Hi! My name is Alisa and I’m applying to Blair for sophomore year.
Some Basics:
I’m from NY-specifically Long Island
White (Russian Immigrant)
And these are my academic/extracurricular activities
• A majority of A’s (Couple high B’s)
• All Honors classes
• In Bio Seminar Program (Top 4% of grade)
• NLE silver win twice
• Bilingual (Russian, English)
• 5 years of experience in Latin
• NJHS two years in a row
• Honors roll 3 years straight
• Elected as Class Rep 3 years in a row (one of two people in the grade; is voted on by the student body)
• Part of Russian School of Mathematics for 9 years ( currently taking Advanced Pre Calc for grade ten) I’m in grade 9
• Placed 3rd place nationally in Kangaroo Math Comp (though it was some time ago)
• Debate
• Mocktrial ( two years)
• Newspaper
• Math Club (two years)
• Model UN
• Personally started a new club called Social and Political Philosophy (leader/founder)
• Been taking professional art classes for 9 years
• Proficient in painting, sketching, ceramics and art history
• Ballroom Dancing for 4 years- silver with occasional gold level ( won many competitions and never placed lower than 4th place)
• Choir for 3 years ( though I probably won’t continue it) got gold in Choir NYSSMA
• Volunteer at nursery for two years (every weekend)
• Student ambassador at charity called Birthday Wishes (a charity that works to assist children in homeless shelters and homeless kids all over Long Island) for two years; also only Student Ambassador from my school which has nearly 2,500 kids
• Raised over 500 gifts for Christmas last year for Birthday Wishes
• I take additional Essay Writing classes
• 7 years of experience in skiing (casual)
• Experience in volleyball(grew up with varsity players)
Essays
To be honest the essays that I wrote all seemed to turn out very well. I discussed my heritage, struggles of immigration, book I enjoy (specifically Gideon’s Trumpet which details the case of Gideon v. Wainwright which was the foundation of the 5th and 6th amendment), and what I would like to do in the future. ( I thought the book would be relevant since I discussed my interest in law)
Cons
I would need FA
I worry that I do not have enough achievements
The things that I talked about could be construed as basic
And I submitted my application a little late but the Admissions Office assured me that it was ok ( I’m still worried that they might take it as a lack of interest)
Thanks again if you can help.