updatedposed in wrong forum
SCHOOL STATS
GPA: 3.90
school in suburbia
BACKGROUND
1st gen. Asian in america
financial burdens including sister w/ disability
Self thought myself Japanese Korean and chinese
SCORES
SAT score: n/a
ACT score: 32
AWARDS
Violin 13 years.
2 years of best orchestra related with Vanderbilt Universit. (sounds egotistical…)
1 year in a different orchestra equally as competitive as the first one, also associated with Vanderbilt University (concert master)
4 years in state’s orchestra competition and concert master
2nd place national chess champion in my division
25th place international chess champion in my division
8th place state champion in my division
1st place in Robotics in state
2nd place in Robotics in southern central America
1st place in Robotics in state (2nd time)
southern central robotics American qualifier
various math competitions awards top 10
JCL awards top 10
countless chess awards (state,national,international)
CLUBS AND WORK[the reason that many of my clubs are 1/2 years is because I didn’t have any transportation that would allow me to go back and forth. So, I am not trying to “buff” my resume.]
HOSA (1 year)
Robotics (2 years)
Working at a restaurant
Debate club (1 year)
chess club president (2 years)
Quizbowl (1 years)
Mock Trial (2 years)
photography club (2 years)
Track (2 years)
Vice president of math tutoring organization(2 years)
outstanding achievement in mathemetics in middle school (minor awards) 2x
outstanding achievement in music in middle school (minor)
president of numerous clubs in middle school (minor)
Vice president of math tutoring organization
NHS
Beta club
dog walking business.
teaching violin
guided new volunteers at a company.
180+ volunteer hours
started a chess club at local elementary school
LETTERS
-letters i have a really good relationship with my chemistry and my calculus teacher and i believe that i should get a good recommendation letter
-college letter probably revolves around how violin/chess/racism/ and blind sister has changed who i am or something like that…
RANDOM
taking the most rigorous schedule right now… took physics one year earlier than anybody else.
AP’s
our school only allows us 1 AP during our sophomore year and i couldn’t take it due to my time schedule because our school only has 4 periods each semester…im still a junior
1st semester:
no AP’s
2nd semester:
AP calc
AP physics
AP english
AP biology
SAT2
planning on taking this spring
Apply for QuestBridge (if you have financial burdens you might qualify) and your chances double. Everything else looks good, but don’t include the middle school achievements. You might also want to consider retaking the ACT
isn’t questbridge the same thing as fafas ?
No. It’s for low income students who have done well given their lack of opportunity. QuestBridge gives you a better chance at college admission since all of the best schools want low income students for diversity and you might receive full scholarship covered by the QuestBridge foundation.
I second doing QB. Emory, Vandy, and Rice are part of QB.
Most students that do QB have an income of less than 60k/yr though
Also, what do you mean by transportation limiting your ECs? You live far away from your school? You will want to have your counselor write something about that when you do apps.
I’d say that vandy is a low reach and the other schools are high matches. You might want to bring up your ACT or take the SAT if you really like studying.
Thanks for the reply. i live moderately close to school, its that my parents came back really late which limited my opportunities when it came to clubs and stuff
Would that still change my chances?