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Steven’s is my #1 school so I want to make sure I can get in.
I’m a high school junior in nj and have a 95 weighted gpa (my school has it on 100 point system don’t know how to calculate)

I’m in:
Ap calc ab
Ap seminar
APUSH
Al physics 1
Cad 1
English H

Next year:
Ap calc bc
Ap physics c
Aphug
Ap lang
Ap research
Cad 2
Engineering and design

I don’t have the best grades in calculus and physics right now so I’m kind of unsure

I have a 1330 super score sat score but am taking again if that helps

Extracurricular:
NHS, and 3 other various honors societies
Volunteering
Boyscouts
Forensics
Summer pre college program at Steven’s
2 jobs - 1 on weekends 1 over summer
Math club
Lacrosse
Swim
Marching band

I have not a lot of leadership like at all so that’s also a factor of why I’m not sure I’ll get in.

I really love Steven’s but I’m really not sure I can realistically get in without early decision I’m also willing to take out loans as well

Okay so, I honestly cannot fathom how someone can live through an American history class or world history class and then say wow Christianity is amazing and is great for people. Like I don’t understand how people can think this way when there’s so much proof that god doesn’t exist because of science. There’s also so much proof that religion as a whole causes so many deeply rooted problems in history.

I’m so frickin angry and confused like society in America was developed off of Christianity and its belief system even if you aren’t religious you have to adhere to their morals on what they think is right. Like I am a sinner and deserve to go to hell and be ostracized by everyone including god just if I have an abortion or am gay?

Religion overall was as I see it used to give hope to people and explain the way the word worked when there was no explanation for it in the past. But now with our advancement in technology and our increase of knowledge through the ineternet it’s so obvious that there’s no way that one religion exists. I mean how could there when there are thousands of religions just some more old and popular. Am I just supposed to pick one and hope that’s the one that will get me into heaven or wherever the afterlife is what if they are all wrong and what if a religion that was once persecuted by others was right and you never know.

It make me so mad to know that if religion wasn’t here America wouldn’t have turned into the sexist, racist and homophobic country it is today. I mean whenever I hear about it it’s like they are in a cult a literal cult. I don’t understand how someone can believe in such horrible things just because a book probobly written by a 1000 year old white man as a way to control and oppress can be believed to this day. Why do people beleive in actual magic and fairy tails in the bible as if they were real.

Don’t even get me started with how Christianity has caused major problems in history like:

1. The Crusades
Medieval Christian leaders encouraged wars against Muslims, Jews, and even other Christians. These wars mixed religion with political power and helped normalize the idea that violence could be “holy” if done for God.

2. The Inquisition and religious persecution
Church authorities punished people accused of heresy, witchcraft, or disloyal belief. This created a culture where questioning religious authority could be treated as dangerous.

3. Colonization of Indigenous peoples
European empires often used Christianity to justify conquering Indigenous lands. Missionaries sometimes forced conversion, destroyed Native spiritual practices, and supported boarding schools that tried to erase Indigenous cultures.

4. Slavery and racism
Many white Christians in America used the Bible to defend slavery, segregation, and white supremacy. Enslaved people were often told Christianity required obedience, while slaveholders claimed their system was morally acceptable.

5. Gender roles and patriarchy
Christian institutions often taught that women should be submissive to men. This influenced American ideas about marriage, work, leadership, sexuality, and what “proper” womanhood looked like.

6. LGBTQ discrimination
Christian arguments have been used to label LGBTQ people as sinful or abnormal. This shaped laws, school policies, family expectations, and social stigma in the U.S.

Christianity deeply influenced American culture. Even though the Constitution does not create a Christian nation, many Americans came to see Christianity as the “normal” moral standard. This affected what people considered respectable, patriotic, or socially acceptable.
For example, being heterosexual, married, churchgoing, patriotic, and part of a traditional family was often treated as the “normal” American life. People outside that image, including non-Christians, atheists, Indigenous people, Black Americans, immigrants, women who rejected traditional roles, and LGBTQ people, were often treated as less moral or less American.