ACT: 26C (taking it in july, hoping for a 28)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5333/4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 25%, unranked
AP (place score in parenthesis): Art History (3), World History (3), European History (5), US History (4), Human Geography (5)
Environmental Science (3), AP English Lang (5),
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Physics I, AP Statistics, AP Gov (first semester), AP Micro (second semester), Advanced Art History Seminar, AP Psychology, AP computer Science principles, Varsity Debate
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): placement in local debate tournaments that are sponsored by NSDA
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
- Vice President of Model UN
- Vice President of Young Democrats
- President of Autism Speaks - help to raise awareness for autism and we collect money for Autism speaks itself
- International Club - a community that helps minorities, especially the ones new to the United States
100 hours of community service
Teacher Recommendations:
- AP Human/ AP World History: knows me very well, had me for 2 years, knows about my family issues.
- AP Env Science: generic, knows a bit about family issues.
Counselor Rec: pretty generic I think, she just wrote about how I had to catch up on credits in order to finish high school in 3 years and graduate on time and not late. - Debate coach: about being a female debater and struggles as a refugee.
I’ll have a letter from our lawyer as well that is going to explain my asylum status.
female
white/middle eastern
TX resident
large public school
income: less than $60,000
hooks:
basically, I think the only thing that is gonna make me look good for the admissions is that I’m a political refugee, I moved to states after my freshman year, and because of my credits, i had to start school as a sophomore and catch up with my credits so that I could graduate on time. (so my transcript has 3 years of high school instead of 4, not sure if that’s gonna make me look bad or good but i finished american high school in 3 years)
my essay is basically about political corruptness and why I had to flee my hometown and my parents’ struggle since they went from everything to nothing.
and me struggling with a new culture (basically a first generation American) and financial issues that my parents had to face since they had to start over at ages 45 and 50 from low paid jobs even though back home they both had professional degrees and well-paid jobs.
Majors:
liberal arts - international relations or social studies - political science