<p>I'll chance back if you chance me! I know these posts are considered "pointless" but I just think they're fun to read and see what other people think.</p>
<p>OBJECTIVE:
SAT I n/a
ACT (highest composite w/breakdown): 34: 36 E/32 M/35 R/33 S (9 Essay)
SAT II: 760 Literature, 710 USH</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): N/A
Weighted GPA: 97.7/100 (my freshman year GPA is much lower than my remaining high school career, but my grades have gone up each year which definitely shows my potential, I think)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 19/227 (top 10%)
AP (place score in parentheses): USH (5), Lang (4), World History (4), Chemistry (3)</p>
<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Macro/Micro Economics
AP Lit
AP Calc AB<br>
AP Calc BC (at my school AP Calc is two classes if you take BC)
AP Physics 1
College-level Intermediate Spanish class</p>
<p>Awards: AP Scholar with Honor, Principal's List (10th and 11th grade, top 5% of class), High Honor Roll all through high school, National Honor Society, Female Athlete of the Season for my school</p>
<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses):</p>
<p>My main extracurricular is running. I run all year-round (commitment is around 20 hours per week) at the varsity level:
Cross country/Winter & Spring Track & Field (captain for all three)- awards: 3 school records, All-Section, All-League, State Qualifier, Athlete of the Season, MVP
<em>note: I'm not a recruited athlete, this won't sway my admissions</em></p>
<p>State Youth & Government Program</p>
<p>Science & Art Honor Societies</p>
<p>Volunteering: (I've spent a lot of time volunteering, it's something I'm really passionate about, and one of the things that I highlight in my essay is my empathy which I think is well-supported by this).</p>
<p>Two service trips, church youth group, school's community service club, local soup kitchen (this all adds up to around 80-100 hours/year) </p>
<p>Essays/Recs:</p>
<p>Important to note: my main essay, in my opinion, is the strongest point of my application. It's about how my grandfather committed suicide when I was in 8th grade, and it talks about the impact the event and him as a person have had on me. (He was a doctor, and he is the reason that I want to be a doctor. I also talk about how coming to terms with his suicide/forgiving him has helped me develop empathy, which is now one of my prominent personality traits). I've been told by the people who have read it that it's one of the best essays they've ever read.</p>
<p>My two teacher recs, I'm hoping, are good. One I'm sure will be very good (AP Lang teacher), the second is by a teacher who loves me but I'm not sure how the writing is going to be (Pre-Calc/AP Calc teacher). My guidance counselor's rec focuses on the fact that I'm a "late bloomer" and have really been improving each year in school and have a lot of potential.</p>
<p>Other:
Intended Major: Likely a biological science (I'm definitely going Pre-Med)
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: >200,000
State: NY
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I think my essay/the experience I've gone through with my grandfather killing himself is the most attractive part of my application.</p>
<p>Schools you plan on applying to (in order of preference):
The upper-end schools I'm applying to are Harvard, Georgetown, Columbia, Duke, Emory, and Tufts. </p>