<p>Hi, I'm a white female from NJ with a poor / lower middle class financial situation. Currently a Junior.</p>
<p>SATs (1st time): 2200
SAT IIs: Taking in May.
APs (current and next year's with projected scores): English Lang (5), APUSH (3-4), English Comp (5), Gov (5), Spanish (3-4), European His (4-5), possibly Stats (3-5)
GPA: last time I checked, around a 93%, which translates to a 4.0 in our school. No idea what it is unweighted.
Class rank: Somewhere around 35 / 400
Grades: Mixture of As and
Bs, mostly As. C in Geometry sophomore year.
Course-load:
- Honors and AP, with the exception of the standard college prep math.
- 3 languages: Spanish, Latin, and French, due to special interest in global affairs. </p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars:</p>
<ul>
<li>Mock trial; Captain and president for 3 years. Various awards and recognition.</li>
<li>Wrestling; 1st girl on school's wrestling team. JV sophomore year, varsity junior year. Out for a concussion midway through season. Sang national anthem for district tournament and helped raise money to create a middle school wrestling team.</li>
<li>Peer mediation; Trained to solve disputes between other students. Running for an office this year.</li>
<li>Latin club; Helped to found. Running for president this year.</li>
</ul>
<p>Other awards:</p>
<ul>
<li>Latin Honor Society; one of founding members </li>
<li>Spanish Honor Society</li>
<li>Scripps National Spelling Bee school winner and 1st place runner up in county</li>
<li>National Honor Society (nominated; still waiting to hear back) </li>
<li>Published in a teen anthology</li>
<li>Johns' Hopkins Scholar</li>
</ul>
<p>Community Service: (weak)
- Helped to raise money for middle school wrestling team through fundraisers
- Participated in MS Walk / "Jingle Bell Run" for cancer
- Led safe driving campaign committee; created school commercials and posters on safe driving education </p>
<p>Other Stuff</p>
<ul>
<li>I'm planning on writing my essay about being the first girl wrestler and the challenges I've had to face in sticking with this very tough sport, not only physically, but mentally & emotionally as well. </li>
<li>I'm going to Greece this summer to learn about the language and culture.</li>
</ul>
<p>1st choice college is Georgetown. I'd like to major in international affairs paired with some language, most likely Chinese. I'm extremely interested in global affairs and I think this is reflected in my schedule. </p>
<p>Other schools I'm applying to:
- U of Chicago
- Boston College
- Boston U
- Notre Dame
- Tufts
- Rutgers (safety-ish)
- TCNJ (safety)
- U of Edinburgh (because YOLO. Kidding. I actually really love the campus, and I'd love to go to college abroad)</p>
<p>Chances for all of the above, please?</p>