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hiii i’m REALLY stressed because my HS wants us to have a college list down by the end of the month and im scared that im too ambitious because all of the schools i have marked as safeties/targets have higher average SATs than i have

major: political science and english(double major) pre-law. if i can’t double major, then ill minor in english

93.3 gpa

1150 sat no study (retaking: looking at a 1250+)

6 aps (all my school offers. 2 junior year, 4 senior year. only offered in that order), 4 DE, 9 honors

i go to a small underfunded public school in a state with a relatively low education level. i have very limited extracurricular opportunities, as my school doesn’t offer many clubs (no debate, mun, etc.), and i live in a relatively isolated place.

first gen, low income

ecs:

national history academy summer program

started an online debate club for students all over the world

video editor for 8+ years

articles published in my state newspaper

student council

track manager

shift leader & training manager at my job

library volunteer

part-time babysitter

ANTICIPATED ecs (might not happen)go

shadowed at my county court house

congressional internship

intern at state & county courthouse

civil rights club

publication in the new york times (??? english teacher told me to try)

volunteer at retirement home

awards:

college board school recognition award

college board small town award

college board first gen award

library intellectual scholars award

already wrote one draft for my personal statement (school requires us to), got graded a 94 on lumispace

recommendations will be great since i go to a small school.

SCHOOL LIST:

REACH: NYU (ed), BU (ed2 if rejected from nyu), fordham (ea), mount holyoke, uconn, gwu, american (ea), bryn mawr, syracuse

TARGETS: UVM (ea), simmons, pace

SAFETIES: usm, umaine, suffolk

originally i had a lot of the reach schools with mid acceptance rates (45-60) as targets, due to my gpa, but i recently moved them to reaches because of my SAT and im genuinely so stressed now because i have no true targets or safeties (they all have higher SATs than me) and im just so scared that im gonna get rejected everywhere. and like ik a lot of these schools are test optional but idk

hiii i’m REALLY stressed because my HS wants us to have a college list down by the end of the month and im scared that im too ambitious because all of the schools i have marked as safeties/targets have higher average SATs than i have

major: political science and english(double major) pre-law. if i can’t double major, then ill minor in english

93.3 gpa

1150 sat no study (retaking: looking at a 1250+)

6 aps (all my school offers. 2 junior year, 4 senior year. only offered in that order), 4 DE, 9 honors

i go to a small underfunded public school in a state with a relatively low education level. i have very limited extracurricular opportunities, as my school doesn’t offer many clubs (no debate, mun, etc.), and i live in a relatively isolated place.

first gen, low income

ecs:

national history academy summer program

started an online debate club for students all over the world

video editor for 8+ years

articles published in my state newspaper

student council

track manager

shift leader & training manager at my job

library volunteer

part-time babysitter

ANTICIPATED ecs (might not happen)go

shadowed at my county court house

congressional internship

intern at state & county courthouse

civil rights club

publication in the new york times (??? english teacher told me to try)

volunteer at retirement home

awards:

college board school recognition award

college board small town award

college board first gen award

library intellectual scholars award

already wrote one draft for my personal statement (school requires us to), got graded a 94 on lumispace

recommendations will be great since i go to a small school.

SCHOOL LIST:

REACH: NYU (ed), BU (ed2 if rejected from nyu), fordham (ea), mount holyoke, uconn, gwu, american (ea), bryn mawr, syracuse

TARGETS: UVM (ea), simmons, pace

SAFETIES: usm, umaine, suffolk

originally i had a lot of the reach schools with mid acceptance rates (45-60) as targets, due to my gpa, but i recently moved them to reaches because of my SAT and im genuinely so stressed now because i have no true targets or safeties (they all have higher SATs than me) and im just so scared that im gonna get rejected everywhere. and like ik a lot of these schools are test optional but idk

i’m so nervous i genuinely think i’m getting 2

guys do we think any of the frq options will be on the renaissance, enlightenment, french revolution, ww1/ww2, the cold war, socialism, or feminism because those are my strongest points

i took practice mcqs and got a 39/55, assuming i get at LEAST 5/9 on the saqs (likely a 6 or 7) 4/7 on the dbq (likely a 5 or 6 out of 7), and a 3/6 (likely a 4 or 5) on the LEQ, what could i get on the exam?

i really want at least a 4.

major: political science and english(double major) pre-law. if i can’t double major, then ill minor in english

93.3 gpa

1150 sat no study (retaking: looking at a 1350+)

6 aps (all my school offers. 2 junior year, 4 senior year. only offered in that order), 4 DE, 9 honors

i go to a small underfunded public school in a state with a relatively low education level. i have very limited extracurricular opportunities, as my school doesn’t offer many clubs (no debate, mun, etc.), and i live in a relatively isolated place.

first gen, low income

ecs:

national history academy summer program

started an online debate club for students in my state

video editor for 8+ years

articles published in my state newspaper

student council

track manager

shift leader & training manager at my job

library volunteer

shadowed at my county court house

part-time babysitter

ANTICIPATED ecs:

congressional internship

intern at state & county courthouse

civil rights club

publication in the new york times (??? english teacher told me to try)

volunteer at retirement home

awards:

college board school recognition award

college board small town award

college board first gen award

library intellectual scholars award

already wrote one draft for my personal statement (school requires us to), got graded a 94 on lumispace

recommendations will be great since i go to a small school.

SCHOOL LIST:

NYU (ed), BU (ed2 if rejected from nyu), fordham (ea), mount holyoke, uconn, gwu, american (ea), uvm (ea), bryn mawr, smith, suffolk, pace, simmons, and one in state schools that i’m pretty much guaranteed admission to

i’ve completed one of my many ideas for my

personal statement and i’m 1. unsure if it’s too generic, 2. unsure if it’s cringe, 3. unsure if it sounds like AI (i don’t use ai, but ive been told by many teachers that my writing sounds nearly identical to it, which scares me), 3. idk if it’s personal enough

can someone please review it and tell me what i can work on? i’m first gen so i don’t rlly have any help and my guidance counselor wants us to get a draft out before ap exams