<p>State: KY
School type: selective urban magnet (about 2000 students)
Ethnicity/Gender: White Female
Intended Major(s): Philosophy and Sociology, possibly Russian (I plan on either going to law school or getting a doctorate in sociology).</p>
<p>ACT: 35 (36E, 33M, 36R, 34S) [essay: 11]
SATII: 730 World History, 730 Math I; taking Literature and United States History in May
Rank: school does not rank, but definitely top 10%
AP scores: Human Geography (5), World History (3), European History (4), Statistics (4)
GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83 UW, 4.2 W (highest W GPA possible is about a 4.4 or 4.5)</p>
<p>Freshman Year
AP Human Geography (A/A)
Adv English I (A/A)
STEM Geometry (B/A)
STEM Integrated Science (Physics) (B/A)
STEM Technology (Computer Applications) (B/A)
Adv Latin I (A/A)
Health/PE (required) (A/A)
[all A's except for Geometry and Integrated Science]</p>
<p>Sophomore Year
AP European History (A/A)
AP World History (A/A)
AP Statistics (B/A)
STEM Chemistry (A/A)
STEM Algebra II/Trigonometry (B/B)
STEM Computer Programming (A/A)
Adv English II (A/A)
Adv Latin II (A/A)
[all A's except for Algebra II/Trigonometry and AP Statistics]</p>
<p>Junior Year
AP English Lang (B/A)
AP Macroeconomics (A/A)
AP Psychology (A/A)
AP US History (A/A)
STEM Biology (A/A)
STEM Precalculus (B/B)
Adv Latin III (A/A)
Photography I (A/A)
[all A's except for Precalculus and first semester AP English Lang]</p>
<p>Senior Schedule that I have selected
AP English Lit
AP Calculus BC
AP Comparative Govt & Pol
AP Latin: Vergil
AP Art History
STEM Physics B
STEM Biology Special Topics: Ethics</p>
<p>Will have taken 13 APs by graduation (1 freshman, 3 sophomore, 4 junior, 5 senior). This is the most rigorous schedule possible at my school.</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Debate (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Captain: 11, will be captain next year as well
- First Place and First Speaker at various regional tournaments (9, 10, 11)
- Second Place, County Debate Championship (10, 11)
- First Speaker, County Debate Championship (10)
- Second Speaker, County Debate Championship (11)
- Octafinalist, Ohio Valley Invitational Tournament (11)
- Third Place, Kentucky State NFL Debate Tournament (10, 11)
- travel nationally to tournaments at Yale, Harvard, Emory, Wake Forest, etc</p>
<p>Speech (10, 11, 12)
- Founder; Captain (10, 11)
- Placed in a few local tournaments</p>
<p>Science National Honor Society
- Cofounder: Public Relations Officer (10, 11)</p>
<p>Academic Decathlon
- Cofounder: Cocaptain (11)
- Kentucky State Champions
- Second Place (individual), Illinois Regional Competition (Essay Portion)
- Seventh Place (team), Illinois Regional Competition (Overall)
- Qualified to USAD Nationals</p>
<p>Soccer (9, 10)
- Kentucky State Champions (10)
[however, not nearly good enough to be recruited anywhere]</p>
<p>Languages:
English (fluent)
Latin (proficient)
Spanish (proficient)
Russian (becoming proficient; self-study)</p>
<p>Awards/Honors (in addition to those mentioned above):
- Summa cum Laude, National Latin Exam (9, 10)
- will be National Merit Semifinalist (total: 223)
- Honor roll (9, 10, 11)
- Top English Student Award (9, 10)
- Second Place, Behavioral Science, Regional Science Fair (10)</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:
- will have accumulated 50+ hours at a local nature preserve/environmental education center by next fall
- will have accumulated 100+ hours as a volunteer docent at a local zoo by next fall
- hosted and taught at an independent speech camp (20 hours)
- camp counselor (for about four weeks each summer since 2010)
- will be a volunteer research intern at a local cognitive science lab this summer (six weeks)</p>
<p>I think I will be able to write excellent essays, as I consider English and writing my strong point.</p>
<p>Recommendations will be from my AP English Lang teacher (who I also had for Adv English II and is the coach of the Academic Decathlon team) and my AP Human Geography/AP Macroeconomics teacher (who also sponsors the Speech Team); both should be excellent. Will submit additional recommendation from debate coach.</p>
<p>Schools I'm Interested In:</p>
<p>Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale
University of Chicago (EA)
Northwestern
WashU STL
University of Virginia (EA)
William & Mary
Middlebury
Swarthmore
Bowdoin
Boston University
NYU</p>