<p>Hi,
I am goings senior in high school.
I have a 3.82 GPA (Ya, I know it is low. I got a 3.5 first semester freshman year because my parents got divorced. I know it is no excuse).
I got a 1980 on my SAT
I am a very strong writer and my dad is even better, so my essays will be strong.
I got 3.6ish freshman year
I got 3.9 Sophomore year
I got 4.0 Junior year (with 2 AP Classes -- Physics and US History)
I am taking 3 AP Classes this year (Literature, Calc., Bio).
I only have 2 years of foreign language.
I got a job at 14 (between freshman and sophomore year) and still have it.
I created my own sno-kone business and went around to events selling sno-kones. Made big bucks! the most I made was $1000 in 6 hours. (that isn't my job stated up above)
I was in top band at school all 4 years
I was in Jazz 1 all four years (Highest jazz band and I was the only freshman in the whole band freshman year).
Marching band 4 years
Pit Orchestra 3 years for my school play
German club
National Junior Honors Society
Brown Belt in Tae Kwon Do (9th belt and 1 away from black belt).
Super kid in Newspaper (big newspaper that covers a lot of people and many people apply for super kid each month).
Tutored math
I got a few outstanding solo awards in 8th grade for jazz band (I don't know if they care because it was in 8th grade).
I was the only 7th grader in 8th grade Jazz band (again, I don't know if they care).
120-135 hours of community service by the time I apply
There is probably some more that I am missing
Tell me what you think!
Oh ya, I'm in state student
Thanks!</p>
<p>GPA and SAT looks fine.</p>
<p>For extra curricular activities, you can talk about 5 of them in the application. You can get away with grouping them though, if you REALLY wanted to (ie. “Music” then explain marching band and pit orchestra). You can also talk about them in your essays. </p>
<p>UW won’t care about your 8th grade stuff, they’re really looking for high school activities.</p>
<p>2 years of foreign language won’t bring you down (I only had 2 years of Spanish). It meets the minimum requirement and the rest of your application looks solid.</p>