<p>Idk if anyone can see previous threads I have posted but basically I wrote my own life story about my freshmen year and how I was basically bullied out of school etc. and how I took days out and it caused me to fail. Anyways I wrote a short memoir about it and it is actually getting published, it's about how I have grown from that and what I have had to do the past two years to redeem myself. My guidance counselor is going to write my a supplement recommendation explaining what happened. The only thing I don't want is for this to play out like a sympathy story. I am going to write one of my essays on it, about the whole experience and growing and learning from it. I talked to the Harvard admission director from my state and she said she looks forward to reviewing my application, I am not sure if she was being nice or really meant it, but I hope she really meant it lol!
So anyways, I hate being so cliche like everyone else on here listing the billions of things but maybe it will help someone advise me better.</p>
<p>Senior Class Schedule- AP calculus, honors trig, AP English, Italian 4 (local college course level), Physics Honors, Writing (college course through high school),sociology honors. I am taking the maximum amount of AP we offer.
Junior year schedule I had seven honors classes, no electives!
Summer of Junior year I won a governors board scholarship to take a college course (western civ) at a local college. I really wanted to do one of those programs at brown but my parents couldn't afford it :(
Sophomore year-most honors
freshmen-all honors-failed though with completion of S.S.</p>
<p>Freshmen GPA-66
sophomore Gpa-96, 4.00
junior- should be 93 or 94, but considering my class load for 7 core classes it is pretty good.
senior year- will be 95!</p>
<p>If I were to disregard freshmen year by GPA would be a straight 4.00 so I will make my guidance counselor point that out in my recommendation letter.</p>
<p>awards/recognitions-
top 200 essayist in Holland and Knight scholar foundation
top 10 in chem competition
third place academic decathlon (2011)
third place acadec (2010)
fourth place acadec (2009)
silver medal in Art(French Revolution 2010)
Silver medal in Art(great depression 2011)
Bronze medal Language and Lit (Great Depression)
Bronze Medal (Social Science great depression)</p>
<p>These awards were on state level and they were individual titles.</p>
<p>First place science fair
third grant senior for state science fair in research for Chemistry(2011)</p>
<p>Recipient of Governors Board scholarship (statewide)
Recipient in Poetry contest for magazine</p>
<p>Over twenty school awards, don't feel like listing them such as excellence in math history etc.</p>
<p>EC
Academic Decathlon (four years) captain
SADD
Web Club
big bro/big sis-president
select chorus
church choir
CCD teacher
newspaper
Recycled fashion show participant (designer)
chemistry club
Italian Club
Art club
Track-Varsity
Soccer- Recreational</p>
<p>The problem with my EC is that I show no passion! However, art has been my passion but it doesn't look like it, I look like a jack of all trades, which is not what they want.</p>
<p>I have my two teacher recommendations in mind. They love me! I have confidence the letters will be great lol. They also know what happened so they will incorporate it into the letters.</p>
<p>I am first generation college student also and I am from a low income bracket. Idk if that has any role in anything.</p>
<p>Oh and finally SAT scores-1700 first time, but im taking a kaplan class so I want 2200 so im going to study my butt off this summer, and naturally i will be taking subject test. </p>
<p>Anyways I wrote a lot! sorry lol, I probably wont get in Harvard bc of freshmen year but I have a 1% chance so why not take it. Any other colleges that seem feasible?</p>