d's and c's on transcript no test scores gets into multiple top 50's???
Demographics
- Gender: female
- Race/Ethnicity: white
- Residence: big city
- Income Bracket: upper middle
- Type of School: smaller public
- Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): none
Intended Major(s): applied for public policy but prob gonna switch
Academics
- GPA (UW/W): 3.75/4.05 at time of applying (i think im at 3.79/4.13 now tho)
- Rank (or percentile): no rank
- # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: school doesn't offer aps, 3 dual and lots of honors
- Senior Year Course Load: bare minimum lmao
Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
- i literally had NO test scores (no sat, act, or ap)
Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.
- advocacy/research for niche social issue (2 years)
- advocacy for different social/political issue (2 years)
- public health program (last summer)
- fellow for a teen fellowship thing (junior year)
- childcare worker at daycare (4 years)
- school club leader affiliated with same org as #1 (this year)
- tutor at underresourced elementary school (sophomore year)
- advocacy for yet another social issue! (this year)
- school yearbook/newspaper editor (3 years)
- psych TA at school (this year)
Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.
- schoolwide spirit award
- advocacy award from one of the orgs i was involved with
- student of the semester for history (i know these are barely anything but i needed something lol)
- #4
- #5
Letters of Recommendation
(Briefly describe relationships with your recommenders and estimated rating.)
one from english teacher of two years, one from history teacher of two years
Interviews
(Briefly reflect on interview experiences, if applicable.)
one from georgetown, i was so nervous and blabbered the whole time
Essays
(Briefly reflect on the quality of your writing, time spent, and topic of main personal statement.)
my common app was okay if not a little vague; it was about how dance shaped me even after i had to quit because of injury. also, i wrote all my supp essays night of, do not reccomomend
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:
- american university
- boston university
- emory university
- george washington university
- university of southern california
- university of washington-seattle
Waitlists:
- university of wisconsin-madison (accepted)
- university of california-santa barbara (accepted)
Rejections:
- tufts university
- university of maryland (this one surprised me)
- ucla
- uc berkeley (tbf my piqs were so bad and wrote like an hour before deadline)
- georgetown university (this one hurt)
committed: emory university! I chose oxford college and also got a huge scholarship. was debating usc but emory ox is def the right place for me, I think a smaller campus suits me more! pls feel free to reach out if you are also attending!
Additional Information:
i think something that helped me get into more selective schools despite my lower stats was my injury/upwards trajectory. i got a d and c first semester freshman year following an injury which i was hospitalized for the semester following. my perspective changed on a lot of things after that and i locked in on school more
i also applied to michigan and tulane which i got deferred from after ea but withdrew bc i realized they weren't right fits for me, so not sure what the results there would've looked like at those schools if not!