Demographics
- US domestic
- State/Location of residency: Florida
- Type of high school: private, college prep
- Gender/Race/Ethnicity: female, she/her, white
- Other special factors: none
Intended Major(s)
- I put Child Study and Human Development as first choice, Social Justice Anthropology as second choice, and Fibers third choice for Tufts.
- I put Anthropology as first choice and Educational Studies as second choice for Swarthmore.
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0 (My school only officially reports weighted, but I got an A+ in every class)
- Weighted HS GPA: 4.71 (Honors is a .5 bump and AP is a 1 bump, e.g. an A+ is a 4.3 in regular, 4.8 in honors, 5.3 in AP)
- Class Rank: My school doesn’t rank, but my class is around 90 students if that means anything.
- ACT/SAT Scores: 1570 SAT superscore (790 English, 780 Math) I took it twice, both in sophomore year, although I doubt that makes a difference.
Coursework
5 APs
- 9th: none (My school didn’t allow freshman to take APs)
- 10th: AP CSP (5)
- 11th: AP Lang (5), AP Calc AB (5)
- 12th: AP Psych, AP Stats
- This is the area I’m most worried about since my school allowed up to 10 APs and I only took half of that and they were mostly easy ones.
Foreign Language
- 3 years of Korean online: two in 9th and one in 10th
- 1 year of Hebrew online: summer before 11th
- I didn’t take any foreign language after that, although I think my Hebrew class is listed on my transcript as first semester 11th.
Other
- 10th: Theory and Practice of Learning
- 11th: Independent Study: Theory of Grading
- 3-D Design: intro in 11th, honors in 12th
Awards
- National Merit Semifinalist
- Florida Holocaust Museum Anne Frank Humanitarian Award (11th)
- AP Scholar
- NHS
- Mu Alpha Theta
- National Art Honor Society
- Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: Honorable Mention for Digital Art (9th)
Extracurriculars
Work
- GT School Summer Intern, summer before 12th, 40 hrs/wk (I helped build a math program for an online ed-tech start-up that wants to accelerate learning for motivated students.)
- GT School Math Student Analyst, 12th, 10 hrs/wk (I’m basically helping build and run the AP Calc program with a bunch of other students right now.)
Volunteering
- Warm Up America, 10-12th (I crochet blankets, clothes, etc. and donate them. I have about 200 hours from this.)
- Florida Holocaust Museum, 9th (50-60ish hours)
Clubs
- Copy Editor of school newspaper, 12th
- Co-President of Feminism Club, 12th (member in 11th)
- Founding Member of Human Rights Club, 11-12th
- Pride Club, 9-12th
Other
- Speedcubing, 11-12th, PB: 15.98 (It’s just a hobby, I haven’t done any competitions.)
- Guitar, since I was 6 (also just a hobby)
Essays/LORs/Other
- I think my essays are good, although some are maybe a little strange.
- My Common App essay is about how I don’t like lettuce, but at the end I revealed that it’s a metaphor for being asexual.
- My LORs are from my AP Lang and AP Calc teachers.
Cost Constraints/Budget
- N/A, not applying for financial aid
Schools
I made posts for my original applications and when I decided to last-minute apply to Dartmouth and Brown, and I also just decided to apply to Swarthmore and Tufts. Now I’m actually done!! lol
I wasn’t able to request an interview for Swarthmore since they’re full, but I did request one for Tufts.
Thank you!! 