<p>I was just told that I was a finalist for the Questbridge National Match Scholarship (yay), but I still do want to consider colleges outside of the program </p>
<p>UW : 89/100
W : 96/100
Rank : School does not rank, at least top 15% if not 10%
ACT : Single sitting = 34 (E 35, M 35, R 35, S 31). Superscore = 35 (E 35, M 35, R 35, S 33)
SAT II : Math 2 770, Chemistry 690 (retaking). Also taking Lit (~700?)
Income : Around $30,000
AP : Chem (4), Macro (5), Eng Lang (5). Taking World Hist, Gov, Psych, and Eng Lit this year.
Competitive Public in NJ
Top 5 most rigorous (most amount of AP credit courses taken) in school. All honors/AP</p>
<p>ECs:
School Mascot : 4 years, Varsity Letter
Co-Founder of an intramural sports initiative : 3 years (co-president)
Model UN : 4 years. Award winning delegate. Numerous leadership awards
Debate Team : 3 years. Junior Varsity, usually 1st or 2nd seat.
Freshmen Mentoring Club
Theater : 2 years. Wrote 3 plays that were performed live. Competes in NJDFL in 2 public speaking categories.
Student representative of the GT program to the district.</p>
<p>150+ Volunteer hours at a large hospital
Intern at the Legislative Office of NJ Assemblywoman (won't name for privacy issue)
Intern at a large tri-state Korean newspaper (Had an article published, 2nd page)
Attended Center for Talented Youth
School's Gifted and Talented Program : 4 years.
Gave a keynote speech at a Korean War memorial event</p>
<p>Awards:
AP Scholar
Academic Award for GT program
About 3 or 4 awards for Model UN</p>
<p>1st generation college student
1st generation immigrant from South Korea
Large upward trend in GPA from Soph to Jr year.
Will have good (4.0 UW) 1st marking period grade for updated GPA</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in political science/international relations with a possible minor in business. I would ultimately want to go to a law school</p>
<p>Please chance me for
1) Georgetown (Walsh school of Foreign Services)
2) Johns Hopkins
3) Cornell
4) Boston College
5) Lehigh
6) Duke
7) Harvard
8) Swarthmore (QB regular if I don't get matched)
9) Brown (QB regular if I don't get matched)
10) NYU (How much aid will I get?)</p>
<p>I am aware that most are reach schools, but it will be greatly appreciated if you can tell me how much of a reach (low, mid, high, or impossible).</p>
<p>Sorry for the long post and thank you in advance for your comments!</p>