<p>I go to a competitive, American system, private school in the Middle East.</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA UW:
Freshman: 3.7
Sophomore: 3.4
Junior: 3.5
Mostly B+/A-
Class Rank: N/A School doesn't rank
SAT: Haven't taken, aiming for a 1900/2000</p>
<p>Classes:
(just some background info: I moved from a British curriculum middle school, so my new American High school didn't know how far along I was in math so they decided to put me in Pre-Algebra in 9th grade...awesome. -_- I've been working my way up ever since.)</p>
<p>9th:
Earth Science
Pre-Algebra
English 9
W. History I
PE 9
Arabic II
Photography/Videography</p>
<p>10th:
Biology
Algebra I
Honors English 10
AP European History (4)
PE 10
Arabic III
Guitar</p>
<p>Summer: Harvard Summer School. Got 8 credits in Econ & Psych.</p>
<p>11th (current):
IB Physics SL
Geometry
Algebra II
AP US History
AP Lang & Comp
IB Art HL
Speech (mandatory)
Psychology</p>
<p>Summer: Precalculus (TBD)</p>
<p>12th (upcoming):
IB Physics SL
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP Enviromental
IB Art HL
Senior Seminar (mandatory)
Calculus
Middle Eastern Studies</p>
<p>ECs: They mainly circle around political/international related affairs and Visual/Preforming arts</p>
<p>Model United Nations: 9(delegate), 10(delegate), 11(chair), <a href="going%20to%20be%20president,%20already%20notified">12</a>
Student Tutoring Organization: 9(tutor), 10(tutor), 11(president), <a href="president">12</a>
Student Council: 9(represintative), 10(PR)
Self taught at Piano, preformed at multiple local charity events, school fairs and NHS events. 9, 10, 11
Charity Comittee: 9,10,11,[12]
Global Issues: 9,10,11,[12]
World Scholars Cup: 9
Painted Murals in the town I live, Abu Dhabi (10) India (11), China (11)
Designed + Painted sets for every school play since 9th grade. There are two each year, so far I've done 5 and hope to complete another 3.
School Newspaper: 10(sports photographer/cultural related things photographer), 11(photography editor in chief) </p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>Won a competition and got my art published (international) 10th
1st Place for an Art Competition + $2000 (regional) 9th
Art and photography published for school calendar (school) 11th
World Scholars Cup: Literary award, don't remeber exactly what it was for, 9th
MUN Best Delegate (Beijing MUN) 10th
Invited to be a speaker for TEDxYouth in my city, spoke about Art & Passion: 11th</p>
<p>Jobs:
Run a photography+Art blog that I get compensation for. 800,00+ hits 9,10,11,[12]</p>
<p>Schools to apply to:</p>
<p>Harvard (super reach, LOLz. doesn't hurt to try)
Northwestern (Legacy + reach)
Virginia Tech (reach) ---- Virginia Resident
UT Austin (reach)</p>
<p>Parsons The New School (Top Choice + Target)
Texas A&M (Legacy + Target)
Penn State (Target)
Boston University OR Northeastern (Target)
USC (Target)
RISD (Target)</p>
<p>Syracurse (Safety)
University of Miami (Safety)
University of Maryland (Safety)
Pratt (Safety)</p>
<p>P.S- I need more Safeties! I want to go into Architecture. Which explains all the Design related ECs.</p>
<p>Background:
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern (so I guess...White?)
Languages: Arabic, French, English
Nationality: Dual Citizenship, American and Jordanian.
Originally Palestinian.
Gender: Female
Legacy to: Georgetown, Northwestern, Texas A&M, Loyala University in Chicago.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long post! but please chance me honestly! :D
I'm a really good writer, so I don't think essays are going to be an issue. English has always been my favorite subject since 9th.</p>