Hi!
Chance me for Tufts, NYU, Emerson, Williams, UCLA, Brown, Wesleyan, Columbia (reach), Vassar, Bard, and Stanford (reach)?
Background: I am a high school junior at a poor inner city public school with a huge achievement gap.
Hooks: Biracial, URM? The inner city school too…
SAT: Not taken yet
SAT II: 720 on US history, planning on taking more this year
UW GPA: 4.0 I think
W GPA: 4.6 I believe
Rank: Don’t really know yet, last time I checked it was like 9/350 but that’ll change.
APs
Sophomore year: APUSH (4) AP Microeconomics (3, ugh)
Junior year, currently: AP Calculus AB, AP Lang, AP Chemistry, AP US Gov
I am also taking a class at an Ivy League university, which will count as an AP
ECs
News editor of school newspaper Freshman and Sophomore years, Editor-in-Chief this year and next year.
Tutor at a program for disadvantaged kids in the city (sophomore year, junior year, probably senior year)
Model UN Club since Freshman year, am now a Student Ambassador for the club
Internship at city newspaper in Sophomore year
National French Honor Society
NHS
Summer 2014: Summer Journalism Program at an Ivy
Summer 2015: Camp counselor for summer camp for refugee children
Student Council
Volunteering
Quite a lot, the tutoring, plus a lot for a state refugee place
Awards
Winner of Scholastic Writing competition at State and National levels
Student of the Year at MUN Club
Sunken Garden poetry contest winner
National History Day, won first at State three times
More
Interested in international relations, poli sci, journalism etc…
Travel a lot?
I’m a good writer, I already have ideas for my college essay that I think are pretty unique and interesting.