Hello,
I am a senior in Nashville, Tennessee
-African American/African-Ethiopian (US Citizen)
-First generation
-Female
-24/503 in my class (top 5%)
-26 ACT (22M, 22S, 31R, 29E) [will retake and hopefully get a 27 or 28]
-GPA: 3.999
-770 on US History Subject Test
-AP’s: English Comp, English Lip, US History, AP Bio (my school doesn’t offer many APs)
-5 on AP US History Exam
Extracurriculars:
-National Honor Society member-2 years
-Best Buddies-starting this year
-School Ambassador-2 years
-College Connection Youth Board-1 year
-Sewanee Youth Writers Conference student-2 weeks
-Wrote for a newspaper/Editor for a non-profit organization in writing their website
My stats are low for Lehigh and my mother (only source of income) makes a little less than $15k a year so we won’t be able to afford Lehigh unless they are EXTREMELY generous with financial aid which I hear they’re good with, but I’m unsure. I have applied for their Diversity Program, but I won’t know if I’m accepted to that until Sept. 18. Lehigh is an incredibly competitive school so I feel doubtful that I’ll get in. A friend of mine got accepted to Lehigh with an ACT score of a 25 so I had hope. But then they said he’d have to pay $20k every year because his dad owned a lot of property so he couldn’t go. Can anyone please tell me if I even have a chance? Thank you so much!
