Am I reach, or a match, or insane?
Academics
3.75 UW GPA/ 4.37ish W (not updated online so can’t check WGPA)
33 ACT (35E/27M/34R/34S), 33 superscored (35E/28M/34R/34S) with an 8 on writing from the first test, haven’t gotten second writing score back but expecting an 8 or 9.
680 SATII US History, 660 SATII Literature (retaking lit ASAP this fall)
6 APs out of 11 offered completed by end of senior year; only one offered sophomore year, and at my school people in the top decile are the only ones who take more than 2 or 3 APs during high school
Top 10% of graduating class (may have been updated but not posted online so this is most recent that I have)
Senior Schedule: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Stats, Honors Spanish 4 (have to talk to teacher and see if I could sit AP Spanish exam), Honors Physics, Journalism, World Religions, Marching Band
ECs
1 year choir (9th grade)
1 year NHS (12th grade)
1 year JV bowling (9th grade)
1 year tutoring at local church (11th grade)
2 years varsity bowling (10th-11th grades)
3 years service representative (10th-12th grades)
3 years student government, current senior class VP (10th-12th grades)
4 years marching band (9th-12th grades)
4 years Girl Scouts, considering starting Gold Award work (9th-12th grades)
Summer Experiences
2 journalism camps (last summer and this summer)
1 psychology camp (this summer)
Gender: Female
Race: So white I sparkle
Country of Residence: USA
State of Residence: fly-over country
Financial Aid: Need it but almost all of it will have to be merit or outside $$$ as I don’t qualify for need-based at 99% of colleges
Recs: Asking my Spanish teacher who’s had me for the last three years and the NHS advisor who was my APUSH and AP Psych teacher; if one of them doesn’t work out I’ll ask my junior year English teacher
Common App Essay: The one I wrote as an end-of-year assignment for English was well-liked by both the teacher and my friends, but I’m just worried about the topic being cliche. That being said, if I don’t come up with a better essay I’d be okay using it.
SCHOOLS (assume psychology major unless otherwise noted):
Northwestern* (Medill, journalism)
WUSTL
UNC Chapel Hill (journalism)
Brown
Tulane
University of Miami (journalism)
Fordham
Villanova
U of Alabama