Hello, I am currently a senior and am super worried about my chances for admission. I am getting the college admission heebie jeebies right now, and I would like your help in warding off the anxiousness. Comments will be greatly appreciated!
Major: Biology or Computer Science
SAT score: 1450 (superscored)
GPA: 91.56 unweighted, 95.588 weighted
Class size: 500
Rank: We don’t rank, but I’m guessing top 10%.
Courses:
I will have taken 13 APs by the end of my senior year.
- AP Biology (4), AP World (4), AP US Government (4), AP Chem (3), AP Language (2), AP Calculus AB (3), AP Physics (2), AP Computer Science Principles (3).
Current Senior Course Load:
- AP Stat
- AP Computer Science A
- AP Literature
- AP Calculus BC
- AP Spanish
- Honors Anatomy
- Online Econ (2nd semester, extra class)
All of my other classes were Honors classes except for:
- PE, Health, Intro to Art, Online USH
Activities:
- GIS (secretary and VP)
- National Honor Society (11, 12)
- Mu Alpha Theta (11, 12)
- National English Honor Society (12)
- Rho Kappa (11, 12)
- UNICEF (9-12)
- FBLA (11, 12)
- School-sponsored Tutoring (10-12)
- National Spanish Honor Society (Nominee)
- National Art Honor Society (Nominee)
Awards:
- QuestBridge College Prep Finalist (11th)
- QuestBridge National Match Finalist (12th)
- GHP Engineering Nominee (11th)
- AP Scholar Award with Honor (x2) (10th, 11th)
- National Spanish Exam Bronze (9th)
- Honor Roll (9th, 10th, 11th, 12th)
- NCWIT Nominee (12th)
Work experience:
- Work at a local office for 4 to 5 hours a day (for 7 days/week)
- Own a pet-care business (babysits pets for 2 to 6 weeks at a time, 24/7)
- Tutor peers in my free time (2 hrs at a time 3 days/ week)
- I also work for my neighbors when they need help with creating documents and stuff like that
Hooks:
- Low income ($23,000/yr)
- Single parent household
- Passionate about lupus (mother suffers from it) and I have done small research on this disease
- Asian girl
- Trilingual, learning Chinese
- Goes on business trips for job sometimes
I’m extremely worried for the regular decision round because my first semester senior grades aren’t looking too hot. I know I will end up with a C+ in AP Stat (teacher graded quite harshly this year) and a B in AP Calculus BC (teacher was also hard).
I was accepted to GSU, UAB, and LSU (and their Honors Colleges, too). I participated in the QuestBridge National College Match, but did not match. I was also deferred from UChicago EA.
If you have any questions, please let me know by commenting!
Thank you!