Albertus Magnus College Letter Of Recommendation: Fill & Download for Free

This is my first post, but I figured if I could help anyone out there with this information then I might as well share this info! This also kept me entertained for a bit during this quarantine lolFirst things first: my background. I’m a Latina girl, first-gen college student, first-gen since my parents are immigrants, girl interested in STEM, and low income. I’m from NJ and go to a decently sized public high school, where not many but a handful of students are accepted to top 20 schools every year. Take this information as you will.Numbers AKA Stats:GPA - 4.831 weighted. My school doesn’t give unweighted GPAs, so this is what I submitted to all my schools. Both Honors and AP courses are weighted, with AP courses being weighted a bit more. As for class rank, my school does not rank and only told us our decile for colleges, and I’m in the top 10% of my class.SAT - 1460 with a 740 in Math and 720 in ERW. Not the best but I would argue it meets the threshold for all of the schools I applied to.AP - I took 3 AP classes/tests junior year: AP English Language (4), AP US History (5), and AP Spanish Language (5). This year I’m taking AP Calculus AB, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP English Literature, and AP Spanish Literature along with other Honors classes.Extracurricular Activities:Top Youth Volunteer at an Immigrant Resource Center - This is, in my opinion, my most significant activity as I have volunteered for this center for over 5 years. I handle sensitive client information, translate from English to Spanish, step in as the secretary, make art for protests, speak at rallies ranging from hundreds to thousands of protestors on behalf of the organization, and much more.Vice President of Engineering Club - This is your standard club where we teach students about different fields of engineering, computer science, cyber security, etc. We participate in local and national engineering challenges.Co-Founder and Co-President of Student Equity & Inclusion Committee - I helped create this committee that encourages students of color to take Honors and AP courses. My high school is almost 50% students of color but our school’s diversity is not reflected in these courses and this club is an effort to tackle this disparity.Lead Facilitator of Alternatives to Violence Project - I would help run summer camps that are led by youth for youth. We would run this to teach leadership and conflict resolution skills, and we dabbled in advocacy work. This was very closely linked to the Immigrant Resource Center.Member of MOSTEC - This a selective 6 month program with MIT that took place over the summer leading into senior year up until December. I took courses in calculus and design thinking and had to work on a project over the summer and present it at MIT’s campus at a symposium.Head of Executive Board of Melanin Minds - This is a social activism club and we hold open forums to discuss issues within the high school, and then led initiatives to change our Eurocentric history curriculum. We also celebrate the cultures in our community through a cultural dinner night.Wrestler and Manager - I was one of two girls to join my high school’s boys wrestling team. I joined junior year and then became a manager senior year and by my junior year two more girls had joined the team!Big Sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters - This was something I did weekly where I would spend an hour at my local elementary school mentoring a kid and helping him with homework and his behavior.Peer Tutor for High School Homework Club - Self explanatory: I tutor underclassmen.Essays and Letters of Rec:I honestly think my common app essay was a highlight of my application. It talked about my living environment since I live in the projects, and I discussed how the dangers of my community have shaped me to become a humanitarian you could say. Since I couldn’t really highlight this aspect of my life anywhere else, I would imagine that anyone reading my application would appreciate this additional info about me and have my accomplishments be contrasted to these circumstances. P.S an admissions counselor told me that I “write powerfully about how community affects me” so that’s pretty coolAfter I spoke at a rally in my town in which my teacher was in attendance, my sophomore year history teacher told me she was going to write my letter of recommendation. Therefore, I already had one letter secured early on, and she is known for her eloquent writing. I asked my biology teacher from junior year to write my second letter since I wanted both a humanities and STEM perspective on me, and she was more than willing. She’s incredibly sweet so I can imagine her letter reflected her character toward me.Finally, here are the decisions in the order I received them :)Seton Hall University: Accepted! +Buccino Leadership Institute Acceptance!Fordham University: Accepted!WPI: Accepted! +Presidential ScholarshipProvidence College: Accepted! +$20,000/year Albertus Magnus Scholarship!Loyola Maryland University: Accepted! +$33,000/year Presidential Scholarship!Drew University: Accepted! +Honors ProgramThe College of New Jersey (TCNJ): Accepted! +Honors ProgramSyracuse University: Accepted! +Honors Program, University Discovery Madrid Grant, AND Full Tuition 1870 Scholarship!RPI: Accepted!Johns Hopkins University: Accepted!Stevens Institute of Technology: Accepted! +Lawrence T. Babbio '66 Pinnacle Scholars Program!Harvey Mudd College: Accepted! +President’s Scholars Program Scholarship recipient (full tuition)!MIT: Rejected :(Boston College: Accepted!Swarthmore College: Accepted!Hamilton College: Accepted!Haverford College: Accepted! +Reid ScholarshipGeorgetown University: Rejected :(Yale University: Accepted!Columbia University: Accepted!Harvard University: WaitlistedPrinceton University: Rejected :(Brown University: Rejected :(Cornell University: Accepted! +Jacobs Dean’s Scholar AND Meinig Family Cornell National Scholar!