Psychology major accepted into T20 schools!!

• Gender: Female

• Residence: Midwest

• Intended Major(s): Psychology

**Academics**

• GPA: 3.98W

\* # of Honors/AP: 13 Honors, 3APs

\* Senior Year Course Load: AP Latin, AP Psychology, Honors Ancient Greek, Honors African American Literature/English, Statistics (1 semester), Honors Earth/Environmental Science, Religion

**Standardized Testing**

\* SAT: 1260 (Didn't submit to test optional schools)

\* ACT: 26 (Didn't submit to test optional schools)

\* AP: 2 AP Comp Gov & Politics (didn't submit score); 4 AP Lang (didn’t take class)

**Extracurriculars/Activities:**

\* Latin Honor Society - Executive board

\* Latin Club - Executive board/President

\* Anti-Racism Club - Co-Founder & Co-President

\* Service Organization - Executive board

\* Service Organization - Executive board

\* Diversity Club - President

\* Quiz Bowl - JV & Varsity Captain

\* Rowing - 2.5 years

\* Work: Scorekeeping middle school sports - 4 years

\* Work: Internship - summer going into senior year 

**Awards/Honors:**

\* Latin Honor Society

\* National Honor Society

\* National Latin Exam Silver

**Letters of Recommendation**

Junior year Honors Precalculus & AP Comp Gov & Politics teachers. I had my Honors PreCalculus teacher for Freshman year Algebra, which I did well in. I worked really hard to pass PreCalculus since I was failing most of the semester, so I wanted her to write about how I persevered. My Comp Gov & Politics teacher probably wrote a plain LOR, I didn’t talk much in class & got an A-.

**Essays**

I wrote about my health issues, extracurriculars, and identity. I emphasized challenges I’ve faced and how I’ve overcome them. I spoke on how much I value my extracurriculars & the work I put into them. For UC Berkeley, I wrote an essay about being proud of my D in Honors Precalculus because it represents how I worked hard to pass the class.

**Interviews**

interviewed for Harvard & Fairfield.

**Decisions**

**Acceptances:**

\* University of Michigan Ann Arbor (EA deferred, accepted RD) & Committed!

\* UC Berkeley (RD)

\* University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (EA)

\* University of Wisconsin Madison (EA)

\* Michigan State University (EA)

\* Indiana University Bloomington (EA)

\* Fairfield University (EA)

\* Loyola University Chicago (EA)

\* Saint Louis University (RD)

\* Rutgers University (EA)

**Waitlists:**

\* UC Davis (RD)

\* College of the Holy Cross (RD)

\* Washington University in St. Louis (RD)

**Rejections:**

\* Harvard University (EA - interviewed, deferred, then denied)

\* University of Virginia (RD)

\* Boston University (RD)

\* Brown University (RD)

\* Case Western Reserve (RD)

\* Columbia University (RD)

\* Cornell University (RD)

\* Johns Hopkins University (RD)

\* University of Southern California (RD)

\* Yale University (RD)

\* Georgetown University (RD)

\* Massachusetts Institute of Technology (RD)

\* University of California Los Angeles (RD)

**Additional Information:**

My ‘dream’ schools were Harvard & Cornell. I