Hey everyone! I just wanted to see what the CC community might think my odds are for getting into some of the schools that I am applying to this fall.
Profile:
White
Male
Adopted
GPA: Unweighted––3.925/4.0, school does not weight GPAs
ACT: 32C: 35E, 32M, 30R, 31S
SAT Subject Tests: 750 USH, 720 Bio E/M
Also noted that I have had family issues as I live with my grandparents, my mom is an alcoholic and suffers with depression, and my parents are divorced.
High School Profile:
Conservative, Catholic School in Louisiana. Very competitive in STEM, not so much in Liberal Arts. Does not offer AP courses, but does offer >30 hours in Dual Enrollment credit (college credits that would not transfer out-of-state)
EC’s:
Co-Founder of Speech and Debate Club
One of the Founding Members of my school’s chapter of Mu Alpha Theta Math Club
BETA Club Chaplin
Student Council Parliamentarian
Drama Club Secretary
3x’s School 4-H Vice President
2x’s County 4-H President
2x’s County 4-H Secretary
State 4-H Parliamentarian
1 of 4 National 4-H Conference Delegates (chosen out of Louisiana’s 13,000 4-H’ers)
1 of 6 National 4-H Youth Leadership Team Members from across the nation (chosen out of each states’ top four 4-H’ers)
Spends two weeks each summer as a summer camp counselor
3x’s Advertisement Committee Head for my school’s theater productions
Math Tutor
Tennis Player (Regional Champion, State Semifinalist)
Volleyball and Girls Basketball Manager
Awards:
Third Highest ACT score in my class
Course Award for Spanish I, Spanish II, Media Arts, and BCA
District Literary Rally:*
Second Place: BCA
Third Place: Spanish I
Third Place: Spanish II
State Literary Rally:*
Fifth Place: Spanish I
Third Place: Spanish II
*Literary Rally is a competition in which all of the schools in the District or State come together with their best students in each subject and take a test on that subject
4-H Awards:
Fourth Place: State Consumer Foods Judging Team
Fifth Place: State Poultry Judging Team (I know, gross. haha)
My essay is about how I took a leap-of-faith and tried to take an active social and political role in my community. It talks a lot about how I fell in love with the many cultures that make up my town and how those cultures spiked a fire in me for public service. Slightly cliche, but I think that it is a pretty good essay. It is very well-written with a lot of imagery, and my recommendations are from people that have worked with me quite a bit. One of which is the Louisiana 4-H Department Head and I have two from teachers that have known me well. I also have a very good relationship with my counselor as I try to push new clubs and classes that can be offered at my school as many people tend to stay on the normal track and rarely deviate from it.
My current plan is to go to Brown University and study Public Policy if that gives you a view of where I hope to one day be.
So my two strong points that I cover in my application are my affiliation with 4-H and my high school tennis career as I put most all of my time into those things.
Schools in order of desire:
Brown
UPenn
Georgetown
George Washington
Dartmouth
LSU
I know my GPA is not perfect and my high school could be more competitive, but I think that my test scores, my extracurriculars, my essays, and recommendations will really give me a fighting chance in the application process. What do you think? Thank you so much for giving this a read and please give me your honest answer. Thanks!!