Pretty Average Girl for mostly Big Ten schools

Chance Me / Match Me!
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White female from 100k+ , junior, residency is Indiana, attending an all-girls Catholic high school

Extracurriculars

  • Speech and Debate - 9, 10, 11, prob 12
  • Parish youth group - 9, 10, 11, prob 12
  • Quick Recall (trivia team competes with other local HSs) - 9 - JV, 10 Varsity, JV Captain, 11, prob 12
  • Alive in Mercy (visits nuns once a month through school) - 10, 11 (co-president), 12
  • Campus Ministry Council - (helps plan and give feedback about Masses and campus ministry events) -11, prob 12
  • Girl Scout - 9, 10 prob 11, 12 - hiked over 60 miles on Appalachian Trail with Girl Scouts
  • Venture Crew Member - 9, 10 prob 11, 12 - hiked over 70 miles at Philmont Scout Ranch with venture crew
  • Cross country JV - 9

Leadership (all I had to apply and was selected for)

  • NHS - 11, 12
  • Beta Club - 11, 12
  • SNHS - 11, prob 22
  • Mu Alpha Theta - 11, prob 12
  • Rho Kappa - 11, prob 12
  • NEHS - 11 (founding member and treasurer), prob 12
  • Freshmen Orientation Leader - (summer going into) 10, 11, prob 12
  • Youth Advisory Board for Archdiocese - 10, 11, prob 12
  • Youth Group Peer Leadership Team - 10 (events lead), 11 (president), prob 12
  • Participated in Leadership Institute ran by local Archdiocese
  • Homeroom Mom (helps orient freshmen by leading homeroom in activities first semester) - 11
  • Advancement Council (helps with alumni events and school fundraising ) - 10, 11, prob 12

Awards/Recognitions

  • Qualified and Cometed in Public Forum Debate at the National Catholic Forensic League 2018 Grand Nationals Tournament
  • Advanced/Honors Program
  • Sophomore Distinguished Scholar - top 5% in my class of 250-260
  • AP Scholar
  • Girl Scout Silver Award - completed over 50 hours of service with two other girls by installing permanent anti-litter signs on a local park’s trash can

Service

  • Girl Scout Silver Award (see above)
  • Have completed almost 90 hours of service through many organizations including an elementary school and an agency for visually impaired preschools

Scores/Stats

ACT: 29 baseline without studying. Planning at least twice more (registered for December and mandatory ACT through school in April)

GPA: 4.0 uw, 4,5 w

Course load: All advance/Honors, dual credit, or AP classes besides mandatory Iower level classes (I.e. theology) APHG - 5, APUSH - 4, AP Lang - 4 (AP Scholar). I’m taking AP World History, dual enrollment/credit (DC) public speaking, DC Precal, AP Seminar, theology, advanced/honors physics, and AP Psych.

My possible majors are neuroscience, neurobiology, basically anything brain based. I also plan on doing a pre-med track.

The schools I’m looking at are UChicago, Northwestern, Vandy, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Penn State, Villanova, Loyola Chicago, Purdue, and Indiana University.

If you’re curious about anything else, feel free to ask. If you also want to recommend any other schools, please do so.

((ALSO MY ACT WAS A BASELINE, NOT MY FINAL. PLAN TO TAKE IT AT LEAST TWO-THREE MORE TIMES))

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Just remember, you won’t be able to list all these activities on your applications (10 max on the Common App)

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Overall, the best thing you can do is to improve that ACT score to 33+ in order to have a chance at UChicago and many of the other colleges on your list. Given that you are a junior, you still have a lot of time. Right now, it looks like you are on the right track!

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ACT: 29 baseline without studying.<<<<<<<<<<<

 You mean a real test? You sat a real test with no studying? That is not very smart.
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I took it as a sophomore so I could see what’ve i needed to work on before I spent money on test prep for subjects I don’t need to work on.

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ACT score jumps of significance can result in flagging, as you need a pretty big jump for your list to the 33 plus mark it was not at all clever. It is a shame kids are not given more guidance. Anyone can sit a cold practice test in their dining room with an ACT booklet and a clock and an ornery parent.