I’m currently a junior at a small rural-ish high school. I’m also the only Asian in town (if this makes a difference), and my parents didn’t go to college. SO, the whole application process is super stressful and therefore I’m worried about my chances. I’m applying to Barnard College, Wellesley College (first choice at the moment), Brandeis, George Washington, NYU, Northeastern, and Binghamton (the state school). I’m not sure what I want to do, but whatever it is, I plan on pursuing graduate school. If anyone has college suggestions for me, please leave them too! Living around Boston or NYC is preferable, I have family in both areas.
Stats:
Weighted GPA: 99.58
Rank: 2 of 148
ACT: 30 composite (taking it again)
SAT: 1390 (considering retaking it, waiting to see my SAT II scores)
Current Courses: APUSH, Honors Chem, AP Lang, AP Biology, Pre-Calc (these are the “hardest” classes that my school allows me to take)
Freshman year AP classes weren’t allowed, but sophomore year I scored a 4 on the World History Exam
Extracurriculars:
Green Club member: participated in a Christmas tree pick up and landed in the newspaper, and entered the Lexus eco-challenge. I organized all our social media accounts. In addition, I have also helped with a bottle recycling project/fundraiser to donate toward rain forest saving organizations.
Odyssey of the Mind: most of my time goes toward this during the season; we’ve gone to states twice in the past 4 years.
Key Club: I’m the secretary.
GSA Member
Peer tutor: about 3 hours a week
Volleyball: about 2 years (I have stopped playing; should I mention this?)
Class President: 2 years
Participated in the Moody’s Math Challenge, with very positive comments so we are doing it again next year. This was ours and the schools first years participating.
Student Cabinet: we meet with the principal to work on issues around the school.
Volunteer: I volunteer at the public library every weekend, I’m incredibly devoted as the library has been a huge part of my life growing up.
This coming summer I will be attending a Human Rights Symposium and founding an Amnesty International student group; we have had a preemptive meeting this year that has gone well.
I also independently studied Macro-economics this past summer and took the AP test this year. My hobbies are studying Chinese and Korean (when I can), swimming, and reading.