I’m a high school junior starting to look into colleges! I already posted my stats on the Barnard page, but I just visited Wellesley recently and I absolutely loved it! I’m planning on applying EE.
PSAT: I got a 1340 last year, and just took it again. I feel like I did really, really good this past time around, but I don’t have the score back yet. I think it’s likely I got above a 1400. I’ll study for the SAT, which will definitely raise my score.
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.66, with a strong increase from freshman year to sophomore year. Not included is junior year so far, which is 3.86. I should probably mention that freshman year grades were destroyed by a concussion right before finals, which I will explain to colleges.
Weighted GPA (out of 4.5): 4.12 cumulative, but it rose from 4.0 freshman year to 4.23 sophomore year, and it’s looking like 4.3-4.4 this year.
Rank: I’ll graduate cum laude, which is top 10% I think.
APs: AP US History, AP Language and Composition, AP Environmental Science. I’ll take AP AB Calc and AP Gov next year, and possibly AP French. The school only offers APs starting in junior year, and I took all honors freshman and sophomore years.
Senior Year course load: AP BC Calc, AP Gov, French IV Honors or AP French, Global Scholars Seminar. I will be an editor for my school’s magazine next year, which is very competitive and takes up a full English course. I’m planning on dropping science senior year. Will that significantly hurt my chances? I’m marketing myself as a humanities kid.
Extracurriculars (with years adjusted for senior year):
- Piano for 11 years
- Theater for 6 years (13 shows)
- Creative Writing Club co-founder and co-president (we’ve hosted a couple of published authors)
- Debate Team founder and captain, 2 years
- Mock Trial, 2 years (I hope I get an award or captain for this)
- Spectrum (gay-straight alliance), 4 years
- Jazz combo (like a school rock band) for 4 years, in the highest-level combo all four years
- Model UN, 2 years
- I’ve written a complete manuscript, and have a partial one that I will probably finish soon
- I’m working on publishing a short story of mine in a literary magazine and I think I’m getting close
- High School Democrats, 2 years (public outreach)
Summer Camps:
- Berklee 5-Week Program for piano (received college credit)
- I’m going to try and go to another good program this summer
- I might learn French IV over the summer so I can go into AP French
Work:
- Office Assistant at pediatrician’s office
- Counselor at music camp
- Babysitting
I’m hoping my essays and recommendations will be good because I’m a writer and I’m friendly with teachers who can write.
Awards:
- Instrumental music award at school
- Best French II student at school (will likely get Best French III student this year)
- Best short story in my sophomore class
- Writing fellow position at school (pretty competitive)
In terms of demographics, I’m a white middle-class girl at a private college prep school in MA. I will apply for financial age. I’m LGBT? I don’t know if that counts for anything.
Thanks!!!