Hello, I recently completed the application and ranking for QB
my rankings:
(A lot of the schools I ranked are fairly feasible for me to get accepted into (20-30% LAC acceptance) but my family will not be willing to send me off somewhere across the country without some amazing scholarship like QB…)
Pomona College
University of Southern California
University of Notre Dame *
Rice University
Bowdoin College
Emory University
Davidson College
Colorado College
Trinity College
Vassar College
Grinnell College
Oberlin College
I found QB through my IB counselor who thought I should take a look. Here are my stats.
UW GPA: ~3.5
W GPA: ~4.3
PSAT: 200
SAT: 2020
Race: Korean
Income: ~25,000
Rank: (my school does not officially rank, however there was a loop hole last year that allowed me to view my ranking as #12 of the junior class first sem if that helps haha) + (among top 9% in CA / among top 15% school)
EC activities/other
- Friday Night Live member 4 years, President 3 years (advocating against drug/alcohol, distracted driving)
- Chess club / tutoring club junior year
- US First Robotics safety captain Junior year (100-200 hours)
- YLOC Soph-Junior Year (~100 hours) (organization tutoring young children english)
- Arizona Missions Freshman Summer (200-300 hours)
- Library Volunteering Soph Summer (50 hours)
- IB Student at a nationally recognized blue ribbon high school.
- DACA student
- Essays mainly about my passion to help others in poverty, struggles of growing up in poverty, having to overcome depression.
- Father/Sister’s past surgeries leave us in debt.
I constantly remind myself that the experience and hardship I have experienced from living in/near poverty for all my life is a gift, and I intend to become successful and do whatever it takes to serve those who live in poverty in the future. I am not the smartest nor the most talented student, but I really would appreciate the chance to attend a college with the generous amount of financial aid QB is offering as it would relieve a great burden from my family’s already heavily drooping shoulders. However, after sifting through QB forums, my hope is running low. How much of a chance do I have against a URM with a much higher GPA and an incredibly dramatic backstory? It also frustrates me that I am compared to my Korean peers as most of the ones I know attend expensive prep schools daily and have private tutors…(excuse the spite lol)
Basically, I feel as if I’m just not impressive enough to be a finalist, let alone get matched. Can any one out there prove me wrong…? Thank you in advance if anyone took the time to read through this long post and give an honest opinion 