Hello! I would like to get a few opinions on the competitiveness of my application for Yale, Penn, Vanderbilt, and Duke.
Gender - F
Race - Black (Caribbean American, 1st generation immigrant)
High School - small, public, non-competitive, rural Mid-Atlantic
GPA - 4.28 weighted, 4.00 unweighted
SAT - 2240 (740 CR, 700 M, 800 W)
ACT - 34 composite
Class Rank: 1 of 142
Overall curriculum extremely rigorous with combination of dual enrollment and APs, in the words of my counselor, "unlike anything anyone has ever done".
8 APs by graduation, 5 complete and 2 in progress at time of application submission, all taken online
AP Bio - 4
AP Lang - 4
AP Human Geography - 5
AP Psychology - 5
AP Lit - 5
AP US Gov't (in progress)
AP Microeconomics (in progress)
AP Macroeconomics (next semester)
ECs:
Scholastic Bowl team captain/co-captain all four years of high school, All State, All District, etc. Many accolades...
One Act play team state champions in 10th grade, state runner up in 11th grade
Lead in school musical in 10th grade
Forensics preliminary round champion 10th and 11th grade, team and individual state runner-up 11th
FBLA since 8th grade, National Distinction in Proofreading and Editing, State Jr. Ms. FBL, 5th in state in Business Communication
Yearbook photographer since 10th grade, Editor - 12th grade
Classically trained violinist since 3rd grade
Clubs:
National Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Founder of school's International Club
Misc.: I think my essays are really strong. Also, I moved to a different state between 9th and 10th grade. Will that affect how my application is viewed?
Thank you!
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