Hi!
I’m in the class of 2017 and I am now starting to gather all of my information for my college applications.
I am particularly interested in American University, but I am applying regular decision.
SAT I: 1980 on the last old version of the exam. I retook the test in May and I am expecting a higher score due to tutoring.
ACT: 28 but I am retaking it after getting tutored
SAT II: Taking lit, Spanish, and World History tomorrow!
Unweighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0
Weighted GPA (4.0 scale): 4.0 (My records have me at 6.something due to my AP and IB classes)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/466
AP (place score in parenthesis): APHG (4), APWH (4), Took Lit this year.
IB (place score in parenthesis): Spanish SL (Predicted 7), Anthropology SL (Predicted 6), Biology HL, Math Studies (SL), English Lit HL, and History HL
Senior Year Course Load: All IB classes with exceptions of advanced choir and drama that I’m taking due to leadership positions in the programs. I will be taking four online college classes as well.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’ve gotten superior ratings in theatre competitions, I won the “best tech award” for my stage managing of a one act on a district level, and the choir I’m a part of has gotten superior ratings on state and district level.
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis)/Volunteer/Job: Drama Club (Sophomore- Secretary, Junior- Publicity, Senior- President), Choir (Vice President), English Honor Society (Vice President), Artists Service Group (Secretary 2 years in a row), National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, and SGA. I’ve been involved in theatre since the third grade. I have been in over a dozen productions and I have stage managed three large shows. I’ve volunteered in a theatre camp for a month and I have gone to competition several times for drama. I have been in choir since the third grade as well. I will be volunteering charged and volunteered next year. I will also be a part of a freshman mentorship program next year and I will be volunteering at an elementary school to tutor this summer. No paid job.
Summer Activities: This summer I will be attending a summer college program at Georgetown, I will be volunteering at an elementary school, and I volunteered at a summer camp as a counselor that I attended four years prior last summer.
Intended Major: Psychology
Ethnicity: Hispanic
School: Public
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Latina immigrant
Interest: I have been in contact with my state’s admissions officer. I’ve emailed him about three times with questions and I plan on continuing the contact over the summer and during my admission process. I am visiting the school this summer and I will be attending a local session if it is available this year.
Thank you so much!
I am also applying to Brandeis, NYU, George Washington, Georgetown, Fordham, and Johns Hopkins, among others. I mainly want some input on AU, but if anyone wants to chance me for the other listed, it would be great!