<p>I don't think I really have a shot at Wake, but I was wondering what you guys thought. </p>
<p>GPA - 4.05 of 4.0 (3.7 UW)
SAT - 1920
Class Rank - top 15%</p>
<p>Course load:
- 7 AP classes (AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP US History, AP Language & Composition, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, AP Literature)
-remaining classes were honors
-extremely rigorous, if not most rigorous available</p>
<p>ECs:
-Tutor/classroom helper at elementary school
-SASU (students against substance use - promoting students to be substance free and also planning events for school/community)
-Nursing home volunteer
-National honors society
-Spanish honors society
-Student representative for board of education (hold monthly meetings with board of ed, administrators, and teachers to discuss school)
-Planning committee (for school activities)
-Relay for life (cancer walk)
-Varsity lacrosse
-Varsity Basketball
-Rec league lacrosse ref</p>
<p>Work experience:
-Local retail store (10,11,12)
-Babysitting (9,10,11,12)
-Summer internship at a business - gained a lot of valuable knowledge here, learned about how businesses run, and how to do things like bookkeeping (9,10,11,12)</p>
<p>Scores on those AP’s? And also, what area of study are you interested in?</p>
<p>EC’s are a bit generic and SAT is low, but that internship sounds interesting. Work that and write a good essay and you might have a shot.</p>
<p>5’s on history and chemistry, 4 on english language. The rest I will take senior year. </p>
<p>I understand about the EC’s and the SAT, I didn’t think I had a shot anyway! Can you suggest any alternatives if you don’t mind?</p>
<p>What do you look for in a school? Or what drew you to Wake Forest? Was it its small size? Liberal arts? I’m not good with college recs, but with those details, someone else can make better suggestions for you. I think you’d be a match for Clemson.</p>
<p>But I don’t want to completely discourage you! If Wake Forest is totally your dream school, and you can afford the extra application, there’s no harm in dreaming.</p>
<p>Great! Clemson is one of the schools I am looking at that I am more interested in - not quite sure why I was considering Wake Forest, I like bigger schools and I’m not really into liberal arts! Anyway, it’s good to know that I should have a better chance at Clemson. Thank you!</p>
<p>Wake is test optional and doesn’t require SAT scores.</p>
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