<p>~Stats~
Ethnicity: black (Ethiopia)
US citizen: yes
Gender: female
Intended major: International Relations - Culture & Politics (CULP)
GPA: 4.3 W, school does not report UW
PSAT: 200 (71 CR, 71 W, 58 M)
Projected SAT score: 1400~1450 (out of 1600)
SAT IIs: Spanish 730, about to take German and US History
Location: northern VA
Family income: ~$75k
High school: previously underperforming; starting to shape up. Only a handful of students from my school are accepted into top-50 schools (excluding UVA and W&M, our top state schools).
Courses:</p>
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<p>Middle school courses (count as HS credits on my transcript): Spanish, Algebra 1, Chinese 9th<em>: Spanish 3, Chinese 2, Honors English, Geometry, Pre-AP World, Art 1, Health/PE, Honors Chem. *Freshmen cannot take AP courses at my school. 10th</em>: AP Spanish 5, AP World, Chinese 3, Honors English, Algebra 2 w/ Trig, Honors Bio, German 1 <em>Sophomores can usually only take AP World; special exceptions were made for me and a few other students. 11th: AP Spanish 6, APUSH, APES (two blocks), AP English Lang/Comp, Chinese 4, Pre-calculus 1 (sem), Pre-calculus 2 (sem) 12th grade schedule: AP US Gov, AP Comparative Gov (sem), AP English Lit, AP Psych, AP Chinese 5, German 3, Honors Physics Letter grades: 4 Bs/B-s, the rest are As/A-s. Extracurriculars: First student rep to school board (possibly getting another go?) President of Model UN; won 1 Best and 1 Honorable Member and former coordinator of leadership committee (had to leave post due to school board appointment) Minority Student Achievement Network NAACP Youth National Honor Society Dance (15 years) Employment history: administrative assistant at a travel agency since 10th grade Summer programs: Confucius Institute Chinese Summer Bridge (2-week study-abroad in China sponsored by the Chinese government) VA Governor's Academy for Japanese Represented my city at a youth conference in our sister city abroad Other fun facts: I've visited 17 countries I speak 6 languages and claim fluency in 3; English is not my first language and I don't speak it much at home I'm *really</em> into North Korea and used to blog about it, but when junior year started I didn't have much time for it anymore. Considering resurrecting the blog soon...</p>
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<p>Georgetown is my top choice. I know I need to work on my SAT math scores - I'm taking a prep class right now and will sign up for another one after this course ends. Are my ECs good enough, or should I do more?</p>