Hi, I am a junior and was wondering if I had a chance of getting into middlebury
I am Chinese, adopted at 9 months by my single white mother
I have a 4.6 weighted GPA (3.9 UW) as of last year and was ranked 6/157 in my class but I did not take any AP courses this year because my mom was disagnosed with a possibly cancerous mass in the late summer and I thought I would need to help her (turns out, she’s fine)
I have mostly A+ in all my classes this year except English and am only taking honors Spanish 4 which will probably bring my GPA this year to about 4.1 and my cumulative to 4.3 or so
I took AP bio and AP environmental last year along with other honors
I got a 2090 on the SATS and a 1430 out of 1520 on the newest PSAT and my guidance counselor says I might qualify for the national merit scholarship
I plan to take the bio subject SAT again because I only got a 670 the first time along with the math 2 and maybe Spanish
I plan to take at least AP government and AP Spanish next year and maybe AP psych to bring my weighted GPA back up
I am applying for the science and Spanish national honor societies as well as the regular one and will likely get in
I will have been a summer counselor and volunteered at an animal shelter for two hours every Sunday for all four years when I apply
I started a club for animals this year and we are doing a drive to collect supplies for the shelter
I just got CPR certified and am taking an EMT course this summer to become EMT certified and work as an EMT the summer after senior year
I am a TA for the Spanish AP teacher in her Spanish 2 class
I am in JSA since 10th grade and plan to run for VP later this year
I joined the Spanish club and participated in my school’s cupcake wars this year and will next year
I have participated in Math League and Photo club since 10th grade
I was in a mole day club in 10th grade and part of stage crew in 9th
I have also babysitted my whole life- for family members and neighbors, not for money
I have been a part of a taxidermy association since last year
I am planning on doing a Friday externship with the vet next year as well
I plan to focus on my love of children, science and medicine in my essay and I would like to pursue a career in surgery- related to an interest in taxidermy perhaps- (either veterinary or human) or be a pediatrician- related to babysitting and being a camp counselor
I don’t know if this matters- my mom thinks it does- but I have also visited England, Italy, Spain, Ireland and Mexico
Edit: I visited Middlebury along with Cornell earlier in the year and I absolutely loved it (way better than Cornell) so I am going to apply ED