Hello everyone, I am wondering if somebody would mind reading over this and seeing what my chances are at schools like Boston College, NYU, Lafayette College, Kenyon College, Vassar, Villanova, SUNY Potsdam, etc. THANKS!!!
Sex: Female
School: suburban, public high school (about 1,600 students)
GPA: Weighted: 4.2-ish ----- Unweighted: 3.9ish
PSAT (i’m a junior planning to take the SAT in the spring) : 1220, yes I know it’s not great, I’m starting a well-awarded test prep program this month, and I got a lot of help in math where I struggled.
Pre-ACT: 28 composite, aiming for a 30-32 at least when I take either the ACT or SAT in spring
(I’m taking the PSAT again on October 11th, so we can compare and see if I do better this year w the extra help)
SOPHOMORE YEAR COURSE-LOAD:
-AP Art History
-Spanish 3 Honors
-World Literature Honors
-Geometry Honors
-AP Psychology
-AP US History
-Chemistry Honors
JUNIOR YEAR COURSE-LOAD:
-AP Biology
-Algebra 2 Honors
-AP Language and Composition
-AP Environmental Science
-Physics
-AP World History
-a cyber Poetry course
AP’s: freshman year: AP Human Geography (5)
sophomore year: AP Psychology (4), AP Art History (5), AP United States History (5)
junior year: currently taking AP Biology, AP Lang, AP World, and AP Environmental Science
senior year: planning to take AP Lit, AP US Government, AP European History, and possibly AP Economics (macro+micro)
EC’s: Two-time team captain of the Reading Olympics team where we won blue ribbons (doing this all 4 years), Secretary of my school’s Key Club chapter (140 hours of service work over 2 years), most likely getting accepted into my school’s chapter of National Honor Society, Model UN, member of my school’s Student Council (need to apply, and it’s quite hard to get into), ESL program (teaching English to immigrant adults in the community), have been a teen volunteer at my local library, tutoring children who don’t speak much English, and International Travel Club (traveled to Spain during sophomore year). Also am hoping to attend either NEYWC at Middlebury, The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop, Sewanee Young Writers Conference, or Iowa Young Writers Studio.
I’ve been praised for my writing, and I’m working to earn writing/poetry awards over the course of this year. I’ve had honor roll all throughout high school, and I’m an AP Scholar with Honor as of now.
I know I’ve only just started my junior year, but yes you can say I’m ambitious. Although my pre-test test scores aren’t very reliable, you can expect that I will do tremendously better through my test prep program; working towards a 1400+ on SAT or a 31+ on the ACT. I think that’s totally doable, as my recently graduated friend did the same program as me and boosted his SAT by about 300 points, many other testimonials say the same. I’m motivated and ready to put in the time to improve my standardized test scores. Sooooooo, how’s my EC’s, projected test scores, transcript, GPA, etc.???