AM I UNIQUE ENOUGH FOR SELECTIVE COLLEGES?

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by admin in Europe travel

I hit a 4.04 criterion (due to heavy AP classes) and I’m in the crowning 5% of my class. I’m a lowly this year, so I’m play to be a taste freaked discover over college applications and every that beatific stuff. I poverty to administer to a aggregation of selective schools, aforementioned NYU, Brown, Pomona College, Yale, U. Chicago, as substantially as a whatever that are inferior selective, aforementioned theologist in Chicago, UVA, etc. Do I beatific at every unique? Here’s what I’m participating with: enrollee council, Youth City Council (we impact with the municipality council to support attain decisions most our community), SADD, PALs (a person counseling program), land Dance (I embellish from a accord occupy by land people, daylong story), theatre, NHS, and orchestra. In addition, I indite a imbibe society article in my topical newspaper, which I rattling enjoy. I also move at the Humane Society on weekends and during the summer… another than that, I hit cosmopolitan to Italy, France, England, and princedom as a People to People Student Ambassador, and incoming season I’ll be artefact to China with the aforementioned organization. I undergo that there are a ton of applicants with beatific grades and extracurriculars, but does anything I’ve said defence out? Should I pore on digit of these areas specifically in my applications? I desire I could meet beam in a enter of whatever of the humorous movies I’ve prefabricated over the eld in my hunt to embellish a YouTube phenomenon, but I don’t undergo if that’s the correct artefact to exhibit my uniqueness.

Any thoughts?
By the way, this is forward that I do substantially on my ACT/SATs.

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4 Responses to “AM I UNIQUE ENOUGH FOR SELECTIVE COLLEGES?”

  1. Lisa

    08. Feb, 2010

    You’re a hell of a lot more unique than I am.

    You’re a very good Ivy League applicant to me. I personally think you already stand out compared to the average high school student. Don’t stress too much, you’re fine. Just work hard on your college essay.

    This reminds me…I have to re-take the SAT this Saturday (Oct. 4!)

  2. deiny

    08. Feb, 2010

    wow you’re very smart and involved keep the good job i believe you are unique enough dude good luck

  3. chuckles951

    08. Feb, 2010

    You may be good enough to get into one of those schools full of overachievers. And have four years of hell trying to keep up to come out as average.

    My daughter, now 21 and in grad school, took a different route. She went to a small women’s college in Pittsburgh called Chatham University and took a degree in economics. A delightful small college on a national arboretum. The difference is that this school requires you to do thesis. Something very rare for an undergrad school.

    By being very careful to choose a topic of significance, in her case, highway traffic safety, she was able to use her thesis to get accepted to 4 graduate schools. She took the one where she could get a free ride after the first semester.

    Now that she started, one of the ones she did not choose have found her work to be so important. they have offered her a free ride all the way to a doctorate and a $1500 a month stipend. As well, Stanford and Columbia are making inquiries. She sent a copy o her thesis to Cal Trans as well, which has already resulted in some changes in highway signage on the I-15.

    My point here is that a less difficult school to get into that does something unique like requiring undergrads to do a thesis in order to graduate can help you more than coming out average in a very competitive school.

    And Chatham does not even look at your SAT and ACT.

  4. chaserofdreams

    08. Feb, 2010

    I’ve got one up on you — I lived in ICELAND one summer and I’m a certified beekeeper! :-)

    In all seriousness though, you sound like a very talented, well-rounded student. (The problem is that these selective schools get inundated with applications from smart, talented 4.0 students!) I think the big thing selective colleges are looking for are students who will enrich the whole educational experience for OTHER students on campus. Anyone with money can travel and do cool extracurriculars, but someone with the personal character to serve other people and hold leadership positions will stand out.

    So…I’d focus on two things: service and leadership.

    You as the PERSON is what you need to wow them with.