I’m applying to Tulane early action!
Ethnicity: Biracial (Taiwanese and Caucasian)
Gender: Female
Potential Major: Architecture
UW gpa- 3.75 (upward trend, 3.9 junior year; extremely rigorous private school)
ACT- 31, 32 superscored (35E, 29M, 34R, 31S)
Course load (my school offers very few AP’s; 7/12 of these classes were highest level courses (indicated by “s”))
Junior- Precalculus, AP Environmental Science (s), US Government & Politics (s), Advanced Spanish Expressions (s),
American Literature, Photography 2
Senior- AP Statistics (s), Biology 2 Honors, AP Macroeconomics (s), Advanced Spanish Literature & Film (s), American Literature, Internship w/ Sustainability Coordinator at my school
Extracurriculars/Activities:
- Piano- weekly lessons for 12 years; participated in statewide competitions and won many awards; played in school musical and in nursing homes.
- Internship- I’m an intern with the sustainability coordinator at my school; I help to increase school-wide awareness of the environment by recycling, testing water quality, teaching lower grades environmental lessons, and more.
- Senior Planning Group- I applied for and received a spot in the group where I help to plan & organize events for the school and raise money & support for the senior class gift.
- Spread Science Club- I teach kindergarten and elementary students from less fortunate neighborhoods basic science lessons once a week after school.
- Basketball- I’ve played since 7th grade; I was JV captain and won coaches award in 9th and 10th grade; on Varsity 10th-12th grade.
- Peer Tutor- I’m a peer tutor at school where I’m available to tutor students in any grade in multiple subjects.
- Model United Nations Club- I participate in multiple Model United Nations conferences each year where I work with other students to come up with resolutions to world issues.
- Volunteering- over 200 hours by the time I graduate; volunteered in many different places including refugee centers, elementary schools, and at school.
- Babysitting- I’ve been babysitting very frequently since I was 12.
- Attended a summer pre-college program at Brown University the summer before senior year.
- Interned at an architecture firm in Boston for two weeks summer before senior year.
Recommendations: two from teachers and one from counselor; expect all will be very good.
Also, I got invited to apply and was accepted to PreviewTulane Multicultural Fly-In Program so I will be attending in a couple weeks!
What are my chances of getting in, and what are my chances of getting merit scholarship money?