<p>i would really appreciate opinions on my prospects at these schools! specifically the LACs, because with ivies everyone is a crapshoot, i know.
all right. i'm a rising senior, by the way.</p>
<p>schools to chance for:</p>
<p>brown
yale
sarah lawrence
bard
vassar
wesleyan
skidmore
oberlin
columbia
pomona
penn
uchicago</p>
<p>GPA
4.35 weighted - (i've taken all honors academics but i have a ton of extra 4 pt art credits that pull it down because the courses aren't honors)</p>
<pre><code>3.88 uw - (this is partly because of 2 b's and 1 c in online PE. i'm trying to fix it but not having too much luck.)
top 10% of class
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<p>CLASSES - everything is honors unless noted as AP, i've taken all APs available/highest level of every class</p>
<pre><code>9th grade:
geometry
geography
french 2
bio
english 1
4 studio art classes
10th grade:
algebra 1
AP world history (4 on AP)
french 3
chemistry
english 2
4 more studio art classes
11th grade:
precalculus
physics
yearbook
AP us history (projected 5 on AP test from full mock exams)
AP english 3 (again, projected 5)
4 more studio art classes
12th grade schedule:
tech
AP physics
AP english 4
AP us govt/eco
AP calculus
4 more studio art classes
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<ul>
<li>a note about my school that explains the ridiculous arts credits:
so basically i go to a performing and visual arts school. it's public but it's audition only, so half of my day is spent in an art studio (i'm in the visual art dept.). those credits are only worth 4 points and i have to take them. </li>
</ul>
<p>SAT
2270 for SATI
SATII:
750 us history
740 lit (i'm probably going to retake this one and also take the physics test)</p>
<p>ECs
- 400 hours of volunteering at the houston zoo (2 yrs giving talks about animals/public<br>
interaction, 2 yrs assistant zookeeper in the reptile house)
- 400 hours of volunteering at the museum of natural science as a docent in the hall of<br>
african wildlife and texas wildlife (giving tours, talks to camps and boyscouts, etc)
- founded/created and edited the literary magazine for my school last year, will<br>
continue it this year and expand to two editions.
- quizbowl member 3 years
- queer straight alliance copresident for 1 year, member for 3
- NHS secretary (member 2 years)
- school paper staff 1 year
- was accepted to/attended the university of iowa young writer's workshop summer 2011 for poetry
- working on girl scout gold award (equivalent of eagle scout), which includes a class i'll be teaching after school this coming semester twice a week to elementary school kids for art and poetry, and we'll end up producing a mini literary magazine/art magazine of their work that they can have (will complete hopefully by december)</p>
<p>OTHER
- essays should be great, writing is my biggest strength academically
- i'm going to have an awesome art supplement because of my school. i have a
sophisticated/conceptually solid portfolio</p>
<p>also ivies love my school because it's, i don't know, ~different~, so they are aware of the wonky scheduling and are fine with it. they like the creativity and individuality generally. harvard always comes and talks to us. </p>
<p>also the top kids in my class are all musicians and are planning to attend conservatories or school in texas. as far as i know i'm the top ranked student who is applying to ivies. </p>
<p>i plan on studying english or comp lit or creative writing. or gender. or philosophy. what i'm saying is i don't know what i'm going to study, but it will certainly pertain to writing in some form. also i'll be taking some ecology and art courses in college. i'm planning on applying as an undecided major. i think? </p>
<p>anyway,
thanks for reading/chancing!</p>