<p>This is gonna be kind of long :) But I'd really appreciate any feedback!
Hi, I am a 17 year old Ghanaian-American (from West Africa). My family moved to Virginia, USA when I was two. I speak two languages (Twi and English) and I am pretty competent in French. I'd be the second child in my whole family going to college (my older brother is the first).
I was in Gifted classes all through out elementary and middle school.
I took Algebra I and French I in 8th grade.</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
Honors English
Honors History
Honors Biology
Honors Geometry (I've excelled a year)
French 2
Art 1
Gym</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors English
AP World History
Honors Chemistry
Honors Algebra II
French 3
Art 2
Gym</p>
<p>Junior Year (present year):
AP Language & Composition
AP US History
AP Psychology
Physics
Pre-Calculus
French 4
Art 3</p>
<p>Senior Year (classes I've signed up for):
Dual-Enrollment English (in my county this is a college level course and it gives me about 4-6 college credits)
AP Government
Anatomy
AP Statistics
Leadership (an elective that includes student council, planning for dances, leadership training, volunteer work, etc.)
Personal Finance
AP Art</p>
<p>so all together that's 7 Honors classes, 7 AP classes, and 4 years of French. I've taken some of the most challenging courses my school has to offer.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.2 (I know this is low but I hope my APs will bring it up)
PSAT: 1880
SAT: aiming for 2250</p>
<p>I am taking an SAT prep course to hopefully help me out.</p>
<p>I've been doing mission work with my church (Mount Vernon Presbyterian) since 7th grade and going on summer mission trips around the U.S. for 5 years now with my youth group to help those in need for a week. I visit soup kitchens about 3 times a year, babysit regularly, work for Habitat for Humanity on occasion, and volunteer at a place called AGAPE. I was Historian of my youth group for 2 years and I am now Secretary.
This year I will be attending Triennium at Purdue University: Presbyterian</a> (USA) Youth Triennium 2013 - The 2013 PC(USA) Trienium Event.</p>
<p>I was a Cheerleader freshman year and was on the Track Team. Now I play tennis as a hobby (I plan to join the school team next year) and I am very serious about my fitness and health(cardio, pilates, etc.)</p>
<p>My personal interests are in Personality Psychology (MBTI, Typology), Disorders, Modeling (I might be meeting a NY agency soon!), technology (I love figuring stuff out and cracking codes etc.), writing, reading (huge bookworm), poetry, Art (obviously), baking, singing, helping others, culture, and being devoted to God. I can play some violin (1 year) and clarinet (2 years of study in elementary school).</p>
<p>My life has been pretty crazy. I have six siblings and my family has always struggled financially but I've always tried my best.
I do consider myself a hard-worker and I am pretty passionate about whatever I do :)
chance me?</p>