<p>Location: Quad Cities, Illinois
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Gender: Female
School type: public
Class size: 501</p>
<p>Classes -
9th grade:
Honors English (weighted)
Algebra
Biology
Civics
Ancient/Medieval history (weighted)
Spanish 1 </p>
<p>10th grade
Accelerated Geo (weighted)
Honors English (weighted)
Chemistry
Modern/European history (weighted)
Engineering Design (weighted)
Spanish 2</p>
<p>11th grade:
AP Chemistry (weighted)
American History
Honors English (weighted)
Principles of Engineering (weighted)
Algebra 2
Spanish 3</p>
<p>12th grade:
AP Bio (weighted)
AP American Gov’t (weighted)
AP English (weighted)
Digital Electronics Engineering (weighted)
Spanish 4 (weighted)
Algebra 3</p>
<p>Stats (after 1st senior semester) -
UW GPA: 3.7
W GPA: 4.4
Rank: top 10% </p>
<p>Test scores -
ACT: C=28, E=29, M=27, S=26, R=30, W=10
*retaking Oct. 25</p>
<p>Extra-curriculars and awards -
Yearbook (9-12): editor-in-chief
Speech and Debate (9-12): member
Spanish Club (11-12): treasurer (11), president (12)
Link Crew (12): link leader
National Honors Society (12)
National Society of High School Scholars (11-12)
Spanish Honor Society (10-12)
Engineering Scholar (10)</p>
<p>Work -
10-15 hrs/week for 2 years</p>
<p>Community service -
500 + hrs</p>
<p>Misc. -
Guitar: 6 years
Piano: 2 years
Published author
Nominated for several literary awards
Finished in top three for state current events competition
Organized local environmental group</p>
<p>Recs and Essays -
Recs: very strong
Essays: very strong</p>
<p>Major: English literature</p>
<p>Future: I want to go into publishing (book editor, critic, something of the sort)</p>
<p>I'm applying early decision.
I've tried to find an alumna in my area, but there aren't any and my family won't travel to Mass. unless I get accepted. So I'm a bind for an interview. I would really like to have one, it just seems impossible.</p>
<p>Any advice, comments, suggestions, etc would be appreciated. :-)</p>