Hi everyone, please chance me?? Thank you in advance! Also, if you need me to elaborate on anything, PLEASE let me know! (:
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.56
Class Rank: 14/360
7 IB classes: HL Visual Arts, HL Chemistry, HL Literature, SL Math, SL Spanish, SL Psychology, & ToK.
I have not taken any of the exams for these classes yet.
SAT: n/a
ACT: 25 (This is my main concern because for some of the schools I am applying to, a score like mine is either low or average. I’m not sure if they would be able to look past this score. However, I am really hoping to raise it to at least a 30 by September!)
Principal EC’s:
- Key Club: 2nd year as President (service club)
- Korean Club: Co-founder/Co-president
- IBL: Leader (IB Leadership)
- Korean School: attendance from 2006-present
- Girls’ Golf: JV Letter & Academic All-State First Team
Other EC’s: (Not sure if I will put these on my college applications.)
- Local Youth Symphony (~3-4 years)
- NHS (current) - FBLA: 2 years
Accomplishments:
- Academic Letter and several pins
- Raised $500 for a local organization; IB Project
- Turtle Conservation Service Project in Costa Rica
- Passed TOPIK Levels 1-3 Tests (testing Korean fluency)
- Korean Youth Leadership Conference
The teachers that have said that they would write me a letter of rec are my: Math teacher, Chemistry teacher, Spanish teacher, and Key Club supervisor. I have yet to begin my essays for my college apps.
Why wouldn’t you put those ECs on? You definitely should.
What state do you live in? It makes a difference in your admissions chances. Also, what is your financial situation? Some of these schools will be quite expensive for an out of state student.
@intparent I wasn’t sure because I don’t want to list too many EC’s, but rather just the ones that I spend the most time on and am dedicated to. Also, Colorado! (Yeah, UW-Seattle and UW-Madison are fairly expensive, aha.)
You should be fine. If you get up to 28, UW and UW (lol) are guaranteed pretty much.
Can/will your parents pay that much? UWisconsin is $48K per year for an OOS student, for example. Usually it is harder for OOS students to get in to state schools. Google the Common Data Set for each school. You want your score to be above the midpoint of the 25-75% range for each school if possible.
Colorado is part of the WUE – you should look into some of those schools as possible safeties.
@intparent I’m sure it is possible, but I wouldn’t want to have to pay that much for a school. I’m torn between choosing a school that offers a great program for what I’d like to major in, or to choose the cheaper college. In terms of the WUE, I know that WSU is one of the schools on the list, and it’s possible to get $11,000 a year for tuition. Other than that, I’m not really interested in any of the other schools on the WUE list.
If you wouldn’t want to pay that much, then you should look at other schools. You personally can’t pay that much. You can only probably borrow $5,500 freshman year, and only a little more each year after that. Any other loans will require an adult co-signer who will be on the hook if you don’t pay, and are not a good idea.
What do you want to major in? What is your financial situation?
@intparent That’s why I have several in-state colleges on my list that have a decent cost of attendance. In fact, I have about 7 schools that I’m looking at. I’m not too worried about my chances of getting into those schools. (Sorry, that sounded super conceited, aha.) I just wanted to see what my chances are for getting into other schools.
I want to major in Foreign Languages/Linguistics and Primary Education. In terms of my financial situation, I’ve discussed that with my parents to see how much of my tuition they would be able to pay. It all depends on the school I wish to attend and its tuition fee, which I am far from deciding.
If you are going to be a primary education teacher, it is not advisable to take out big loans. So don’t go beyond your federal loans ($5,500 freshman year) for sure.
Do your parents actually know what they would pay for these schools? Lots of parents say they will pay, then when they see the actual cost after the student is accepted, they back away. Run the net price calculators on each college website to see what kind of cost you would expect. Note that if you are lower income, you might be able to get into schools that would give you decent need based aid. But you have not given enough info to be able to tell if this would be the case.
@intparent Yes, they do. And they have informed me of what schools they feel like would actually be worth a high tuition cost. They have also indicated how much is too much.
@intparent Thank you for your input, I appreciate it.
I would not look down so much on the non-flagship WUE list for an education major. Western Washington University was founded as Washington Teacher’s College and still has an excellent school of education, for example. Northern Arizona is another directional in WUE which is supposed to be good for foreign language education. My guess is you can find other schools for your interests in the WUE list if you dig around. But, with all directional universities, you do have to investigate the individual departments, not just whether you have heard of the school as a whole. And, you do need to read the fine print on any tuition compact. Some discounts are automatic, some are competitive merit awards limited to so many kids per year. For limited ones, you usually need to apply early.
@AroundHere Thank you for your input! I will make sure to look into all of it. I’ve been considering WWU, but I am not sure if it is the right fit for me. I am considering majoring in education, but I want to focus more towards Foreign Languages/Linguistics. UW has a Korean Studies program that really interests me. Unfortunately, only UW and Columbia offer it.
TBH you do have a great GPA, so I believe that it is very possible the two UW (Wisconsin and Washington) will accept you.
@jackisawesome Thank you! I appreciate your input.