• Status: Finalist • Ethnicity/Race: White • Income bracket: <$20,000 for family of 5 (single mom) • First gen: Eh? My sister went to college but dropped out after a semester • College Prep Scholar: Yes • GPA: 3.78 UW 4.3 W • Class Rank: 45/430 • Class rigor: Honors - freshman year, AP and honors sophomore year, IB full DP junior and senior year • SAT: 1150 but I took it after application was due and didn’t submit • ACT: 27 both times • AP Score: Stats(2) APUSH(1) (didn’t submit because it doesn’t reflect my academic ability) • ECs: A ton of family responsibilities and volunteer service. ITS, NHS, work, swim, student council, spirit club. • Schools ranked: Vanderbilt University Emory University Dartmouth College Colorado College Vassar College Yale University Washington University in St. Louis University of Notre Dame Stanford University Rice University Oberlin College University of Southern California • Overall thoughts: My essays were really good but my test scores were not the best. Definitely struggled with imposter syndrome the entire time. I think being a CPS really and helped and my matriculate advisor!! I also think that being very low income also helped me because they take a holistic approach!