So I’m on pins and needles about my applications to these schools:
Early Action:
UChicago
UMichigan
Tulane University
Penn State- University Park
Northeastern
Binghamton
Regular:
Boston University
Amherst College
Mount Holyoke
Spelman College
Duke (might apply)
University of New Haven
Here are my stats:
Bronx Science Senior
Unweighted GPA: 3.7, school doesn’t weigh
Rank: school doesn’t rank
APs: 8 AP Biology, AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP Language and Composition, AP US Gov and Politics w/ economics, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Culture and Language, AP Language and Literature
College Course: Syracuse University: Forensic Science, worth 4 college credits
Honors: Honors Spanish 5, Honors forensic English (debate class)
SAT: Only taken twice, composite: 1950 (very very low) I know
ECs: President of BOSS/WIS (10,11,12), vice President of UNIDAD (10,11,12), Red Cross Club member (10,11,12), Member of YouthCAN at the Museum of Natural history (10,11,12), Intern at Wave Hill for two consecutive summers
Essay: about growing up in a household affected by addiction, how it made me who I am
Hooks: URM (black), low income (below $20,000), female, first generation college
Recs: guidance counselor, physics teacher, ap us history teacher : not allowed to read them