<p>I am having difficulty being able to figure out my chances of receiving a significant amount of scholarship from Pepperdine. Below is an outline of my involvement, academics, athletics, etc. The one thing I have heard is that being a member of the Church of Christ has helped people get in, while I am not a member, I have gone through Confirmation with the Episcopal church.</p>
<p>Academics:
4.133 cumulative weighted GPA over four years
3.8 Unweighted GPA
Enrolled in all AP courses for senior year, in addition to dual enrolling at a local community college
Took four AP courses junior year
Taken mostly Honors and AP courses through all of high school
32 Composite ACT Score, 34 Superscore, 35 English, 35 Science, 33 Reading, 32 Math
1890 Composite SAT Score (I plan to take it again, it was my first time to take it, and I live in Tennessee, so everything is about the ACT here)
Member of National Honor Society</p>
<p>Athletics:
This is where most of my focus has been, but I have heard they can't give much scholarship money for women's swimming right now.
I have swam with a summer only club team since I was five, which included winning both achievement awards, and team awards.
I have swam high school three years and I am going into my fourth
I have swam year round since I was seven with the same team, and I plan to contact the coach at the school as well</p>
<p>Other:
In addition to athletics and school I have held down two jobs.
I work in a local swim shop eight to twelve hours a week for the past two years.
I also work as a swim coach for the summer team I have been involved with since I was five. I work around fifteen to twenty hours a week there, which includes coaching kids from age three to eighteen.</p>
<p>The main problem I see is that my swimming and working has kept me from being very involved with my community, which I know is also important to them, so I just want a bit of an idea of what I am looking at in terms of merit scholarships, since they don't have any that are guaranteed on their admissions site. Any input on this would be helpful before I start filling out applications in August.</p>