<p>Hi guys! Please chance me and I will try to chance back! Thank you!!</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins ED (just submitted my app last night, ahhhhh!)
Intended Major: Writing Seminars</p>
<p>GPA: 100.52/100, weighted scale
Rank: 30/542
ACT: 32 (retook on Oct 26, scores will be sent directly to Hopkins, hoping for a 33)
IB Scores: IB Bio HL (5)
AP Scores: AP Euro (4)
IB Diploma Candidate
Most rigorous course load</p>
<p>ECs:
School newspaper: copy editor 10 and 11, editor-in-chief as a senior
Interact Club: member 11, 12
Relay for Life: team captain 9, 10, 11, 12
Relay for Life: executive survival committee student leader 11, 12
Italian Club: secretary 9, co-president 10, 11, 12
Varsity swimming: 9, 10, 11, captain as a senior
Toys for Tots: collection leader 9, 10, 11, 12
National Honor Society
National Foreign Language Honor Society</p>
<p>Writing Experiences:
JHU CTY summer writing programs: summers before 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 grades
Hostra University Intensive Summer Writing Program: summer before junior year
Blogging for Varsity swimming on my local Patch: 10, 11, 12
Covering major community charity event for the local paper: summer before 11, 12
Submitted creative writing pieces to school's art and lit magazine: 9, 10, 11, 12</p>
<p>Awards:
National Gold Medal for a Personal Essay/Memoir in the 2012 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (10th grade)
Regional Gold Keys for various writing pieces: 10, 11
Local writing awards </p>
<p>Essays: Superb. They show who I am really well. (I want to be a Writing Sems major, after all. They better be amazing!)
Teacher Recs: one should be stunning, the other extremely good
Counselor Rec: fabulous</p>
<p>Extras: I'm sending in a few extra things: a writing portfolio, IB Diploma Candidate Resume, complete Activities List, and a writing project proposal (given to someone who works at the Hopkins center for ALS research... it's a big deal for me).</p>
<p>White female from NY
Possible hooks: I know this doesn't truly count, but I do have an incredible history/backstory, as well as a twin brother who is visually impaired and has autism. My Common App essay centers around these two things. </p>
<p>Please chance me for JHU ED!! Thank you guys!!</p>