<p>I am a sophomore, but whatever. Most of my stats and Ecs are projected.</p>
<p>Stats:
GPA: 3.9 GPA
ACT: 34+
Ecs: National Honors Society
National English Honors
National Math Honors
National French Honors
National Science Honors
Volunteering at the Hospital
Co-Sponsoring 3 Children through Compassion with my Youth Group
Church Youth Group
Volunteering through my Youth Group
Recs: I'm a good kid, so my Junior/Senior teachers will like me
Essay: Above Average Maybe, I'm gonna write about how Jesus has made me a more open-minded person.
State: Alabama
Race: African-American</p>
<p>Perhaps you would be better off not writing about how a fictional character made you more open-minded. The essays are supposed to be serious so, unless you are trying to put a humorous slant on your essay, I would advise against it. Also, the whole praise Jesus or you are going to hell bit counters the open-mindedness angle. Not that you necessarily believe that, but many do, so it inst a stretch to connect Jesus to narrow-mindedness.</p>
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<p>Those are evangelists. Besides, Jesus was not fictional. Believe he is the son of god or not, he was a real person( even if you think he is a crazy person.)</p>
<p>Before this gets into some religion debate, I agree with the earlier post. I don’t think that is a good topic to write about. The thing is you want to write about something that is really unique, and I can only assume many others have written about how their religion changed them. </p>
<p>Whether your a shoo in or not… you can never tell for higher ranked schools. Your stats seem to give you a good shot though.</p>
<p>^ Lol okay. I will write about my mentally-challenged aunt.</p>
<p>woeishe, write your essays on whatever you decide. there are highly qualified people in your region and then in committee who will read and react differently to your essays, and religious figures are not a taboo subject. they plow through 25 thousand essays, so you may want to make sure to at least read and to absorb one good book on college essays. I like the Harry Bauld short book which is often recommended. It has a lot of good warm up exercises and discussions of what would make a good and a bad essay.<br>
Vanderbilt admits students with many different religious views. Politics and religion as topics are only as problematic as the insight or lack of insight and thought you display in your essays.</p>
<p>There really is not such thing as a shoo-in to Vanderbilt or any other selective school. There are hundreds of students who will be denied or waitlisted who would be quite successful at Vanderbilt and deserve admission. Stay tuned tomorrow as they post stats and make sure to broaden your college list to include schools that are sure to admit you as well as reach schools. </p>
<p>Attaching to your match college is the best way to get through the next two years. Match colleges for a person with your stats will all be glad to land you and the teachers are generally excellent at scores of colleges. The best thing my sons managed to accomplish was truly valuing their match colleges and visualizing themselves fulfilled at them. Visit classrooms in your match colleges and picture yourself there. Then apply to reach colleges as well.</p>
<p>Oh yea, I forgot to add.
National AP Scholar
Applying ED
Adult sitting</p>
<p>All this is made up so no one can chance you. </p>
<p>And none of those ECs stand out. </p>
<p>I also loled at how you assumed you’d get a 34+ on your ACT</p>
<p>^Why? The test isn’t that hard and I’m in test prep right now.</p>
<p>Oh yea, I’m low-income. Sorry I can’t do amazing things.</p>
<p>I’m low income. We filed negative income for financial aid and it didn’t stop me from having well rounded ECs</p>
<p>Just because you take prep classes doesn’t mean you will get a 34+. If it’s so easy then why’re you taking prep classes? I didn’t take a prep class and got a 33.</p>
<p>^ You sound way too arrogant. Typical CCer. I plan on creating a Biology Club and a Compassion club, but I didn’t put those because they are maybes. All the other Ecs are future Ecs. </p>
<p>You got a 33 without a prep class? Awesome. The test is easy,but I need to polish my skills.</p>
<p>I’m just saying that all your stuff is made up and there is NO point in making a chance thread of made up stats. I’m the arrogant one? You’re assuming you’ll get a 34+ which is the 99th percentile. Just because you’re low income isn’t an excuse for not being well rounded.</p>
<p>^ Why are your Ecs? They are not made up! They are future Ecs!</p>
<p>Go look at one of my threads. </p>
<p>I’ve been a gymnast for 14 years now. I’ve been a debater all four years and qualified to both nationals and state. I’ve done theatre both in and out of school and lots of shows. I’m the head of cappies which is where you go and review other high school shows and the top 3 get published and I’ve been published several times. I’m the VP of NHS. I’ve been a debate officer since sophomore year. I’m in some smaller clubs as well like philosophy club and Spanish club and a few others. Do I think these entitle me to getting into a good school? No. But mine aren’t all “honor societies” which every top student is in.</p>
<p>Jesus existing at all is not as definite as you seem to suggest. It is hard to say for sure if there really was a person named Jesus from Nazareth. There is a chance he existed, but there is much scholarly debate on whether he did or not, and as such, you shouldn’t expect me to be confident that Jesus was real. My point is that while you could get someone who shares your views, you could also not. Imagine if you were an admissions officer and you read an essay about how Thor inspired a kid to be open-minded, it might come across as strange, especially if Thor were associated with eternal damnation. To be fair, I don’t think anyone in that position would consciously put you at a disadvantage for discussing Jesus. But it may leave a negative impression on the unconscious mind. Then again, if the person shares your views, it may leave a positive impression.</p>
<p>Your Ecs seem to be all about you. I’m helping 3 different kids, probably 4 or 5 kids, in low-income countries had a chance at life and that doesn’t stand out? I have been helping my grandma take care of my mentally-challenged aunt for years, but that doesn’t look good? I, as a low income student, giving all my money to others and that isn’t good enough? Okay then.</p>
<p>I didn’t include volunteer stuff because that’s a different part of my resume. </p>
<p>I’m a nursing home volunteer. I’ve gone on week retreats doing 40+ hours on each one. I set up two volunteer events myself including a nursing home event for students at my high school and a triathlon. I’ve also done trick or treat so kids can eat all four years and walks for autism and much more. </p>
<p>I’ve worked two jobs because I too am low income totally about 30 hours per week alone and maintaining a 4.0 unweighted GPA</p>
<p>My ECs are clearly not just about me.</p>
<p>You seem to think, because of your accomplishments, that you are better than me. I won’t deny, you’re Ecs are great, but that doesn’t mean you can demean mine. I love everything that I do and I won’t take any crap from you or anyone else.</p>
<p>You and my volunteer work seem to be similar, so they doesn’t mine stand out? Many HS kids are too selfish to spend help other people.</p>
<p>And you have no right to lol at someone’s projected act score, especially when you are on the internet and don’t know the intelligence of the person you are trying to demean.
I commend you for your work, but think before you post.</p>
<p>My entire point of posting wasn’t to post my stats and make you think I’m great. My point was that your ECs don’t stand out. Taking care of your family and what you’re doing is awesome, but you didn’t include that to begin with. I was making a point that your ECs weren’t anything special because they aren’t. Join a sport or join something interesting besides just the typical smart kid groups. You didn’t mention your volunteer stuff before, but I would definitely include it on your app. Come back in a year and a half when your stats are more solidified and there will be a point to posting a chance thread.</p>
<p>^ Lol I’m sorry for getting heated, I actually planning on playing Lacrosse next year. I just hope Exeter takes me off the wait-list.</p>