Junior here who really, really, really wants to go to Dartmouth. White female who goes to private Catholic school. Kentucky resident and household income is $100k+.
- Extracurriculars
Speech and Debate - 9, 10, 11, prob 12
Parish youth group - 9, 10, 11, prob 12
Quick Recall (trivia team competes with other local HSs) - 9 JV, 10 Varsity/JV Captain, 11 varsity, prob 12
Alive in Mercy (visits nuns once a month through school) - 10, 11 (co-president), prob 12
Campus Ministry Council - (helps plan and give feedback about Masses and campus ministry events) -11, prob 12
Girl Scout - 9, 10, 11, prob 12 - hiked over 60 miles on Appalachian Trail with Girl Scouts
Venture Crew Member - 9, 10, 11, prob 12 - hiked over 70 miles at Philmont Scout Ranch with venture crew
Cross country JV - 9
- Leadership (all I had to apply and was selected for or voted into by peers)
NHS - 11, 12
Beta Club - 11, 12
SNHS - 11, prob 12
Mu Alpha Theta - 11, prob 12
Rho Kappa - 11, prob 12
English NHS - treasurer and founding member 11, prob 12
Freshmen Orientation Leader - (summer going into) 10, 11
Youth Advisory Board for Archdiocese - 10, 11, prob 12
Youth Group Peer Leadership Team - events lead 10, president 11, prob 12 (also participated in NCYC in 2017 and will also attend this November)
Participated in Leadership Institute ran by local Archdiocese
Homeroom Mom (helps orient freshmen by leading homeroom in activities first semester) - 11
Advancement Council (helps with alumni events and school fundraising ) - 10, 11, prob
Senior Captain for Speech and Debate team - 12
- Awards/Recognitions
Qualified and Completed in Public Forum Debate at the National Catholic Forensic League 2018 Grand Nationals Tournament
Advanced/Honors Program
Sophomore Distinguished Scholar - top 5% in my class of 250-260
AP Scholar
Girl Scout Silver Award - completes over 50 hours of service with two other girls by installing permanent anti-litter signs on a local park’s trash can
Principal’s List (all A’s) - freshmen, sophmore year
First Honor Roll (3.75-3.99 GPA) - first semester of junior year
Probably will be National Merit Commended
- Service
Girl Scout Silver Award (see above)
Have completed almost 100 hours of service through many organizations including 40 hours at an elementary school and 15 hours at an agency for visually impaired preschoolers
- Scores/Stats
ACT: Currently 33. Aiming for a 34 and going to take at least one more time.
GPA: 3.99/4.0 uw, 4,53/5.0 w (uw might be 4.97 or 4.95 but the end of the year)
Course load: All advance/Honors, dual credit, or AP classes besides mandatory lower level classes (I.e. theology) APHG - 5, APUSH - 4, AP Lang - 4 (AP Scholar). I’m taking AP World, dual enrollment/credit (DC) public speaking, DC Precal, AP Seminar, theology, advanced/honors physics, and AP Psych. Going to take AP Research, DC calc, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Bio (or AP Chem if Bio doesn’t run), theology, advanced government (1 sem), photography II (1 sem)
- Summer Programs
This summer I applied to a 3 week program at Murray State University that I can earn college credit for. I also plan on attending a speech & debate camp and maybe some other other programs.
Major: Undecided (I love literally everything, besides physics. Physics was invented by Satan to punish children) but most likely in the liberal arts field
Thanks for any input! If you have any questions, feel free to ask 