Psychology major gets into T20s!!

Demographics

Gender: Female

Residence: Midwest

Intended Major(s): Psychology, Classics (when asked for 2nd option, I thought it’d give me better a chance of getting in)

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 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)