Demographics
US Citizen, East coast
Public High School, slightly competitive
Intended major(s)
International relations/political science major, journalism at two schools (only schools that offered journalism, most colleges don’t offer it)
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
UW GPA: 3.84
W GPA: 4.53 (for reference the valedictorian’s GPA is a 4.7)
Test optional
Coursework
APs:
APUSH- 5
AP Seminar- 4
AP Lang- 4
AP Research- 5
AP World- 3
AP Physics (not submitting)
Freshman year got 3 Bs but have had all As since.
Mid year report: all As except one possible B+ in calc (worried about this b/c it is also not AP/honors calc my only non-AP/honors)
Senior APs:
APHUG
AP Gov
AP Spanish
AP Lit
Awards
Published in major international newspaper, seal of biliteracy in spanish, National Spanish Exam gold (two years in a row), letter recognized by Library of Congress
Extracurriculars
Editor-in-Chief, Varsity Captain of debate, research done on state level (processed for publishing; not yet published), intern at accounting firm for two years, President of FBLA, Student Council Liaison, Islamic Relief volunteer for two years, Photography club officer,
Essays/LORs/Other
Strong essays, very strong LORs, valid reason for test optional
Cost Constraints / Budget
No constraint.
Schools
- Safety*: Rutgers, University of Maryland EA
- Likely*: American University RD
- Match: (kind of) Northeastern EA, Boston University RD
- Reach: Princeton RD (first choice), Brown RD, Johns Hopkins RD, Carnegie Mellon RD, Harvard RD, Yale RD, Columbia RD, Vanderbilt RD, Northwestern RD, NYU RD, Williams College RD