend a lot of time teaching myself a bunch of things. </p>
<p>AWARDS/HONOR SOCIETIES: </p>
<p>National Honor Society
English National Honor Society
Spanish National Honor Society
Award of Academic Excellence in Spanish (10th grade) </p>
<p>Thank you so much, this really means a lot to me!</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Brooke</p>
<p>Btw I’ll chance back!</p>
<p>Please bump, this means so much to me, I’m freaking out!</p>
<p>I might go as far to say that with those scores and grades, those are all safeties or low matches. Think about applying to some more selective schools maybe? Whatever you want though. The only thing holding you back is you dont seem to have many ECs.</p>
<p>I’m with Mancini; you shouldn’t have any difficulty getting into any of these. If there are any other more selective places that you like more than these, I’d definitely give them a shot if I were you.</p>
<p>However, given your outstanding record, I’d highly recommend looking into Honors Program within these schools. Don’t know much about the non-PA ones you’ve listed, but I know that Penn State’s Schreyer program is extremely selective and Temple’s has fairly high requirements (I’m checking them out myself, and IIRC the average profile has around the same test scores required to become a [President’s</a> Scholar](<a href=“http://admissions.temple.edu/sites/admissions/files/uploads/188_1213_scholarship_info_sheet_sl_2014FINAL.pdf]President’s”>http://admissions.temple.edu/sites/admissions/files/uploads/188_1213_scholarship_info_sheet_sl_2014FINAL.pdf). Oh, by the way, I really recommend a retake if you want to earn that full-tuition grant… you’re just 40 points away!).</p>
<p>Oh gosh I didn’t know! Thank you guys so much! I will definitely consider more competitive schools :)</p>
<p>Any more input? Thank you all so much!</p>
<p>chance me first!!!</p>
<p>These schools all look like matchs/safeties for you. Try bumping your SAT CR and M score to at least a 1400 so you could get full tuition at Temple. And try applying so some more prestige schools? Just an suggestion because your stats are great</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much!
What do you think about Vanderbilt? I’d love to be near my sister.</p>
<p>I will have more ECs by the time of application btw! I am joining Teen Court and I plan on shadowing a lawyer if possible :)</p>