<p>Grade: Rising Senior
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Location: Long Island, NY – diverse suburban public high school, ~45% minority, many APs, recently started to offer IB.
Income Bracket: Too high for FA<br>
Rank: 1 or 2 (depending on how the first half of senior year goes…)
SAT I super score: 2280 (2270, 2250 single-sittings) 780 CR, 700 M, 800 W, 10 essay
SAT IIs: 800 World History; 800 US History; 770 Bio M
GPA: Weighted: 102.4; Unweighted 97.9</p>
<p>APs- total of 9, plus two dual-enrollment classes</p>
<p>Sophomore: 1 AP
• World History – 5</p>
<p>Junior Year: 3 AP tests, 2 AP classes (scores yesterday! Woohoo!)
• APUSH – 5
• AP Lang. – 5
• AP Human Geo. (self-studied) – 5
• Dual enrollment in Spanish with St. John’s U.</p>
<p>Senior Year: 5 APs
• AP Comparative Govt.
• AP Bio.
• AP Calc AB
• AP Lit
• AP Spanish
• Dual enrollment in Advanced College Latin with St. John’s U.</p>
<p>Other than APs, all honors classes throughout high school.</p>
<p>Note: Took Latin in addition to Spanish all four years, which is not often done at my school.</p>
<p>• National Hispanic Scholar (notified by GC in May, official notification pending)
• PSAT: 222, which is 3 points above highest NY cutoff, so I’m likely safe for National Merit Finalist.
• Principal’s List (9-12)
• National Honor Society (10-12)
• Tri-M (both 10-12)</p>
<p>One of 274 nationwide to receive National Council of Teachers of English’s Achievement Award for Superior Writing (what a mouthful…)</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
• President and founder of a unique web-based veterans’ history community service foundation, which my essay is about (11-12)
• Mathematics and science tutor through NHS, 1 hr/week (11-12)
• Volunteer Retail Assistant at Christian bookstore – 68 hours (10)
• Docent at 17th-century historic home in my town – 65 hours (10-12)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
• Model UN National Conference Team (10-12) – 3rd place in country in 2012
• Mock trial co-captain and closing attorney (9-12) – county finalists in 2011, semifinalists in 2012
• Orchestra (9-12) - Section leader in 9, 10, and 12th grades; Concertmistress; 98 in 2010 state competition and 97 in 2012
• Latin Scrabble Tournament – 10, 12
• District Youth Services Committee – 11, 12
• Volunteer Work (above)</p>
<p>Summer Program:
• National Institute of American History and Democracy at College of William and Mary, summer 2011
o Three-week intensive freshman-level college history course, received an A and four credits.</p>
<p>Recs will hopefully be all great, from teachers who’ve also been my club advisors, so they know me well. I’ve gotten 98s and 99s in classes with them. GC rec will be good. Another rec from W&M instructor.</p>
<p>Can’t judge my own work, but my Common App. essay is adapted from the essay which won the NCTE award and is about my experience at William and Mary, volunteer project, and how it relates to my love of history.</p>
<p>Applying to: Cornell ALS (Applied Econ.), Case Western EA, Emory, Harvard, Northeastern (EA), Rice, Stanford, SUNYs (EA), William and Mary, and Yale. </p>
<p>Applying as a history major, except at Cornell (see above).
I am looking to get merit aid at the schools that offer it. These are: Northeastern, Case Western, Emory, W&M, and Rice. What are my chances for merit aid?</p>
<p>Please let me know what you think my chances are at any of these schools. I’d love to hear feedback on ways to improve by the fall!</p>
<p>PS - Any thoughts on other schools I should apply to? I'm looking for a diverse, challenging, quirky school, preferably with a good merit aid program and good research opportunities. </p>
<p>Thanks so much!</p>