Hi! I am an incoming senior who will be applying to various universities in the fall! I would highly appreciate any constructive criticism and feedback regarding whether or not I have a viable chance at getting into these schools:
University of Florida
University of Maryland: College Park
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill
Vanderbilt
UC Berkeley
Northwestern
Georgetown
George Washington
Demographics: Caucasian female living as a Florida resident (Born in the United States)
Desired Major: Computer Science (journalism as another major/minor if asked)
Test Scores
-Currently a 1340 super scored on the SAT, (hopefully will raise after the June 2017 results come out)
-Perfect score on SAT Writing
-Going to take the subject tests in August
-Not submitting ACT
GPA:
I got all A’s and B’s for my classes, and showed improvement in GPA over the years:
-4.21 weighted (on a 4.0 scale)
-3.7 unweighted
- top 10% of graduating class (around 800 students in my class)
AP classes taken:
- AP Computer Science, AP Human Geography, AP World history, AP Lang, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Psychology
AP classes going to take senior year:
AP Government, AP Macro, AP Literature, AP Statistics
Speciality classes:
- 4 years of debate (3 of which were/are honors classes) (All A’s)
- 5 years of computer science courses ( 2 of which were AP, other 3 were/are honors, one was an FLVS web design course)
^(A’s on all computer science courses)
-3 years of latin (3rd year was honors) - 5 years of Science courses
- 7 years of Math courses (took Algebra 1 and Geometry in middle school, but are still listed on my high school transcript)
- Taking a Peer Counseling class senior year that involves community service, activity planning, etc.
Awards:
-Numerous competitive dance awards (national and state)
- IBM master the mainframe part 1 and 2 (2014)
- IBM master the mainframe part 1 and 2 (2015)
- IBM master the mainframe part 1 and 2 (2016)
-National Computing Women In Technology (state runner-up) - Apple’s Day of Coding (winner)
-National Latin Exam third place winner 2016
-National Honor Society member all years eligible
Extracurricular/clubs:
-Competitive dancer for all 4 years ( 25-35 hours a week)
-All Girls Code (organization)/(representative)/ 2 years
-Model United Nations (President)/3 years
-Young Democrats Club (Representative)/4 years
-Debate Team ( treasurer and representative)/ 4 years
-National Honors Society (Member)/3 years
-Latin Club (member)/ 4 years
-Soccer Coach/Counselor for children with special needs (paid work)/ 4 years/ (8 hours a week)
-Dance teacher/camp counselor over the summer (paid work)/ 2 years (30 hours a week)
Volunteering:
- Village on the Green (Elderly health center)- 100+ hours and counting
Essays:
- Essays will be about stereotypes/challenging ideologies in computer science, working hard and becoming an advanced dancer even though I only started training at the age of 13 (writing is my strong suit and will also have various teachers/mentors proofread and give constructive criticism)
Hook:
- I am a female in computer science with 5 school years of experience with various awards specifying those skills, show a very broad, consistent variety in my activities and outreach to the community, show strong writing scores, etc.
Family Legacies:
- Brother and Sister are currently attending University of Florida
- Father attended University of Florida
Any thoughts, advice, critiques, etc. would be greatly appreciated!!