<p>Hey everyone, my ACT and SAT scores arent great, so I'm trying to focus on schools that are test optional. Can you guys (or girls) chance me if I can get into these Test OPTIONAL schools? </p>
<p>-Connecticut College
-Marist College
-College of the Holy Cross</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<p>GPA (out of 4):
-3.75 UW / 3.92 W</p>
<p>Rank:
-19 out of 180 (top 11%)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
-AP Government
-AP Physics C: Mechanics
-AP Literature
-AP Calculus BC
-World Religions
-Teacher Aide
-Television Media Design</p>
<p>Grades:</p>
<p>Gradual incline in grades over each semester:
1st sem fresh: 3 B's
2nd sem fresh: 2 b's
(had a rough time transitioning)
1st sem soph: 2 b's
2nd sem soph: 1 b
1st sem jr: 1 b
2nd sem jr: straight A's</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-School Service (selected member)
-Lit Magazine Editor and Web Master
-Founded a tutoring service for my school.
-Spanish honor society secretary
-Graphic Designer for California Scholarship Federation
-Lead Script Writer/Director for schools TV News
-NEHS member
-Founded organization to help raise funds for struggling seniors by hosting video game tournaments</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience:
-Independent Tutor for Biology, Chemistry, and Spanish.
-Tutor freshman every morning for an hour for the past 2 1/2 years</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service:
-read to elementary kids in local schools</p>
<p>Summer Activities:
--volunteered tutoring underserved kids at local elementary school ( 6 hours 5 weeks )</p>
<p>Essays:
-Common App = a real representation of myself in a paper, probably 9/10</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendations:
-Junior chem teacher: talked with him alot about my interest and had a great grade in his class. He knows me very well and visited his classroom almost every other weekend to study.
-Sophomore world history teacher: was engaged in the class and have a deep interest in international studies</p>
<p>Interview:
-Planning to do one for each school its applicable for, I'm pretty great in conversation and can give solid reasons as to which I want to attend each institution</p>
<p>Other</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid?:
-Yes
Intended Major:
-Economics and International Studies</p>
<p>State (if domestic applicant):
-California
School Type:
-Private
Ethnicity:
-Asian
Gender:
-Male
Income Bracket:
-Middle Class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
-Essay about passion of international studies, self studied economics myself online over summer, great recommendations, essay is truly special to me.</p>