I recently got rejected for the Questrbridge College Prep Scholar award and this made me question how strong my experience so far is.
I am including the extracurriculars which I have not done yet plan on participating in addition to my test grades; I am currently in 11th grade.
Freshman Year: Academic Bowl, Editor for some published academic papers.
2020 Summer: N/A
Sophmore Year: Academic Bowl, Indoor Percussion, Spanish National Honor Society (treasurer), Editor for some published academic papers.
2021 Summer: Attended band camp, took music classes, worked at a restaurant abroad.
Junior Year: Academic Bowl (captain), Ethics Bowl, Indoor Percussion, Spanish National Honor Society (treasurer), National Honor Society, Marching Band, Track Team, Editor for some published academic papers, volunteer work, construction work.
2022 Summer: Took music, and math classes, internship at university abroad, worked at a restaurant abroad.
Senior Year: Academic Bowl (captain), Ethics Bowl, Spanish National Honor Society (captain), National Honor Society, Marching Band, Track Team, Editor for some published academic papers, volunteer work, construction work.
Ranking: 16/135
Grades: 2 B’s freshman year, none for the rest of high school, taken all possible honors classes besides 2.
GPA: 3.9 unweighted, school does not weigh GPA or rankings.
ACT: 26 Composite, 24 Math, 21 English, 31 Writing, 29 Science. (I do not plan on submitting this)
SAT: 1330, 700 English, 630 Math. (I definitely plan on retaking this and trying to score at least 1450)
Languages Spoken: English, French, Spanish and Turkish.
My family income is about 40,000 dollars per year.
*I am dropping some extracurriculars because of my increased workload in my senior year. Out of the 8 classes my school allows me to take each year, all 8 will be dual enrollment classes at a local college.
I did not know I could freely join clubs/extracurriculars in 9th grade and only realized in the beginning of 10th. I moved from Turkey where my school, and the vast majority of schools really, have almost no extracurriculars. I do not know if this will help my chances or be considered at all, but I am planning on doing it nonetheless.