<p>Hi everyone, </p>
<p>I am a rising senior in high school, planning to graduate in spring of 2011. I hope to be a psychology major at a small liberal arts school. Here are some places I've been considering, which might help to "chance me". Please help me; I'm very very very very nervous about the college application process and I really need a better idea of what I am capable of. Thank you so much! </p>
<p>Colby College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Davidson College
Washington and Lee University
College of the Holy Cross
Middlebury College
Colgate University
Lehigh University</p>
<p>I am a student at a very highly selective Jesuit/Catholic private school in the Chicagoland area, heavily involved in leadership positions on a dance company and my school's Model United Nations executive board. I do a lot of volunteer work each summer in different countries. My GPA freshman year was not as good as it should have been, but I've shown consistent academic improvement.</p>
<p>~ACT Scores (April 10 date. I will be taking the ACT on Saturday as well)
Composite: 30
-English: 34 (Essay: 9/12, Combined English/Writing=32)
-Reading: 33
-Math: 27
-Science: 25</p>
<p>~SAT Scores (May 1 date. I will be taking the SAT in October again to improve my CR)
Composite: 1970
-CR: 600
-Math: 680
-Writing: 690
-Essay: 10/12</p>
<p>**I transferred high schools after first semester of freshman year-many honors courses don't exist for freshmen at my current school. </p>
<p>GPA (I don't know if it's weighted or unweighted): 3.9</p>
<p>~Freshman year:
Semester 1
Honors Algebra 1: B+
Honors Western Civilization: B+
Religion: A
Honors French 2: A
Honors Physics: B+
Honors English: B
Semester 2
Advanced Algebra 1: B
Speech: A-
English 1: A-
Advanced French 2: A
Intro to Technology: A
PE/Health: A
Intro to Music: A+
Intro to Art: B+
World History: B+</p>
<p>~Sophomore Year
(semesters are separated by a / )
English 2: A/A-
Honors French 3: A/A-
Honors Geometry: B/B
Integrated Science 1: A/A
US History: A/A
Religion 2: A-/A
PE/Health 2: A</p>
<p>~Junior Year
English 3: B/B
Advanced Placement French 4: A+/A
Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry: A/A-
Honors Integrated Science 2: A-/B+
Advanced Placement Comparative Government and Politics: A/A
Religion 3: A/A+</p>
<p>~Senior Year classes that I am taking:
Advanced Placement Macroeconomics
Advanced Placement Chemistry
Advanced Placement English
Double Honors French Literature (since AP French Lit is no longer offered)
Honors Precalculus
Dance
Religion 4</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Member of different competitive companies since the age of 8: jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop, contemporary/lyrical
~Average of 15-20 hours/week
~Assisted tap classes/substitute taught on occasions
~Numerous platinum/1st place awards
~Awarded LA Dance Magic Performer of the Weekend in March 2010
~Awarded LA Dance Magic Final Cut Scholarship in March 2010
Model United Nations Executive Board Member
~Club of 150 members, 1 of 6 elected board members
~Best Delegate in UNICEF at Boston University International Conference
~Best Large Delegation at Boston University International Model UN Conference 2009
~My school hosts its own conference with around 400 delegates. Last year, I was a Co-Chair of the African Union committee.
~2nd Place Large Delegation at Boston University International Model UN Conference 2010
~2nd Place Delegate in UNHRC at Washington University in St. Louis Model UN Symposium
National Honor Society
French Honor Society</p>
<p>~Service:
Homes for Hope Panama 2008: I built a home and a community kitchen in Panama with a group of teenagers I had never met before from all around the world. It allowed me to make friends from different places, humble my spirit and find happiness in places other than materialism, and learn how to work with unique groups and lift a 700 pound log or make cement with a shovel.<br>
Homes for Hope Jamaica 2009: Panama was such an amazing experience that I went back and built a home in Jamaica. While I still experienced many of the same emotions, I also learned a multitude of different lessons about serving for the right reasons and working with types of people I was not used to.
Young People Who Care: I will be traveling to Pennsylvania for a service trip with 16 other people from my school.</p>
<p>I think that is all of the information you need, but if there's anything else, just ask. Thank you for reading and chancing me! I appreciate it very much.</p>
Can you tell me why Davidson isn’t a match for me, though? Just out of curiosity…are their high selectivity rates out of my range? Davidson was recommended to me by my college counselor and I’m visiting/having an informational interview there in two weeks.