<p>This is my prospective application. Don't judge me! I'm a stressed, panicked, sophomore who just realized that I should do what I love & not consider which EC's colleges want to see.</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.76 (Upward trend.. Freshman: 3.4 & 2 H's out of 5, Sophomore: 3.71 & All H's, Junior: 4.0, Senior: 4.0)
W GPA: 4.75</p>
<p>SAT I: CR: 770 M: 760 W: 780 (Projected scores)
SAT II: Bio E: 780 Lit:790 Spanish: 780
ACT: 34
AP’s: US: 4 Lang & Comp: 5 Enviro: 5 (AP's are only offered to juniors & seniors)</p>
<p>Junior-
AP US
AP English Lang & Comp.
AP Enviro
H Algebra II
H Spanish IV
Creative Writing</p>
<p>Senior-
AP Spanish
AP Euro
AP English Lit & Comp
AP Calculus AB
AP Physics or Psych.
Photography </p>
<p>EC’s: Writing: Editor-in-Chief of Literary & Arts Magazine (member for 3 yrs [when it started]), contributor to my city’s newspaper, published in various magazines
Environmental: President of Environmental Club sr yr. (member for 4 yrs) (composting, organic garden, school drives, field trips, raise $ for natural cleaning products & energy/water efficient appliances), Spearheaded a city-wide recycling initiative, Started a nonprofit senior yr, Independent study senior yr, testing the effects of “green” initiatives on city residents – came up with a more effective approach
The Arts: Theater for 2 yrs (President of Drama Club, lead in 2 shows, directed 1 show,), Guitar for 3 yrs, Ballet (frosh, jr, sr), Founder & President of Harmony for Hope, a club which brings musical teens together in a concert 1 – 2x/yr for a cause (2 yrs)</p>
<p>Volunteerism:
Special friend to special-needs children, ages 2-18 for 3 years (350 hrs), Member of Teen Board
Help wrap/pack gifts for children of homeless parents & serve dinner during the holidays
CivicWeek: Northwestern service trip for 1 week</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Unpaid intern at T.V. production company
Unpaid intern at environmental NGO
Waitress </p>
<p>Honors/Awards: (Which I plan on winning & I will win!)
National Merit Scholar
National creative writing [non fiction] award
Regional poetry award
Regional non fiction writing award
Won 3rd place in CT Drama Festival
Awarded w/ a grant for young leaders (to start my nonprofit)
2nd Place school-published magazine in the nation
Awarded w/ my city's Citizenship Award </p>
<p>Summer Activities:
Started a translation business for low-income, Spanish-speaking, foreigners in my city
Brown Leadership Institute for 2 weeks – Took a class on entrepreneurship for social change
Took Chemistry for credit, so that I could take an AP science course my junior year
Took Pre-calc for credit, so that I could take Calculus my senior yr.
4-week creative program in Israel
NHSI Journalism </p>
<p>P.S. Is it important to take physics and/or calculus??</p>