Stats
UW GPA- 3.6 due to a poor freshman year but tremendous trend upward
W GPA- 4.374
ACT- 31 composite and 12 on the writing
School-
Chicago. Ranked #7 most competitive in IL class of 1000 and no rank given
Activities:
Band-2 years
Orchestra- 3 years and signed up for next year
Model United Nations- 2 years and president
Boys and Girls service club
Various intermural sports throughout the years
Extras:
Done something academic with all of my summers throughout high school
-took chemistry over the summer before 10th grade
-took shakespeare studies at the University of Oxford in England the summer before 11th grade
-Lifeguard summer going into 11th and 12th grades
-Intern at University of Illinois of Chicago Diabetes Research Lab summer going into 12th grade. this lead to a publication so I am published and also I got a college rec from a world renown transplant surgeon
-Taken the most rigorous courses after freshman year including 6 sciences (Physics Chem Bio AP Chem AP Bio and AP Physics C) normally a student takes four, very rarely a student takes five and I am the only kid in my class of 1000 taking 6.
-Also aside from those AP sciences I will or have taken- AP Psych and AP Calc AB as well as 5 years of language.
-I have also each year taken a class before school to fit more majors than normal into my schedule.
-Recomendations- One from my Intro bio teacher who also taught my AP bio class amazing rec. One is from American History teacher which will be good but not great and one more.
Leadership
-Phyllis Leadership program- program that aims to connect kids from the affulent north shore with kids from the south and west sides of chicago.
-SILC- Student Instruction Leadership Core- basically a TA, for biology
-Senior Helper- Senior that advise freshman through their trannsition and year through high school. I am practically their homeroom teacher.
I agree. Good chance getting in ED. Your GPA, as you know, is lower than the average (but hey i got in reg decision with a 3.6). Solid extracurriculars and tough coursework. Good job! Best of luck!
Hey everyone. @moneyp and@Punumscott
Can you please chance me Ed2?
GPA 4.0/4.0. Have taken a really tough Alevels curriculum with subjects ranging from Math and Physics to Economics and Journalism. I have about 9 Courses in current year and have still maintained exceptional grades in my first trimester sessionals (4.0).
Olevels 8A* and 3As
My ACT is a 32. (28 E, 35 M, 31R, 32S). My Maths 2 subject score is 740 and Physics is 720. Other than that I have a really strong academic profile for last 4 consecutive school years.
My commonapp essay is a pretty personal essay which according to many is a strong displayer of who I am and how i have strongly faced risen over a discrimination that i faced. Discrimination was related to my tanned/dark skin complexion.
My Colgate Supplement is unique. I Talk about an anonymous person shaping me in 3 ways. Amd through those 3 ways, i tell about 10-11 diff sides of my personality. In the end i tell the person is my mom.
My Letter of Recs, eventhough i havent seen them, were hopefully very strong. One even came from UC Bekrley PHD who saw me as an influential leader in class at Stanford.
As far as my Extra curriculars are concerned, I have attended a Stanford Pre Collegiate summer program where i did great and got a letter of REC from My professor too. I was the Headboy (President) of my school and was also the Vice President (Deputy Headboy) of my school for consecutive years. I have 600+ hours of Community service. Internship at BBC and Frontier Core Hospital. I tutor students for free as well. I am Regional level swimmer and have been winning swimming competitions. I have founded two socieities as well which have been succesful in making an impact on lives of many people. I am a debater too. I have been chairing and Judging MUNs and Parliamentary debating competitions after ofcourse winning a dozen.
I also got to Visit states for GYLC a Conferrence as an ambassador of Pakistan.
My Honors include me winning International Kangaroo maths competition in my region and also coming first in Spelling bee competitons. National gold medals for Olevels and Alevels grades are also there. I was also a high achiever at United states Educational foundation pakistan ceremony, selected among 20 students from a pool of300000.
I am an international asking for a lot of aid though.
stats-wise, you should be good for ed2 but colgate won’t accept you if they can’t guarantee that they will be able to cover your financial need. that will depend on how much aid has been alloted at this point already for those already accepted and have signified their decision to enter Colgate.