<p>Hi I'm an incoming senior so I'm applying to schools in the fall. I really just want to know if applying to some schools such as.. Columbia.. is even worth it. Here are my stats:</p>
<p>White female, Illinois
Weighted gpa: 4.7 on a 5 point scale
unweighted gpa: 3.9
ACT composite: 33
English:35, reading: 34, math: 30, science: 32 writing: 10
APs: English language and comp: 5, US history: 5</p>
<p>My extracurriculars--
- I have been involved with the school newspaper going on 3 years. I have been a features editor for two of the years. This year I won a blue ribbon award for feature writing at the National Illinois Scholastic Press Association conference.
- I have been involved with key club also going on 3 years. This year I was a key club general officer, but next year I will be vice president.
- I have been on speech team going on three years. Next year I will be a captain.
- I'm a member of National Honor Society, International Thespian Society and National Journalism Honor Society.
- I've participated on costume crew for at least 7 plays at my school. I performed in 1 play the summer going into sophomore year (if that even counts).
- Freshman year I did freshman volleyball, and sophomore year I did JV track and field.
- This year I will be on my schools Constitution team which is a pretty great honor because we go to nationals every year.
- I volunteer at the library for at least 3 hours a week.
- These past two summers I've worked at a pool. I also work for a special recreation park district during the summer and during the year. It's made up of programs for people with disabilities.
-For two summers I've attended a journalism camp at Indiana University. </p>
<p>And that's basically everything. I'm hoping to major in journalism or english somewhere and then either go on to be a journalist or possibly go into law school. These are the schools that I'm going to apply to as of now, I'm still looking into a few that I might add to the list:</p>
<p>Columbia University
Northwestern University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Indiana University
Boston University
Boston College
University of Illinois
Vanderbilt University</p>
<p>Please chance me for these colleges! And also if you have any other suggestions of where I should apply that would be great!</p>