What is up dudes. I go to a pretty bad public high school in southern NJ. Im a white guy middle class and im rank 2/437. I got 1490 on sat, 790 on math and 700 on reading/English. Im a varsity lightweight rower and got a gold medal at Counties, States, and Cities, which I think is most impressive achievement of my whole thing. I am a founding member of my school’s Math Honor Society and I am treasurer for Math Club. I have been a lead member of my school’s jazz and concert band as a saxophonist(Bari and alto) for four years. I only took 4 Ap classes junior year cause top kids at my school usually have a usual schedule they all take freshman and sophomore year but the classes were:
English 3 AP (4)
Calc AB AP (5)
US History AP (5)
Environmental AP (5)
Im taking 6 AP’s senior year and its hardest classes my school offers. 2 other students are taking 6 AP classes, both of which have already been accepted to ivy leagues: Princeton and Upenn.
Weighted GPA: 4.43
my weighted gpa may be low but my school counts a A in AP as 4.8, honors as 4.4, and a academic as 4.0. I also have several national latin exam gold medals and Medusa Mythology exam gold medals as well as a certificate of achievement from the mayor of my city.
I definitely have over 250 hours of volunteer work mainly tutoring students, food bank, and church service.
also would anyone know if a rec letter from a state senator would help? cause I have one. My other rec letters seem pretty fire.
Any response would be great, thanks folks, have a merry Christmas
You have a strong profile. Maybe reach out to the rowing coach? Good luck!!
the thing is u gotta present urself as focused towards a field of interest (like a major), so have u done alot related to ur potential area of study? i mean theres still def a chance without that but the people I know who got into top colleges were like supermen/women in their fields