Hi guys I’m applying ED 2 to Oxford and was wondering how much chance does a coach have with boosting your chances of getting in? The coach at Oxford ran my SAT and GPA through the athletic director and says I’m in the ballpark for Oxford. Here are my Stats/activities:
Asian/Female/Pennsylvania
SAT: 1320 (took the december one so waiting for that score)
GPA: 4.3 (school doesn’t do unweight but I have around 5 Bs, took a total of 13 AP classes)
Honors: 13th place nationally in french exam contest, AP Scholar with Honor, 1 of 2 people chosen in my high school or this college’s scholars program (take a free college class during senior year), National math, social studies, english, and national honor society, Scholar athlete award.
Activites:
Tennis: captain, first singles, placed first at my districts tennis conference, nominated tennis player of the year
Teacher assistant at a nearby community college (have been teaching children ages 2-5 chinese for 5 years)
President and co founder of my school’s Future Teacher’s of America Club
Child cognitive and developmental research at nearby university
co-author of a book on child selective mutism that hasn’t been released yet
Music psychology/neuroscience research at another local college
Vice President of LEO Club (community service club)
Tennis instructor at local country club
FBLA competitions placed 5th at states
Volunteer at a panda base over the summer
My common app essay is on my experience living in as a third culture child and how it has shaped my interest in psychology and made me the person I am today.
Recs:
9th grade french teacher (also club advisor): knows me very well, pretty strong rec
11th grade psychology teacher: shows more academic end, good rec
tennis coach: strong rec, most likely talked about my leadership on the team and perseverance over the years