<p>Hello! My name is Kelsey, I am a (white) girl at a challenging high school in New Mexico.</p>
<p>WHY WILLIAMS?
I am SO into the community at Williams. The Entry System, Winter Study, Tutorials, and the small community out in the Berkshires seems perfect. I want to be in a place where everyone knows everyone.
Plus, the academics are supposed to be really top-notch.</p>
<p>GRADES?
GPA: 3.85. We don't weight.
I know its a little low.
BUT CLASS RANK: 3</p>
<p>SCORES?
SATS: Didn't take them. PSATS National Merit Semifinalist though.
ACTS: 34. (36 reading, 33 Math, 32 Science)
AP BIO: 5
AP ENG: 5 (and didn't even take the class...heck yes )
SAT II BIO: 780
SAT II LITERATURE: 750</p>
<p>ATHLETICS?
Varsity LAX: Since eighth grade. Captain.
Varsity Soccer: Sophmore. Played years 8, 9, 10.
Varsity XC: Junior and Senior. Only ran those two years. Chosen Captain for Senior Year.</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP?
Student Council Junior and Senior year, Secretary as Junior, unknown role as a Senior.
Peer Mentoring, Head of Tutoring Department as Senior.
LAX Captain Senior Year.
Cross Country Senior Year.</p>
<p>OTHER?
Teaching Assistant Senior Year (Sophomore English Class)
Internship at office of Philadelphia Congresswoman
MUN Junior and Senior Year. Security Council as Junior. Awarded Hon. Best Delegate/Delegation Junior Year, unknown for Senior year.</p>
<p>SERVICE?
Tenth: 40 hours at Rape Crisis Center
Eleventh: Researched, Published, and Distributed a Teen Pregnancy Pamphlet with a group of Peers.
Twelfth: Spent a summer in Peru doing Service and Language Immersion.</p>
<p>IS THERE ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL?
Sometimes I feel like really not. Which is scary, because they want a "well-rounded class of specialists." First of all, what kind of baloney is that? We are high school students?!!?! But anyway, thats what they want.
I do have a Leadership role in my school.
Also, I have a distinct leaning towards women's rights: the rape crisis center, the pregnancy pamphlet, and the internship with a female politician. I've also done a bunch of papers and projects on famous women: this will hopefully come through in my recs!
Also, I'm from New Mexico.
Oh, and I lived in Spain in ninth grade, and went to China in tenth, and Peru before Senior year. But still: feels a little random sometimes.</p>
<p>AWARDS:
Smith Award for best all around Junior girl.
Cum Laude as Junior (third highest GPA in Class of 50)
Scholar Athlete
National Merit Semifinalist
Honor Roll every year.</p>
<p>OTHER RANDOM BITS:
My Recs should be great. One Junior English, one Junior History, one (extra) Junior Bio that I probs won't send.
My Common App essay is pretty awesome, I think. I hope!
Supplement, while short (obviously) is hopefully clear and insightful.
Getting a letter from a Williams Trustee that I babysit weekly for. So lucky!
Both Parents graduated from there, as well as a grandfather and great grandfather. LEGACY!
So do I have a shot here? I know it may be a long one. But is it totally out of the picture?</p>
<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!!</p>
Thanks for the tip!</p>