Stats:
GPA: 3.4 UW [Strong upward trend especially senior year (3.8 UW)]
Low GPA but I go to a really competitive school with 30% of students attending Ivy League schools and 70% attending top 30 schools
ACT: 35
SAT II: Chinese (760), Math (740), US History (710) [Didn’t send these scores to schools that did not require it]
APs: Microeconomics (5) Macroeconomics (5) Calculus AB (5) US History (5) Chinese (5) Comparative Government Self Study Physics B (3)
SAT Subject Tests: Chinese (780) Math II (740) US History (720) Biology M won’t send
ECs:
Debate Captain (4 years): Won numerous awards and competitions regionally and nationally
Boy Scout (4 years): Life Scout
Varsity Swimming (4 years)
DECA (3 years)
President of Link Crew (2 years): Help freshmen enter into high school
Volunteer at charity which provides scholarships to students in rural China to attend high school/university in China (3 years)
Hutchinson Cancer Institute Research Assistant (2 years): associated with University of Washington
Summer Activities:
Freshman - Sophomore: Summer Classes
Sophomore - Junior: Hutchinson Cancer Institute Research Institute, Harvard Debate Council Workshops
Junior-Senior: Columbia High School Summer Program (Globalization/Ethics of War) [6 weeks], Volunteer in China to help families who were affected by the 2008 Szechuan Earthquake, Intern at a human resources startup
Intended Major: Political Science/International Relations
I understand I have a low GPA but I was wondering if my test scores could help my situation.
My teacher recs and counselor rec should be really good
Would it help my case if I talked about a hook/something really different in my personal statement [EX: being gay in a conservative family]
Colleges:
Tufts
NYU College of Arts and Sciences
UCLA
UCSD
USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service
Northeastern
Thanks! Chance me and I’ll chance you back! 