Hi. I live in CD9 and am applying for NCSSM Residential. I am really worried and need some insight of wether or not i’ll get in.
In Freshman year, I took:
AP environmental science (Score 3)
English 2 honors
Precalculus Honors
Chemistry Honors
Biology Honors
P.E.(duh)
Band 3 Honors
Computer Programming 1 Honors
Civics and Economy Honors(over summer. got an A)
AP Biology (over summer, got an 80)
Sophomore year:
AP Lang
AP Calculus AB
Health Science 1 honors
Biomedical Technology 2 Honors
Hoping to get all A’s. Currently an 84 overall in AP Lang
Extracurricular:
Tutor kids in math and science at school
Coach at North South Foundation
Play tennis (Won a tournament)
Participate in Science Olympiad(School finally take interest in this club this year. The officers forgot about the club and so did the teacher hosting it )
AMC 10 (new to school this year)
Math Club
Participating in science fair at UNCC
Volunteer at Second Harvest Food Bank
PSAT: 1360
SAT: 1290
Very very very low.
Initiated HOSA at my school.
Please help me guys. I need other helpful insight on this.
I’m Union County too! And applying this year as well. I’m not an expert (obviously) but here are my 2 cents. Your courses look really good, and there’s a lot of STEM focus, which is good. It also helps you took Civics over the summer and got an A, and though you got an 80 in AP Bio, you did take it over the summer as a rising sophomore which is still impressive. I wouldn’t worry too much about the 84 in AP Lang, as it’s not a STEM course, but you should still try to bring it up if you can. I’d say your most impressive extracurricular are that you initiated HOSA, but try to milk the other ones if you can in your essays. As for your SAT, it isn’t very high above your school’s average, so you may have some difficulty there. I’d say you should work really hard on your essays and talk A LOT about your course rigor and about HOSA.
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