US Citizen
Arkansas
Public high school, ~2,500 students
Hispanic female
English and Philosophy combined major
UW GPA: ~3.87
W GPA: 4.35 on a 4.0 scale
9 APs, AP Calc AB, AP Lang, AP Spanish Lit, AP Lit, AP World, APUSH, AP Bio, AP Spanish Lang, AP Gov. (Possibly notable: 9 Spanish courses, Spanish 1,2,3, AP Span Lang, AP Span Lit, Spanish for Business 1, Spanish for Business 2, Bilingual Community Service Learning 1, Bilingual Community Service Learning 2)
Awards:
-Scholastic Silver Key and Honorable Mention (x4) for Poetry
-Published as a topical winner in American High School Poets
-State fair grand champion of Fine Arts (x3)
-Pacemaker Literary Magazine Finalist
-Arkansas Scholastic Press Association Superior Rating for cover design
ECs:
Bilingual Community Service Learning Instructor
Mentor elementary students through development of heritage language skills, empower students through biliteracy and book reading in both English and Spanish, discuss daily activities in heritage language in order to promote Hispanic culture livelihood
Restaurant Server
Took orders, made drinks, input orders into POS system, delivered food to tables, followed up with customers, cleaned tables, swept floor, prepared condiments and beverages for next shift
Literary Magazine Contributor
Wrote various creative pieces including short stories and poetry, met with committee of authors and writers to critique work within a period of three to six months, designed cover art and order of pieces, prepared final version for production
Teaching and Grading Assistant
Grade and offer suggestions for students in the reading subject area, administer assessments and tests for reading comprehension, evaluate students’ daily success and update parents on student’s progress
Essays
In my opinion, I have an especially strong Personal Statement relating to my intended major using a personal anecdote regarding Emily Dickinson and a vanilla candle I found at Walmart in order to demonstrate my passion for English.
Cost Constraints
Not too worried about this factor.
U applying RD ? Harder but you have an excellent record and you are from Arkansas which is a huge hook. For RD I think you have a real shot. A match. For ED highly likely.
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EA! Sorry for not specifying.
If you’ve shown interest I feel good. What are your matches, safeties ?
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My safeties are UMass Amherst (accepted yesterday with Chancellor’s Scholarship), Hendrix College (Accepted with 24k/yr scholarship), and University of Puget Sound.
Matches are Rhodes and Sewanee, that I can think of right now.
Congrats - you’ll get into your matches.
Did you look at Oberlin or Iowa…strong in English both.
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