Context: I’m a rising high school senior who plans to apply over the summer.
Academics:
GPA - 4.44 (Weighted) and 4.0 (Unweighted)
SAT - 1430 on the MC with a 21 on the essay (Superscored)
AP Classes (Some I’m taking senior year):
-Government, U.S. History, World History, European History, Human Geography
-Physics, Calculus AB/BC, Prob & Stat
-Language & Comp, Literature & Comp
Extracurriculars:
-Founding member of school’s mock trial team
-Physics Olympics team
-Marching Band; section leader.
-Debate Team
-Volleyball (Freshman year only)
-Academic Challenge team; team captain
-Rho Kappa Society
-Pit orchestra
Volunteer Work:
-I spent the past two summers working at a local summer camp for children.
-Spent three summers before that volunteering at a local library.
Service hour total: 410
Honors:
-Made school Straight-A Honor Roll for all semesters.
-Carson Scholar Nominee
-National Merit Commended Student
Other (Not sure if this will help):
-My intended major is Physics & Astronomy (I want to be an Astrophysicist).
-I am female, and live on the East Coast in an extremely rural area. (For context, my high school is called Cornfield High regularly.)
-I’ve played the piano for eleven years and counting.
-I’ve attended a master class at Johns Hopkins recently on molecular physics.
-I plan to apply Regular Decision to Carleton.
Thank you in advance for your honesty, and any help anyone can provide!