<p>Hello! I am a high school senior, and I am getting ready to begin applying to college. I am considering applying ED to Cornell University, but am also looking at schools such as UPenn, U of Rochester, Brown University, Johns Hopkins, Carneigie Mellon, and other similar schools. And opinions or advice on improving my application would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
My stats-
SAT I: Not sending
ACT: 34 Composite (35 English/ 32 Math/ 36 Reading/ 34 Science)
SAT II: 750 Bio M, 730 World History,
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.29 on an unweighted 100 pt scale.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My HS does not provide either.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP Lang & Comp, 5 APUSH, 4 World History
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Biology, AP Lit, econ/gov, Honors Calculus, Band, Phys Ed, physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Wellesley College Book Award, several school faculty academic awards</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Trumpet Playing- All-State Symphony Orchestra, lessons, principal trumpet at all-county & area all-state, principal trumpet at local youth orchestra, recipient of two major scholarships, principal trumpet at a prestigious summer festival, many awards
Piano Playing- lessons, 2 NFAM awards, placed in local competition
Key Club- VP for 1 yr, Co-P for 2 yrs (award)
Women in Sciences Club- Co-founder and Co-P, two years
Schools Newspaper, managing editor (award)
school musicals
pit orchestra
full orchestra
French Club
French Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Ted Talks at school
Girl Scouts (with gold award)- held a local event and collected over 300 inches of hair to donate
Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at local retail store
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts & Key Club, Gold award (approx. 80 hrs of work), approx. 150 of playing music in church (unpaid), volunteer at local animal shelter (approx. 50 hrs)</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Select summer music festivals, working to pay for college</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: Will be from chemistry teacher who absolutely loves me and attended Cornell, and English teacher who advises a club that I am in</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: she loves me, will be good</p>
<p>Interview: I'm very personable, and usually do well in these situations</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid: I will be
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~ 85K
Hooks: maybe music supplements? nothing in particular</p>
<p>Please be honest! (:</p>