<p>White female
public school in Arizona
upper-middle class</p>
<p>SAT: 2150 (CR 710, M 680, W 710)
SAT II: taking in December; Lit, US History & Math II; should receive 700+ on all
Top 4% in class of 450
GPA: 4.4 W 3.7 UW
National Merit Commended Student
AP Scholar</p>
<p>AP Psychology: 5
AP US History: 4
AP Calc BC/AB Sub: 4/5
Taken all Honors academic classes available and 6 out of 8 offered AP's
Current schedule is 3 AP's and 2 Honors</p>
<p>Cross-Country: So/Jr/Sr 20hrs/week; 3 years Varsity; 14th individual at City Championships & Regions; 1st place team at City and also at Regions; 2nd place team at State (highest in school's history); voted "Most Inspirational" by the team; 2-time camp attendee</p>
<p>Track: So/Jr/Sr 15hrs/week; 3 years Varsity; 7th in 800m at City Championships; most-likely captain</p>
<p>Cheerleading: Fr/So 15hrs/week; 2 years Varsity; one of only 2 freshman to make the squad; 1st place team at State; 5th place team UCA Nationals</p>
<p>NHS: Jr/Sr 2 hrs/week; Vice-President; head of 3 out of 7 committees; 60+ hours community service</p>
<p>Community Service Club: Jr/Sr 2 hrs/week; Vice-President; raised $8000 for various international charities; 50+ hours service; in one year, 8 state newspaper articles were written about the club, as well as one international, and we were featured 3 times on the news</p>
<p>Calculus Club: Jr/Sr 5hrs/week; General Officer; organized camp; tutored fellow students</p>
<p>Book Club: So/Jr/Sr 1 hr/week; Treasurer</p>
<p>Civil Disobedience Club: Jr/Sr 1hr/week; Historian; worked with teachers and other students to petition the school board to adjust the schedule</p>
<p>School Ambassador: Sr 1hr/week</p>
<p>Interact: Jr/Sr 1hr/week; Historian</p>
<p>French Club: Fr/So 1hr/2wks</p>
<p>Literary Magazine: Fr 1hr/2wks</p>
<p>Essays should be great. Teacher critiques have loved them and praised their "voice." Basically talk about either my empathy for and loyalty to others or my determination/resiliance in facing obstacles. Revolve mostly around either cross-country or the community-service club.</p>
<p>Recs:
English Department Chair/AP Psychology teacher = AMAZING (she lent me a copy)</p>
<p>AP Bio II/Bio I H/Human Anat & Phys H teacher = just as great; she's known me all four years and is well aware of my non-academic achievements; taught me last year as I was hospitalized for a spinal tumor and "admires" me greatly for my ability to keep positive and stay ontop of my demanding schedule, even while hospitalized and bed-ridden for weeks</p>
<p>AP English/Cross-country & Track Coach = "filled with well-deserved superlatives;" should say tons into my personality quality since we had a HORRIBLE relationship our first year and finally bridged the gap this year</p>
<p>Counselor = who knows. she's my fourth one in four years and she just arrived about a week before the first rec was due; i wouldn't think she'd say anything negative about me, but I'm not sure she knows a ton about me</p>
<p>I'm applying to:
Stanford (reach)
ASU Barrett Honors (safety)
U of Arizona (safety)
USC (match)
and possibly UT Austin</p>
<p>As for majors, I'm looking into pre-med, pre-law, engineering, architecture, industrial psychology, nutrition...basically have no clue and many contrasting passions. I'd like a well-rounded school and am determined to stay on the west coast. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Your help is greatly appreciated!</p>