Class of 21
School Type: Private
Location: tri state area
Race/Gender: Asian female
Prospective Major: English, biochem minor
Unweighted GPA: 3.93
Weighted GPA: 4.2
No class rank.
Sat Score: 1580 (first try, 790 both sections)
PSAT: 1500, will qualify for merit
SAT II Scores: Haven’t taken any due to rona. hopefully I can take chem and lit in august.
AP Scores: School doesn’t really let us take AP’s until junior year. I’m taking lit, chem, and comp gov this year.
Extracurricular Info
*Opinions Section editor for school newspaper (all three years, progressed from staff writer to opinions associate, to editor)
*School literary magazine editor ( 2 years)
*School science journal editor (2 years)
*Science Center Mentor (tutor classmates in math and science subjects.)
*Founder and Co-head of school literature club
*Research experience 6 weeks at a well-known University last summer
- got my name on a few abstracts, research presented at conferences
*Took a 3-week biochemistry course at Rutgers. (Cheap, not prestigious, but learned a lot.)
*Founded a literary magazine online, published a few issues. Lead a team of about 15 editors.
*Accepted to highly prestigious Iowa Young Writers Studio this summer.
*I had a research internship (more biochem) at columbia this summer but it likely won’t happen due to corona :(.
*Also I’m a second degree black belt in taekwondo, I was an assistant instructor my freshman and sophomore years, over 100 hours of unpaid work. Quit junior year to focus on other stuff.
*and I play varsity volleyball (jv for 2 years tho)
Awards & Publications
*Published in literary magazines (Rising Phoenix Review, Teenink Magazine, National High School Poets anthology, etc.)
*NCTE Award Nominee (school nominated one student of the junior class to be considered for national writing award) results come out next week (fingers crossed!!)
*2 regional scholastic gold keys, one honorable mention
*Bunch of piano awards, played at carnegie hall, not sure if i should even include.
*three silver National Latin Exam awards
What do you all think my chances are at top schools like columbia, upenn? Are there any in particular you think I may be a good fit for? And also if you could recommend some safeties, that would be awesome. I need to finalize my college list by the end of the week.
(I originally posted this on another account but I have some new questions and could use some new perspectives)