I got a 720 on the IIC which isn’t terrible, but I got a 620 and 610 on the history and writing portion. How bad will this hurt me? I can’t retake before ED so there’s nothing I can do. Does this put my chances for Princeton down from slim to none? Will it kill me with the other colleges as well?
Profile
School Type: Public
Location: PA
Race/Gender: African American/Black
Prospective Major: Political Science and Economics
Weighted GPA: 4.333
Class rank: 11 of 297
SAT I Scores
SAT I Math: 740
SAT I Verbal: 610
SAT II Scores
SAT II Writing: 610
SAT II U.S. History: 620
SAT II Math IIC: 720
Long-form Info
Extracurricular Info
Sports
-JV Basketball (10th)
Clubs
-Journalism Club (9th)
-Baseball Club (10th)
-Key Club (11th)
-FBLA (9th-12th)
-On advisory board
-Forensics (12th)
Volunteering
-Volunteer at YMCA (9th-12th 500 hours)
-Writer for Student Sun (9th grade 75 hours)
Jobs
-Employed at McDonalds (Summer of 9th grade up to fall of 10th grade)
Other:
Sports Editor for school newspaper (12th)
I tutor math to kids in my grade that did not pass the state standardized tests (12th)
-Twice a week for 30 minutes at a time
Helped organize a school fundraiser for African kids to get vaccines (12th)
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Other Info
Notes (in case this might be a bonus on my college app):
Accepted into “Amherst College Diversity Open House” -They’re flying me out for a weekend, etc
Applying to Swarthmore Discovery Weekend
<h2>Retaking SAT I in Nov, Taking SAT IIs in Oct </h2>
National:
National Achievement Scholar (Top 5% of African Americans that took the PSAT)
National Society of High School Scholars
National Honor Roll
Microsoft Certified
Who’s Who Among American High School Scholars
State:
“You can’t do better than As”-Big 33
Region:
Regional: 3rd place in Technology Concepts (Qualified for state competition)
4th place in Business Calculations
School:
Distinguished Honor Roll for 6 straight semesters
2nd place in Calculus Math League
Other:
I was selected to the Rotary Student of the Month Program. They take the top 8 males and females, and they send them out of school to lunch to meet and conference with businessmen and businesswomen. It is based on class rank I believe.
<h2>Some other school awards that I will add later if I need to </h2>
APs:
AP Calc AB: 5
AP U.S. History: 3 (horrible I know)
Senior Classes:
1st semester
Spanish 4
AP English 1
AP Bio 1
Honors Chemistry
2nd semester:
AP English 2
Spanish 5
Living with Art (mandatory fine art class)
BFS (‘Advanced’ Gym Class)