<p>I’ve decided to apply RD because my family’s financial position doesn’t make ED a safe bet.</p>
<p>GPA (unweighted): 3.92
Weighted: About 4.6.
SAT: 2150 (Retaking in October. Aiming for 2200 +)
SAT IIs: Lit- 750, US- 720
Class rank: Not given at our school</p>
<p>AP Classes already taken:
10th grade: AP European History- 5 on exam
11th grade: AP Art History, AP US History, AP Language & Composition- waiting for exam scores (I’m too cheap to call in and pay for that, haha) - I’m pretty sure I got 5s in US and Lang, 4 or low 5 in Art History.
Honors classes already taken:
9th grade: Biology, English I, Geometry
10th grade: Chemistry, English II, Algebra II
11th grade: Physics, Precalculus</p>
<p>Class schedule for senior year:
AP French
AP Calculus AB
AP Macroeconomics/ AP Gov (each a being semester course)
AP Drawing
AP Lit
World Religions Honors/Anthropology Honors (each a being semester course)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Art is a huge passion of mine. I could spend hours talking about the structure and form of a building, the colours and composition of a painting, the texture of a sculpture. Art is something I sincerely find fascinating. I study art history on my own time and in school and have taken art classes each year of high school so far. Next year I plan to AP in drawing/painting. My artwork has been published 7 times in a nationally-sold teenage magazine inspiring creativity in both visual arts and writing. You can see my artwork here if you are interested: [Crewed</a> on deviantART](<a href=“http://crewed.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/]Crewed”>http://crewed.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/)</p>
<p>I also do a lot of writing- both prose and short stories. A lot of this writing is based around artwork- I have a journal of favourite paintings of mine, and whenever I am able to view one in person, I write a personal contemplation about it. I frequently use art galleries as settings in my writing.
I also spend a lot of time attempting to assist impoverished peoples in both the local and global community. Through Key Club and Hope For Humanity, a student-run organization, I volunteer at retirement homes, tutor young children, raise money for a school in Bangladesh, contribute to international efforts/fundraising to stop genocide in Darfur, and provide local homeless people with clothes and food.</p>
<p>Clubs/Leadership Positions:
Co. Vice-President of Future Business Leaders of America<a href=“2010-2011”>FBLA</a>- member for 3 years
Treasurer of FBLA (2009-2010)
Treasurer of Key Club (2010-2011) - member for 3 years
Editor of Key Club (2009-2010)
Webmaster/Historian of Model United Nations (2010-2011)- member for 2 years
Artistic Director of Prom Committee (2009-2010)- member for 1 year
French Honor Society (member for 3 years)
Social Studies Honor Society (member for 2 years)
National Honor Society (member for 2 years) / National Junior Honor Society (member for 1 year)
National Art Honor Society
History Fair
Hope for Humanity- a student run organization dedicated to combating Global issues (3 years)
Member of our school’s very own “Tea-Tasting Club” :P</p>
<p>Awards/Recognition:
Art-
2x Scholastic Honorable Mention (9th grade)
1st place at the Black & White show (10th grade)
Scholastic Gold Key Regionals(11th grade)
Scholastic Silver Key Regionals(12th grade)
7x publication in Teen Ink, a nationally-sold magazine.</p>
<p>Academics-
FBLA Regionals 2nd place: Business Communications (10th grade)
FBLA Regionals 3rd place: Business Communications Advanced (11th grade)
Key Club States: Distinguished Editor (11th grade)
Key Club International: Distinguished Member (10th grade)
Key Club International: Distinguished Member (11th grade)
English I Scholar
Drawing 1/Painting 1 Scholar
Chemistry Hon. Scholar
Art History Scholar
Completion of Stanford’s EPGY program (last summer)
Completion of Brown University’s Pre-College Program
National French Exam States: 2nd place (9th grade)
National French Exam Nationals : 6th place (10th grade)</p>
<p>250 hours of community service at Science Museums, Art Exhibitions, and Tutoring.
Aiming to graduate with around 300.</p>
<p>Hooks:
- I am a permanent resident from England.
- I will have two extremely strong recommendations. One is from a teacher I have had for three years (four at the end of 12th grade :P) whom I believe will excellently portray my love of writing and art history in her letter. The second is from my Brown professor who taught the Macroeconomics class I took this summer. He held a few of us after class on the last day and told us that he’d be more than happy to write recs for us, since he teaches at Brown during the school year. He mentioned that the recommendation letter would be very strong.</p>
<p>After spending three weeks at Brown and learning the ways of student life there, I’m fairly certain that Brown is my dream school. It’s certainly a stretch that I’ll get accepted, I know, but I thought I’d ask around anyway. ED is just for those who can pay the full price tag, correct? </p>
<p>Thank you very much for your time. :)</p>
Best of luck!</p>