<p>Country (if international applicant):Saudi (moved 3 years ago from the U.S.)
School : Small Private American Embassy School 11th and 12th/homeschooled 9th and 10th
Ethnicity: Pasthun/Pakistani
Gender: Female
Intended majors: Polisci/IR or Journalism (if available undergrad)/also interested in women/ethnic/urban studies
Hooks: URM?
Language: English/Urdu
Citizenship: US Citizen
Parents Legacy: no
Rank: does not rank but definitely top 10%
GPA: UW 3.5 (Horrible gpa 10th grade, well explained in additional info essay)
Honors: Outstanding Achievement in History, High Honor Roll, NMSQT Commendation,, etc. nothing big
Test scores: 2160 SAT (750 math, 720 reading, 690 writing), Math I SAT2 720, Lit SAT2 700, Biology 730
IB Predicted : 38/45 (but one of 3-4 kids in entire year taking four HL's)
Senior Courses: IB Bio HL, IB English HL, IB Theatre HL, IB History HL, IB Math SL, IB Spanish AB Initio, Theory of Knowledge</p>
<p>Activities:
Started first debate club at school/President and Founder/Regional Championships, etc.
Model United Nations (10,11, pulled out 12th to focus on debate): Best Delegate Awards, Club Officer
Highschool Newspaper - Editor and Writer
Founded my own organization in Riyadh/first of its kind aimed at providing art-based therapy (music, theatre, dance art) to terminally-ill kids in more impoverished areas
Tutor for elementary-aged children (mostly french) who can't otherwise afford it
Service Trip to Cambodia for building a school in an undeveloped village/later raised money for women's education in Cambodia
Summer Volunteer/Activity Coordinator at local mosque in Virginia in order to involve kids in the community (soup kitchens, awareness of environment, ethical behavior, etc.)
Founded girl's sports leagues since there aren't many opportunities for that in the city
Two protagonists in a play about bad break-ups/Assistant Student Director of the Musical
Winner at Talent Show
Recreational Filmmaker/Art (mostly oil paintings)
I know this is a future activity but I'll be going to Pakistan in the summer to teach english and arts courses at a girls' school in Peshawar and potentially make a short film about it (I'm really passionate about women's rights/education)
Created empowerment group for young girls in my community (also through music, art, theatre, and dance) which are sometimes looked down upon in the local culture
Self-taught Piani/Violin</p>
<p>Recs: Counselor (pretty good I think)
History teacher (also good, is now VP of the school)
Bio teacher (hopefully good/teaches toughest class in school, 20+ years teaching)
Theatre (hopefully amazing, supervised my theatre work, debate, and in class)</p>
<p>Essays: Common App is pretty good/unique perspective on "being brown"
Other main essay on being a South Asian, Muslim female involved in theatre and music,</p>
<p>My college list is </p>
<p>Barnard College</p>
<p>Boston University </p>
<p>Bryn Mawr College </p>
<p>Columbia University </p>
<p>Duke University </p>
<p>New York University </p>
<p>Northwestern University </p>
<p>Occidental College </p>
<p>Swarthmore College </p>
<p>Syracuse University </p>
<p>The College of William & Mary (in state)</p>
<p>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill </p>
<p>University of Virginia (in state)</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis (sister is an ervin alum)</p>
<p>Wesleyan University</p>
<p>Virginia Tech (in state)</p>