I’m a senior I’ve got a list of about 6 schools:
Duke (ED)
Georgia Tech (EA)
Princeton
Virginia Tech
Clemson
South Carolina
NC State
I took the most rigorous curriculum my high school offers, but I got a lot of B’s because of homework, which lowered my GPA. I would also like chances without consideration of my GPA, just factoring in the rest of my test scores. I will be applying early decision to Duke since the acceptance rate was around 25% last I checked. I’m also applying Early Action to GT for scholarships. My ec’s aren’t amazing but I’m still involved with a few activities outside of school. I want to pursue Electrical or Computer Engineering.
Race/Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
State: South Carolina
Income:~90k
GPA: 3.36 unweighted, 4.37 weighted (I’ve only had 1 year on SC’s new 6 point scale)
Rank: 61/293 at top 5 high school in state
ACT: 35 composite 34 math and english 36 science and reading (took once last year)
Freshman Classes:
Honors Algebra 2
Honors Physical Science
Honors English 1
AP Human Geography (5)
Intro to Engineering and Design (9/9 with college credit)
French 1
Orchestra
Sophomore Classes:
Honors PreCalculus
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry
Honors English 2
AP World History (4)
Principle of Engineering (9/9 with college credit)
French 2
Orchestra
Junior Classes:
AP Calculus AB (5)
AP Physics 1 (4)
AP Physics 2 (4)
AP English Language
Honors US History
Engineering Design and Development
French 3
Senior Year Classes:
AP Calculus BC
AP Chemistry
AP Literature
AP US Government
AP Macroeconomics
AP Seminar
Extra Academics: I’m in a program in my school that’s sponsored by the Center for Creative Leadership that’s composed of about the top academic students from middle school and is supposed to teach us leadership skills and the like.
EC’s:
100’s of hours as ymca counselor in training
operation christmas child packaging center volunteer every year
mock trial
nhs
beta club
ymca outdoor leadership camp
varsity lacrosse
Jobs:
grocery store janitor
ymca counselor
Awards:
Furman Scholar
Lander University Junior Fellow
AP Scholar with Distinction
Recs: getting 10/10 rec from calculus teacher and 7-9/10 rec from physics teacher
Essays: 10/10 with review from english department