Ole Miss Croft

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I’m a junior in high school living in Illinois my stats are as follow:
ACT: 32
GPA Weighted: 4.4
GPA UW: about 3.65
Extracurricular: 3 years of golf; 1 year DECA; 1 year MUN
Summer: Two internships (one through the institute of politics at University of Chicago and one which was volunteering at a political campaign) and an economics program through University of Chicago (w/out UChicago professors though))

Following finals, I believe my GPA will drop to 4.28/3.53 due to all B’s.
Junior courseload is:
AP US history
Calc BC
Honors Bio
AP Lang (English)
AP Computer Science
Regular Spanish 4

Senior Courseload will be something along the lines of:
Advanced Topics (3rd semester of college calc)
Regular English
AP Science (not sure which one I want to take yet)
both AP gov’s
AP micro
consumer ed (required for graduation)

I’ve read up on Croft at Ole Miss recently and find it to be a very interesting program. I know I can get into Ole Miss no problem but I would really like to get into Croft as well as the Barksdale honors college. I’ve read articles about kids who are in the international studies program through Croft and the scholarship award winners (who I presume are the top of the class) have similar academic stats to me, but have absolutely crazy extracurriculars and leadership roles. If there is anyone who knows anything about this program I would love to know more about it as well as my chances. Hotty Toddy!

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You’re credentials seem strong and would likely get you admitted into both Honors and Croft. Croft requires an interview for their scholarship which, for many students, is the deal breaker. The interview allows them to see if you’re really interested in IS. I’d brush up on current events if you do get the interview so you can know what’s going on in the world. I’d also make sure you are prepared to discuss your language interest, potential focus areas, etc. Best of luck!