Hi, would you guys please chance me?
I’m a 21 year old male attending a Texas CC (Houston, close to Rice). Intended Major is Philosophy with English minor, with the ultimate goal of attending a top-twenty law school.
BACKGROUND:
If you feel it would be helpful, please feel free to read my story on my profile page. Briefly put, I was homeless periodically since age 12 until 18. From about 18-20, I worked in the oilfield while dealing with my dad’s medical issues. At 20, just before my 21st birthday, I finally broke into the world of the academics by earning my GED (Honors). Prior to earning my GED, I had only attended school up to the sixth grade. Then about one year in high school, where I got straight F’s and lived in a homeless shelter.
ACT: 32
(Math brought me down, got nearly perfect scores in the other sections. In response to this, I’ve taken math in CC so I can score higher on the ACT math section. I have taken one math, gotten an A, and am about to take the second math. Since the ACT tests college readiness, and I have done college math now, I will do better. Just assume it will be a 34-36? I will retake it, and trust me, I will get a 34-36.)
GPA: 4.0
LOR: 4 letters, each powerful and unique.
One letter by my HS counselor who knew me back when I used to sleep in a van/shelter. Naturally, it is an emotionally charged letter with his full backing and support. Also, I have three outstanding letters from my professors.
EC’s and awards:
Honors College member
Honors College Scholarship winner
Stayton Scholarship for Writing winner (published author in poetry and non-fiction)
Peer tutor for English/Composition and Rhetoric and in American History
Coauthor for my professor’s PhD dissertation;
***(Part of my professor’s dissertation deals with critiquing the English abilities of immigrants. Therefore, I am not a research collaborator, as I understand it, but a legitimate coauthor. This seems most obvious in that I have produced the entirety of chapter four of his book, which he proceeds to comment on in chapter 5, and which will soon be published at University of Houston-Downtown.)
Phi Theta Kappa member
Editor-in-chief of newspaper that spans the college system that I attend, (8 campuses in Houston)
Letter of recommendation from college president, as well as from the dean
Thanks for reading all of this. Please let me know what else I can do (and please move if I posted in the wrong place…)
It’s much appreciated.