Hi everyone! I am a white, female rising senior. I reside in North Carolina. My intended major is journalism.
Academics:
SAT (old version): 1940 (670 CR, 570 M, 700 W)
ACT: 29 (32 English, 25 Math, 33 Reading, 25 Science, 33 Writing)
Rank: 23 out of 425
Unweighted GPA: 3.9583
Weighted GPA: 4.75
By graduation, I will have taken 8 AP’s:
AP English Language and Composition (5), AP Environmental Science (3), AP United States History (5), AP Psychology (4), AP English Literature and Composition, AP Statistics, AP Physics 1 and AP US Government and Politics.
Awards:
School newspaper I work on won the Tar Heel award from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association (at UNC), which is the highest school newspaper award in North Carolina.
Individually, I won a second place sports photography award from NCSMA.
ECs:
Editor-in-chief of school newspaper
Summer intern at local town newspaper (wrote many articles for them)
North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute (journalism summer camp at UNC—worked in the most rigorous division to create the institute’s paper in three days)
Vice President of Spanish Club
Treasurer of Beta Club (10th grade)
Host at local restaurant (summer)
Special Needs Prom Committee
National Honor Society
National Math Honor Society
National Science Honor Society
Quill and Scroll National Honor Society for High School Journalists
Junior Marshal
Book Club
Scriptwriter in Film Club (9th-10th grade)
Recommendations:
I have one from my newspaper adviser, which should be pretty good.
The other is from my AP English 3 teacher who I also had for Intro to Communications freshman year… He’s a really tough teacher but I was at the top of the class. Should be pretty good as well.
My counselor one will be so-so… I gave her a great “brag sheet” but I’ve only met her once.
Essays are decent.
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond!