Demographics
- Mainland China, private international high school
Non-US citizen/PR
Asian
Female (she/her); non-LGBTQ+; non first-gen
Has transferred once: from an AP school that grades using a 100-point scale to a mastery-based learning school (non-AP)
Intended Major(s)
- Sociology (major)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (possibly minor)
Stats
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NOTE: My current high school uses mastery-based system for grading, so our academic performance are primarily categorized into levels as below:
beginning (~60-69); developing (~70-74); meeting (~80-84); upper meeting (~85-89); exceeding (~90-96); upper exceeding: (~97-100) -
Grade 9: UW GPA 3.92/4.0 (4 APs + 2 honors + 3 regular)
Grade 10-12: All courses received a grade of either exceeding/upper exceeding. No advanced level courses are offered in Grade 10. 4/5 grade 11 courses and 6/6 grade 12 courses are advanced level (~AP) -
ACT: Superscore of 35 (English 36, Math 35, Reading 34, Science 33); Highest composite 34 (Science 30)
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TOEFL: 118 (R 30, L 30, S 29, W 30)
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APs: 4 taken + 3 planned
5 in Human Geography, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics
4 in AP English Lang & Comp
Planned: Comparative Government, European History, Biology
Honors
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(National) Gold Medal International Writing, Photography, and Multimedia Contest, “Documentary Category” (theme related to Green City and local community living condition improvement)
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(National) Superior Award, 2021 JEA China Youth Observation Communication (China’s employment dilemma for young adults with autism)
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(National) 2020 USAD China Economic Bronze, Speech Bronze, and Interview Silver
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(School) Merit-based scholarship for founding year students (half-ride)
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(School) Student of the 2020-21 school year; citizenship award; certificate of achievement in biology, English literature, Chinese literature, and advanced mathematics; certificate of effort/improvement in advanced computer science
Main ECs
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Independent academic research: A meta-analysis on China’s urban-rural education inequity (11)
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Initiator and organizer of TEDx event at school (11-12)
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School yearbook - Editor in chief (10-12)
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Co-founder of school’s gender studies club (11-12)
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Community service: reading program course designer for underprivileged children (0-6) in rural China; sex education lecture curriculum designer for migrant children in Wuhan
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Founder of school’s environmental protection club - recycling projects & documentary nights & Earth Day art activities (11-12)
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School’s Chinese literature blog - Editor (10-12)
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School’s student-run magazine - Journalist (11)
Essays/LORs/Other
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2 strong recommendations - one from my English & humanities teacher/advisor, the other from my biology teacher/environmental protection club supervisor
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Common App Essay: Celebration of diversity, gender & politics combined.
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Additional Info: Art portfolio (LGBTQ+ short film + Chinese traditional painting on urban villages)
Cost Constraints / Budget
- Able to cover full tuition; no need for FA
School List
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ED Northwestern University, SESP with a concentration on social policy
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EA: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; University of Virginia; Bard College; U of Richmond; Northeastern (applied to sociology for all the EA schools)
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ED2: TBD (maybe WashU)
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RD (tentative): UC (Berkeley, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, UCD); Duke; Rice; Barnard College; Boston College; William & Mary; Wesleyan University; NYU (liberal studies program); Bates; Middlebury
Many thanks :)) If you have any questions please let me know
