<p>Alright, so when I first came on this site, I promised myself I'd never make a WAMC thread, but I couldn't resist the temptation. X) I'm majoring in theatre, specifically tech theatre where possible.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300 (CR: 770 M: 800 W: 730)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Maths II and Literature (haven't got scores yet, but expecting 750~800 for Maths. No idea about Lit)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.91
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Eng. Lang. (5), Cal AB (5), Bio, Eng. Lit, Cal BC, Music Theory
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Eng. Lit., AP Bio, U.S. History, Spanish IV, Senior Project, Band, Jazz Band, AP Cal BC (self-study), AP Music Theory (self-study)
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Uh... only school-based ones. Honor Roll with Distinction (4 years), 1st place in U.S. Maths Exam (2 years), Best Student in a few subjects.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Fall musical/spring play (stage manager, student director, music director, actor), NHS, Piano, Varsity XC, Church orchestra, Knowledge Masters Open, Big Brother/Big Sister, created/produced/directed/edited a new reality show for Senior Project, organized/arranged music/directed/edited video for school mock election. More music stuff.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor for elementary kids (1 year)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Habitat for Humanity (40 hours)
[<em>] Summer Activities: International Thespian Festival in Nebraska
[</em>] Essays: Been told they were pretty good. One humorous, other more serious. Made a mistake on the Yale supplement essay that I sent though :X
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Very good.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Very good. Talked about having to overcome cultural and social barriers to convince family and friends of my choice to pursue technical theatre.
[<em>] Additional Rec: From the drama teacher who worked with me for 2 years on school productions. Fantastic.
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): United Arab Emirates :)
[<em>] School Type: Small Private (70 kids in the class of '09) Sends about 3~5 kids to Ivy each year.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle Class
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Colleges I'm applying to:
Yale SCEA (first choice! and an insanely extreme reach)
Stanford
Brown (maybe?)
Northwestern
UMich
NYU- Tisch
SUNY Purchase</p>
<p>Be honest :)</p>