<p>Hello! I am a high school senior, and I am getting ready to begin applying to college. I am considering applying ED to Cornell University, but am also looking at schools such as UPenn, U of Rochester, Brown University, Johns Hopkins, Carneigie Mellon, and other similar schools. And opinions or advice on improving my application would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
My stats-
SAT I: Not sending
ACT: 34 Composite (35 English/ 32 Math/ 36 Reading/ 34 Science)
SAT II: 750 Bio M, 730 World History,
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 97.29 on an unweighted 100 pt scale.
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My HS does not provide either.
AP (place score in parenthesis): 4 AP Lang & Comp, 5 APUSH, 4 World History
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Biology, AP Lit, econ/gov, Honors Calculus, Band, Phys Ed, physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, Wellesley College Book Award, several school faculty academic awards</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Trumpet Playing- All-State Symphony Orchestra, lessons, principal trumpet at all-county & area all-state, principal trumpet at local youth orchestra, recipient of two major scholarships, principal trumpet at a prestigious summer festival, many awards
Piano Playing- lessons, 2 NFAM awards, placed in local competition
Key Club- VP for 1 yr, Co-P for 2 yrs (award)
Women in Sciences Club- Co-founder and Co-P, two years
"Humans of" founder and president
Schools Newspaper, managing editor (award)
school musicals
pit orchestra
full orchestra
French Club
French Honor Society
Mu Alpha Theta
Ted Talks at school
Girl Scouts (with gold award)- held a local event and collected over 300 inches of hair to donate
Job/Work Experience: Part-time job at local retail store
Volunteer/Community service: Girl Scouts & Key Club, Gold award (approx. 80 hrs of work), approx. 150 of playing music in church (unpaid), volunteer at local animal shelter (approx. 50 hrs)</p>
<p>Summer Activities: Select summer music festivals, working to pay for college</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: Will be from chemistry teacher who absolutely loves me and attended Cornell, and English teacher who advises a club that I am in</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: she loves me, will be good</p>
<p>Interview: I'm very personable, and usually do well in these situations</p>
<p>Applied for Financial Aid: I will be
Intended Major: Undecided
State (if domestic applicant): NY
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Competitive Public School
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: ~ 85K
Hooks: maybe music supplements? nothing in particular</p>
<p>Please be honest! (:</p>