<p>Asian Female</p>
<p>GPA: 3.63 UW
(i did really poorly freshman year, 3.3--> 3.4--> 3.5--> 3.8--> 3.8--> 3.7 (individual semesters)
3.75 (10/11 only)
rigor: lots and lots of it. full schedules every year, balanced with lots of extra currics. i really like school, i just wish that colleges could like see that i'm smart and stuff without numbers.
SAT (superscored): 2230, 1430/1600
SAT (best in one sitting): 2120
ACT: 29 (not sending to many places)
SAT IIs (weak- I blew them off when I was dumb and sophomore): Lit (670) WH (580) Chem (570)</p>
<p>APs: world history (4), micro (4), english lang (5), bio (5), psych (5)</p>
<p>APs this year: calc, french, macro, english lit, chemistry</p>
<p>i should do all right this semester now that i'm not in a play </p>
<p>Recs: should be good to great, have drama coach/english teacher who thinks highly of my work ethic, bio teacher who has seen me face adversity, world history teacher who thinks i rock, counselor who thinks i'm great because i like to learn and i do so much, etc. </p>
<p>essays: vary by school; i get icky nervous when i write them, but i'm a good writer so they should be very good.</p>
<p>ECs:
these should be really strong. i do a lot. i am an editor of 2 of the school papers, i write for the school literary magazines, i have done forensics for 4 years, national merit semifinalist, ap scholar with distinction, some kind of point leader for national forensics league, stage crew, plays, summer camps and workshops for music and drama, school choir, regional honors choir. service for the school, student government, math team, french club, national honor society, national french honor society (these ones don't count that much, but you put them down), i went to india to teach english classes for impoverished youth. i do solo performances often. </p>
<p>schools: UW-Madison, UChicago, Michigan Ann Arbor, Minnesota Twin Cities, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford (I only added these to my list because they don't consider Freshman year), Colgate, NYU</p>