I’m a first generation Asian American female planning to go into the literature-ish field. I’m not entirely decided on my degree & career plans yet but here’s what I have as of now.
Some of the schools I’m planning to apply to are JHU, NYU, UPenn, UCSD, UCLA.
I’ve also been contacted by the Associate Director of Writing Recruitment at UPenn, if that counts for anything.
SAT I (breakdown): 2310; R 780, M 800, W 730
ACT: 34, will probably take again
SAT II: Math II 800, Literature 770, Biology E 760
PSAT: 1510 out of 1520
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.97674
Weighted GPA: 4.67442
Rank/percentile: Unweighted 33 / 96.23%; Weighted 46 / 94.45%
Intended Major: English/Creative Writing
Minor or possibly double major: Molecular Biology/Genetics?
APs: Biology (5), Human Geography (4), Calculus BC (4). Took APUSH, AP Lang & Comp, AP Spanish, and AP Psychology this year, predicting 4s and 5s
Senior Year Course Load: AP English 12, AP Statistics, AP US Government, AP Econ, AP Chemistry, Newspaper Staff, Creative Writing
Major Awards:
• 2013 Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key
• 2014 Scholastic Art and Writing Silver Key
• 2014 Finalist in Ayn Rand Anthem essay contest
• 2014 Arizona taekwondo state champion (junior division)
• 2014 Winter Trophy Speech and Debate PF silver medal
• 2015 AP Scholar
• 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key (x2)
• 2015 Scholastic Art and Writing National Silver Medal
• 2015 Las Vegas Taekwondo State Championship bronze medal (pair forms)
Extracurriculars and Clubs:
• Taekwondo (for 11 years; 3rd degree black belt and instructor at my dojang)
• Archery until sophomore year; regularly won state tournaments (can’t remember the details at the moment)
• Phoenix Youth Symphony
• All-Region and All-State Band in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade
• Member of NHS
• 2015-2016 member of Link Crew
• Advisory board for school’s GSA
• Hamilton Paw Print (school newspaper): co-editor-in-chief and magazine designer; soon to be editor-in-chief
• Modern Ink writing club: president
Job/Work Experience:
• Young Authors of Arizona: student leader and events manager
• Brooklyn Arts Press: intern; helped with new marketing techniques and editing poetry books
• Polyphony HS (online literary magazine): First Reader
• Two Views (teen news source): Opinion Editor
• Published in two annual Best Teen Writers of AZ anthologies
Volunteer/Community service/Clubs:
• Volunteer weekly at taekwondo dojang and day care
• Member of NHS
• 2015-2016 member of Link Crew
• Advisory board for school’s GSA
Summer Activities:
• 2014 Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies for Sociology
• 2015 Attended National Scholastic ceremony at Carnegie Hall
• 2016 Brooklyn Arts Press internship
• 2016 Polyphony HS editors’ workshop
I’ve probably left out some things, but chance me?