Macaulay Honors Hunter College chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am a junior entering senior year. Here are my stats:

Academics:

  • Total SAT of 2120. Combined 1380 (Will retake)
  • PSAT of 64 math, 74 reading, 78 writing
  • 96.5 GPA on my transcript
  • AP English (5), AP World History (4), AP US History (4), AP Russian (5)
  • National Honor Society inductee

Awards:

  • Scholastic Art and Writing Competition Silver Key Winner

Extracurricular:

  • 16 credits worth of study at CollegeNow classes (Astronomy, Film Analysis, Psychology, Communications, Business)
  • Member of Gay-Straight Alliance, Philosophy Club, Anime Club, Girls Who Code, No Place For Hate
  • Member of student architecture team that works with architects and mentors on mock projects (ACE mentorship program)

Service:

  • 100 hours volunteering for my local library
  • 50 hours tutoring young children at my local library
  • 150 hours providing assistance to disabled children at the JCC
  • Participation in JDRF Diabetes Walk 2013
  • Participation in school book and toy drives

Leadership:

  • 90 hours as a spotlight operator in school productions
  • Presented anti-bullying seminars to freshmen and sophomores, and collaborated with peers, through No Place For Hate
  • Contributed to Gay-Straight Alliance bake sale

Work Experience:

  • Currently work as secretary and receptionist at a pediatric office

Skills and misc:

  • Self-studying Japanese language for 5 years. Reading, writing, listening comprehension skills
  • Moderately proficient with Photoshop CS6
  • Self-teaching 3D modeling application Blender
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@fs8874602 Congratulations on your accomplishments!

Your GPA is great and your SAT is good. Both numbers are “in the range” and fine.

Your ECs look fine, although MHC likes to see leadership, which I don’t really see in your post above. Are you going to have any leadership/management/supervisory role in any initiative/business/school-based EC next year?

Keep in mind that Hunter is the hardest MHC to get into.

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Thanks for your input! As for leadership, I technically held a leadership position during my volunteering with disabled children, as I acted as their supervisor/mentor. Additionally, I’m currently responsible for patients and their appointments at my job, so perhaps I should reword my resume to reflect that. I also plan to start a club with another student this year, so my status as president isn’t on my resume yet sadly. I’ll definitely rework my resume to be more leadership oriented, though.

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@fs8874602 Great!

Out of curiosity – does your HS audit student resumes?

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Yes, I believe so.

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I would raise your CR+M score, but other than that you look like a competitive applicant based off what I have seen.

I have a question: Do you have to be instate to get into the Macaulay Honors program?

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@SternBusiness No you do not, although you only get the full-tuition scholarship if you are in-state.

MHC is like $16K a year for OOS, and you still get the other perks (i.e. Mac, opportunities fund).