Please chance me!

Hey guys! If anyone could chance me for Tulane, I would be super grateful! I applied early action. I’ve visited twice and have developed a good relationship with my admissions counselor.

Here’s my info:
White, female, from MD

I go to an extremely rigorous, competetive high school. My GPA wasn’t s great freshman and sophomore year since I transferred from a much less academically challenging middle school and didnt develop good study habits. My GPA has been on a large upward trend since the end of sophomore year.

WGPA: 3.98
UW: 3.48

ACT:
C: 33
E: 33
M: 30
R: 35
S: 32
Writing: 20 (terrible I know…)

APs:
AP NSL- sophomore. B in class both semesters. 3 on exam
AP Psych- junior. B in class both semesters. 4 on exam
AP Environmental Science- junior. A in class both semesters. 4 on exam
AP Lang- junior. A in class both semester. 4 on exam
AP Comp Gov- senior, haven’t gotten grades or taken exam yet
AP Lit- senior, haven’t gotten grades or taken exam yet
AP AB Calc- senior, haven’t gotten grades or taken exam yet

Work and Volunteer Experience:
Puree Artisan Juice Bar, 15 hours/week, Purista (11 and 12)

St. Bernard Project, 40 hours/week, participant (2014) and co-planner (2015)
A group of MD students travelled to New Orleans for a week over the summer to assist in rebuilding homes still damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Extracurriculars:

School newspaper, Layout Editor (12), Web editor (11), and staff writer (10)
Schools newspaper and online resource. Currently work with staff writers to create interesting layouts for their pages.

Operation Stars and Stripes (11 and 12)
We set up a military inspired obstacle course for students to complete, all funds raised go to Walter Reed Medical Center for injured veterans/family.

Dreamcatchers, (11)
DreamCatchers is a non-profit foundation that strives to grant the final Dreams of hospice patients (terminally ill with 6 months or less to live).

Rock Climbing Club, Treasurer (11 and 12)
I was in charge of collecting membership dues for the climbing gym- attended twice a week- and keeping funds organized for off-campus trips.

Dance for a Cause, Head of Advertising Committee (11)
We planned the winter dance for the school, all proceeds went to Children’s National Hospital.

Theater Guild, Light crew (10)
With the other member of the light crew, we put together the lighting design and program for the fall and spring shows.

Summer Program:

University of Maryland Young Scholars Program, 3 weeks, student (2015)
Completed an environmental biology class for credit, earned an A

@nervousinMD4224

Certainly your strong ACT, your reasonably rigorous schedule, and your upward GPA junior year are all quite positive for you. I like your chances if you did a good job on the Why Tulane and if you were able to show some independent interest. Were you able to attend the local session in your area and/or visit the school or anything like that? I am not sure they care about the ACT writing score. You are the first Purista I have come across. That has to count for something. :slight_smile: