Chances for: UChicago (EA), Northwestern, UIUC, UMich @ Ann Arbor, Oberlin, and WashU
I’m posting this thread since I go to a very unusual school in the midwest. It’s relatively small (<500 students total), there aren’t any available class rankings, and all courses are considered to be honors courses. There aren’t “AP” courses specifically available for students to take. Planning on majoring in Comp Sci and minoring in Bio.
UW GPA: 3.6 (no weighted GPA)
Class rank: No class ranking
ACT: Taken twice; 30 and 32 single sitting, 33 superscored (E35, M33, R33, S29)
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Female
Senior Courses (all honors): Bug Biology, Gender Studies, 20th Century Eng. Lit / Fictional History, Sustainable Energy (sci.), History Seminar, Calc I, Journalism
Honors/Awards
- Placed 1st in academic exams and won art awards at a large Latin competition
- 1st place in essay competition in 8th/9th grade, Honorable mention 11th
- 2nd place finalist in 9th/10th in National Latin Exam, 4th place finalist in 11th
EC (years inclusive of senior year)
- Student IT Group (3 years)
- Freshman Transition Program (Member 2 years, leader senior year) - basically helping freshmen to adjust to our rigorous academic environment and course-load
- Writing Tutor (2 years)
- Student Library Advancement Committee Member (2 years)
- Local Elementary School Outreach Program (Member 1, leader senior year)
- Student-run Production (Stage manager 1 year, Cast member 1 year)
Volunteer Work
- High-school sponsored summer camp
- STEM camp for elem. students
Other Summer Activities
- Forensics Camp
- Electrical Engineering Camp (Mechanical Eng. freshman year)
- Worked at dad’s business
Will have two glowing recs; one from bio teacher and one from soph. chem teacher whose program I also volunteer from
college counselor rec will be good
Feel free to point out any weaknesses in my app! I’m really really considering taking the ACT one more time, and I know my GPA could be a little higher and that my honors are pretty weak lol… but by spring semester it’ll be up to a 3.7!