<p>Hi, I am a senior. Please chance me for WashU (ED), University of Michigan (EA), University of Pittsburgh (ROLL), Tufts, Barnard, Georgetown, Northwestern, Duke, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Boston University, Rice, UPenn, and George Washington, and Wesleyan.</p>
<p>My GPA unweighted is a 3.88 and weighted is a 4.88
(My grades took a dip, I got two B's my first semester sophomore year while my parents were getting divorced. My counselor will talk about it in her letter.)
I have taken or will have taken by graduation 6 AP classes. So far, I have earned a 5s on AP Psych and APUSH and a 4 on AP English. My senior year course load is AP Gov, AP Stats (better for psych majors), and AP English Lit, Honors Environmental Science, Spanish IV, PE (lifeguarding), and a leadership class so I can be a mentor to incoming freshman! Seniors can take 3 or 4 AP classes, but fitting in a 4th is really difficult and it usually is the second time slot of AP sciences (I would not be able to do the mentorship program).
I have taken the most rigorous course load allowed. All of my classes are honors or AP. Sophomores can take one AP class: US History. Juniors can take two or three (but the administration RARELY lets students take three unless it's bio which is two periods and two credits, so I took AP Psych and AP English Lang)
I got a 750 on the SAT Subject Test in US History. I took SAT Subject Tests in Literature and Math 1 and am expecting a score in the high 700s for both.
My ACT score is a 31. English: 32 Math: 29 Reading: 35 Science: 31 Writing: 9
My superscore is a 32.
I go to an inner city public school, one of the most difficult in the state and country.
I am a Jewish, white female.
As far as compelling stories go, my sister has autism which was the basis of my interest in the field. I wrote my essay about her and our relationship as well as how my interest in psychology has grown over the years. She is my inspiration. All of my teachers who read it thought it was wonderful, and two cried.</p>
<p>As far as activities go, I started a few clubs at school and am president:
Model UN (Founder and President)
Book Club (Founder and President)</p>
<p>I have just been elected as the president of the National Honor Society at school. Our project this year is tutoring young students at the neighboring elementary school.
I have over 300+ community service hours.
I have been asked to start a Best Buddies club as well (a club to connect mainstream students with students with severe disabilities). For three summers, I was a volunteer counselor at a camp for children with disabilities.</p>
<p>I have been on varsity tennis for four years. I was captain this year.</p>
<p>I had an internship last summer in a psychology lab at University of Chicago, which is the career path I plan to pursue. I want to major in psychology, focusing on developmental psychology and autism research.</p>
<p>I have gone to three summer programs at Brown, Stanford, and Northwestern. Brown and Stanford were in psychology courses. All three were highly selective summer programs.</p>
<p>I have visited all of their campuses, if that makes a difference. I am a triple legacy at Northwestern, if that helps much. My uncle went to Wesleyan for undergrad and UPenn for medical school. Another uncle went to WashU for law school. (I'm not sure if these count as legacy).
Fortunately, I don't need to worry about the finances in paying for college.</p>
<p>My teacher recommendations are really good (I'm pretty sure) and I have four of them.</p>
<p>I applied ED to WashU and am waiting to hear back. I had a wonderful interview on campus with the representative from my state. She visited my school a few days ago and we talked again. She seems to like me a lot.
I also applied to University of Pittsburgh (rolling), University of Michigan (EA), and Georgetown (EA).</p>
<p>Please give me advice! What more can I do? WashU is my dream school. Thank you for your help!</p>