Hi! I’m a junior in high school doing the IB programme. I’m a female, Mexican, and an immigrant, my parents are immigrants as well, if that makes any difference.
I’m planning to apply to some top schools even though I think they’re a reach, namely: Duke, Princeton, Berkeley, Wake Forest, Georgetown, UPenn, Chapel Hill.
Here’s some of my info, feel free to ask for more:
GPA: 3.88
WGPA: 4.6
PSAT: 1520 (Semi finalist for NMS)
SAT: 1530 (Only took it once, will take again)
ACT: 34
Freshmen year classes: Magnet English, Magnet Chinese 4, AP Government, Magnet Biology, Magnet Algebra 2, Gym, Magnet Art
Sophomore year classes: Magnet English, AP Chinese, AP US History, Magnet Chemistry, Magnet Precalc, Magnet French 4, AP Stat
Junior year classes: AP English Lit, Magnet Chinese 6, IB History 1, AP Enviro, AP BC Calc, AP French 5, Theory of Knowledge
Senior year classes (predicted): AP English Lang (HL), Magnet Chinese 7 (SL), IB History 2 (HL), AP Macro/Micro, IB Math (HL), Magnet French 6 (HL), Theory of Knowledge
APs: Government (5), Chinese (3), Statistics (5), History (5)
Predicted APs: Lang & Lit (both 5), Enviro (5), French (5), BC Calc (probably 4)
I speak English and Spanish fluently, and have been learning French and Chinese for ~6 years each. My AP score in chinese is pretty rough because I’m honestly not that good but it’s something I take very seriously and hope to continue in college. My French is pretty good and I hope to continue that as well.
ECs:
- Vice-president in my school’s Model UN club
- Won 3 awards at college MUN Conferences
- Volunteered teaching children English in Mexico (where my family lives) 2 years in a row during summer break
- Volunteer once a week as an afterschool teacher for elementary-aged students
- Volunteer once a week as a junior coach for Girls on the Run (running program for elementary-aged girls)
- Vice-president of the National Chinese Honor Society
- Treasurer of the National French Honor Society
- Have been involved in various art competitions, won 3, had art displayed maybe 3 or 4 other times
- Volunteer around once a month at a French school nearby to help teach toddlers French
- Started Model UN club at a nearby middle school and led it for 2 years
Please let me know what you think my chances are for any of the universities I listed, I would really really appreciate any input! Let me know if you want me to chance you back, I’d be happy to.