<p>I posted this in the american university forum, but I figured it would take someone a long time to respond, so I'm posting it here as well. Sorry that these threads are annoying, I'm not looking for a confidence booster or anything, just opinions.
I'm a little concerned because I'm very interested in American University (Also Bryn Mawr, George Washington University, and Villanova) and I even plan to visit this summer. Judging from their acceptance rate and 50% SAT scores, I thought it would be a really good match for me and that I had a good chance of getting in, but I saw a few other threads about how American is getting more selective and everything so now I don't feel as confident about getting in.</p>
<p>I'm a white female and I got to a public school.
My SAT scores are decent, but my math isn't great.
CR- 720
W- 630
M- 590
I definately plan on retaking them one more time and doing much better in writing and math.
On the ACT I got a 28. (also retaking for a 31 hopefully)</p>
<p>GPA- 4.0
weighted- 4.5
rank- 30 out of 280 (it will improve after the first quarter of my senior year)</p>
<p>My one concern is that my school does not offer any honors courses and very few AP's, so my courseload isn't that challenging compared to other schools, but I did take every advanced course I could. (Trig, AP Euro, Spanish 4, etc.)
I took 3 AP tests, 2 were self studied.
Euro History- 3
American History- 3
U.S. government and politics- 4</p>
<p>I'm currently taking two colleges classes at wilkes university and I will be in dual enrollment during my senior year as well.</p>
<p>EC's
I began and I am the president of the Young Democrats Club at my school.
Diversity Club
Newspaper columnist
Literary Magazine
Speech and Debate</p>
<p>other honors and activities:
member of the national junior honor society
AP scholar
organized a voter registration drive at my school
volunteer at my church all the time
volunteer at the library twice a week
etc.
I'm not going to list absolutely everything because I think you get the jist. I'm thinking of taking the politically active angle. I want to major in political science/international studies, so I wanted to emphasis how active I am in my community as far as campaigning for specific candidates and writing editorials.</p>