<p>It's funny, because I really really wanted to go to this other school and hadn't even considered WU an option, but went there for Liberal Arts day in June and fell absolutely in love. Applying ED without question, with the intention of dual-majoring in Communication Design at the Sam Fox School and English - Writing at the College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>Gender: Female
Location: New Jersey
Religion: Jewish
Age: 16 (turning 17 in November, I started school early and just kept through with it)
Grade: Senior</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: about a 3.7 on a 4.5 scale (there's a backstory to this but I'm uncomfortable talking about it here... it will be on my app though. Basically it messed up my entire sophomore and junior years, so I went from a straight A student to an A-B+-B student. Thankfully all is well again and my first MP senior grades look to be back to normal)
Unweighted GPA: no idea, to be quite honest</p>
<p>ACT: 33 (31 Critical Reading [this kills me, I scored a 36 on every practice test and CR is always my strongest point. I took the Feb 2010 test so for all of those who remember, it was hard], 32 Math [so proud! I'm an awful math student and not ashamed to admit it], 33 Writing, 35 Science, 10 on Essay)
SAT: Never took it. I intensely dislike the SAT.
SAT II: Literature, 660</p>
<p>AP: US Government and Politics (5)</p>
<p>Current Classes: AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry II, US Issues (required, possibly the stupidest class I've ever taken), French 5, Print Journalism, Health/Phys Ed</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Fall Drama - 9, 11 (understudy for lead)
Set Design - 9, 10, 11
Thespian Honor Society - 12
Model United Nations Hershey Conference - 10, 11, 12
Youth and Government - 10, 11, 12
Hi's Eye (weekly newspaper free from prior review, only one in NJ) - 11, 12
Religious School - 9, 10 (confirmed)
Temple Youth Group - 11, 12</p>
<p>Leadership Positions:
Moderator, Nation Building Committee at MUN (11) - was in charge of Economics and Finance sub-committee of the full NBC committee, also responsible for creating crises and acting as Vice Chair during dual committee
Vice-Chair, Nation Building Committee at MUN (12) - in charge of entire NBC along with Chair, chose topic for this year's conference (rebuilding the DRC after the Rwandan genocide) helped to create conference along with other officers
Liberal Firm President, YAG (12) - in charge of the Liberal Firm B throughout the duration of the conference, choose and assign clients, work with lobbyists to earn more money than Conservative Firm A, create conference once meetings begin with other officers
Graphics, Arts, and Photography Editor, Hi's Eye (12) - InDesign and Photoshop expert on staff, in charge of creating and managing the numerous graphics for each week's paper in addition to writing articles. Also involves staying after school for 2 days each week until 5:30 to work on the paper, as well as remaining in contact with the people who work at the place that prints our paper to make sure that the coloring and graphic quality come out okay</p>
<p>Summer Experiences:
US Performing Arts Camp (10) - spent two weeks in an intense theatre (focus in acting) camp at Hampshire College in MA
TVI Studios Industry Intensive (10) - week-long acting intensive in NYC, culminated with an evaluation by legit and commercial agents
West Coast Connection French Culture Tour (11) - spent four weeks traveling throughout France (Paris, Caen, Dijon, Avignon, Nice) while taking lessons in French Language and culture
Camp Yachad (11) - Worked as a Counselor In Training for a group of 16 second grade girls, also acted as an unpaid bus counselor
Career Explorations/Questex Publications (12) - attended career intensive summer program. Lived in dorm in NYC while working a full-time internship in the Beauty Department at Questex. Jobs included creating a press list of influential beauty editors and bloggers to invite to an upcoming trade show, creating a list of and contacting salons for a VIP list for a trade show, designing sell-sheets and ad-rate sheets that will be used professionally by the company
Travel for Teens Photography Tour (12) - traveled to Italy for a 10-day photography intensive. Taught about photography by an on-trip counselor/photographer while being immersed in Italian culture.</p>
<p>Campus Visit:
As said previously, visited during Liberal Arts day back in June and fell in head over heels love with the school. I absolutely hate flying, but being there made it so worth it. I also interviewed while I was there, and it went excellent. We had a great conversation and have been in sporadic contact since.</p>
<p>Essay:
I'm a very strong writer. The essay is 99% complete, just fixing some grammar and wording, and everyone who has read it so far (guidance counselor, AP Lit teacher, etc.) have loved it.</p>
<p>Recommendations:
One from my Journalism 2 teacher junior year, and one from my Chemistry I and now AP Chemistry teacher. My guidance counselor has the first one (the teacher left the school and was unable to send it in herself) and said it was very good, and I had the second-highest grade in Chemistry I and was told by the teacher himself that I should have been in honors, and am averaging an A so far in his class now, so that should be very good as well. We're also very friendly, so it will have that aspect as well.</p>
<p>So yes. I know my GPA is low (no need to remind me, sigh), but I'm so set on going here. And I'm applying knowing exactly what I want to do here, and what I want to do with my life. I've already checked out all the courses and know what I want to specialize in while doing CD (art direction), as well as the extra curriculars (Student Life is amazing, I've been seriously checking it out since I visited. Did you know they do a week-long intensive before school starts for students who want to join because they don't have a Journo major? It's brilliant).</p>
<p>Thanks, and I can try to chance back but let it be known that I'm the oldest child in my family so I don't know too much about the college process. Unless you want to talk about UPenn, in which case I can do a pretty good job (double legacy, my family is way overinvolved there, and I really don't like the school, sigh. But I know enough about it to do a fair chance). But that's beyond the point.</p>