i applied ED1 and didn’t know this website existed until today. i’m super anxious to find out so i need to know what other people think
I am a URM (parents were Argentine immigrants moved here for my dad to get his masters at Wharton), so I’m hispanic
SPanish spoken at home but i reply in English always (since i was a child i refused to listen to parents and speak spanish)
ACT - 32 (English 36, Math 30, English 33, Science 27) Science was brought down a lot on my second one but my composite was higher than my first (got a 31 and my science was 31 and english was 28) so superscored is a 33 but they don’t superstore
School doesn’t provide GPA or class rank (private all girls school)
AP scores: AP bio 4, AP Span language 5, AP Studio Art 5, AP English Language 4
Subject tests: Bio 740 and Spanish 800
max 3 ap’s for juniors and seniors
Junior classes: AP Bio, AP Spanish, English (no honors available), Precalc w/ half year intro to AP Stats, AP 2D art, Reg US history
Senior Classes: AP Stats, AP Physics 1, AP Psych, ADv science: Anatomy and physiology, English Elective
EC’s
Ambassador of Save the Children Teen Council in my town/at my high school
Lacrosse Coach for 7th and 8th graders for town league
Assistant photographer for a photographer who runs a magazine in Fairfield County
Senior Peer Leader - really important at my school, selected through application and interview process)
Did YPAResearch for the Center for the Study of Boys and Girls lives (presented findings at the RoundTable at UPenn)
Intern/Mentee for Macy’s merchandising group
President of Photographer
Ambassador (tour guide)
Founder and President of My Mind Matters Club
Member of Supporting Women Across the Globe club (SWAG)
Volunteer at Family Centers (program for underprivileged families or working parents to send their young kids to school)
Visual Arts Editor of Yearbook
Summer Activities
Habitat for Humanity in NOLA
Georgetown University Medical Institute (one week program - mini med school)
Columbia University BioMedical Engineering (3 week summer course)
Lifeguard
Traveled to Cuba for Global Scholars program at my school
Essay: pretty good actually about my roots and how i suppressed my heritage until i traveled to Cuba and realized how special it was (Che Guevara - that bad guy in Cuban history, is my cousin twice removed so it was pretty moving, despite that he did terrible things)
Supp: about the research i did for CSBGL
Vandy is my absolute dream school, after not having the best hs experience (mentally), I looked only at schools in the south because i knew i’d be happier there than anywhere else so I’m banking on getting in here to find my super happy place and learn a lot
Also love art and music so nashville is perfect agh