<p>Hi, all!
The colleges that I'm looking at are:
WashU
Notre Dame (Legacy)
Boston College
Carnegie Mellon
Rice
Yale
Columbia
Penn
Harvard
(Before someone says something, I purposely didn't include my safety schools. I don't really need to be told they are safeties. :) )</p>
<p>I know that Ivies are a reach for everyone!!! However, they say that there are qualified people and unqualified people who apply to Ivies, so I just want to know if I am one of the qualified ones.</p>
<p>Stats:
White female
Wisconsin</p>
<p>ACT: 35
ACT Writing: 10
PSAT: 217 (in my state, this will probably qualify me for National Merit Finalist.)
GPA: 3.92 UW (upward trend)</p>
<p>Junior Courseload: Spanish IV, Calculus, AP Micro, AP Macro, AP Psych, AP English Lit, Honors Physics
Senior Courseload: AP Euro, AP Spanish Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Physics, Independent Study English</p>
<p>APs: USH (5)
Pending-- Micro, Macro, Psych, English Lang, English Lit (should be 4s and 5s)
SAT IIs: USH (750)</p>
<p>I've taken the hardest classes my school has to offer. I probably have one of the hardest course loads in my grade. </p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Forensics-- (Team Interp Captain) I'll be doing forensics for all four years. I double enter in Oratory and Poetry-- this makes me the first person my school in over ten years to double power. I am one of the best Orators in the state-- no state title, but I've been the alternate for nationals two years in a row.
Theater-- Been in three school shows, been a lead in two. Will probably student direct a show this year.
Stage Crew-- I'm the most senior member of stage crew right now. I've been on production crew for five shows. I'm not officially the stage manager for every show, but I'm assigned that role almost every show.
Poetry Out Loud-- Qualified for state
JSA-- Cabinet member for two years
Student Senate-- on executive board as a sophomore
NHS
Spanish Honor Society
Work at local grocery store 20 hrs/wk</p>
<p>Volunteer:
Went to Mexico for two weeks as a freshman, helped in a group home for abandoned and neglected children in Puebla.
Every year I am a program assistant for my county's Girl Scout Camp. Definitely leadership. I've probably spent 250+ hours there.
I do a lot of food packing events. My dad and I are organizing our own, which is supposed to be in November. It'll involve organizing over 500 volunteers in $10,000 in funding. Super excited!
Other activities-- blood drives, translating during food pantry events, peer tutoring</p>
<p>Summer:
I'm very heavily involved in creative writing, so I go to a seminar/workshop every summer.
This year I will be attending the Summer Leadership Seminars at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>I'm getting letters of rec from my forensics coach/math teacher, who knows me really well, and my AP English Lit teacher, who I'm also doing my independent study with. They should both be excellent. They like me and are good writers. My guidance counselor doesn't know me as well (she has over 500 students she's in charge of!), but she likes me well enough. If I need another, I'll ask the head of the theater department. We've done a lot together.</p>
<p>I think that's everything. I'll try to chance back as many people as possible!</p>