I am currently a junior, and a white female. I am going to apply as an economics, international relations, or creative writing major.
Weighted GPA: 4.5+
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Straight A´s four all marking periods thus far, in the highest level courses.
PSAT: 1460/1520
1st SAT: 1510/1600 with a 6-6-6 essay. I am taking the SAT again in June to get up my essay score and get my SAT to 1550.
AP classes:
AP Stats (5)
AP U.S. History (this year)
AP U.S. Government (this year)
AP Lang (this year)
AP Physics 1 (this year)
AP Calc BC (this year)
AP Psychology (next year)
AP Comp Sci (next year)
AP European History (next year)
AP Macroeconomics (next year)
AP French (next year)
AP Lit (next year)
Extracurriculars (I´ve done all of these every year):
Marching Band
Concert Band
Jazz Band (audition)
Essex County Honor Band (nomination)
Caldwell University Honor Band (nomination)
Region Band (highly competitive audition)
Region Orchestra (highly competitive audition)
Model U.N. Club, Vice President
Euro Challenge, President, one of the top 25 teams in the nation
Fed Challenge, President
French Club, President
New York Times Creative Writing Class
Job as an assistant at children´s cooking classes
Studied abroad in France the summer of 2016
Awards:
2017 New Jersey Scholar (elite, free summer program for NJ´s top 39 students)
National Honor Society
Social Studies Honor Society
Science Honor Society
French Honor Society
Math Honor Society
SPI Travel Blog Contest Runner-Up
High Honor Roll for 8 consecutive marking periods
2 Gold Awards in the Northeast Scholastic Writing Awards
1 Silver Award in the Northeast Scholastic Writing Awards
(Some) Schools I´m Looking At:
Yale
Harvard
Lehigh
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt
Thank you! I might be forgetting some stuff. Also, don´t worry, I´m looking at other schools and not relying on getting into elite schools.