<p>Hey all! I'm a second semester freshman at a small liberal arts school near Atlanta, GA. I grew up and graduated from high school in PA...I moved 900 miles away to come to this school, but in the end, it's not as politically active as I'd hoped. I plan on going into journalism and political science, and work in print journalism, hopefully in D.C. </p>
<p>My first choice is American University, but I'm also looking at Lehigh University, Fordham University, Emory University, Hofstra, and SUNY-Albany...CHANCE ME!!! ALSO, if you have any suggestions of where else I should consider for my particular interests, I'd love to hear.</p>
<p>P.S. I'm applying to these schools particularly because most of them allow me to wait until after my 2nd semester to apply, which means I wouldn't have to show my HS grades, and solely my college ones -- Obviously this means they'd see my 4.0, etc. </p>
<p>HS GPA --
2.98 (LOW, I know, but my junior and senior year were consistently at 3.8+ every quarter for those two years...My freshman/sophomore year of HS dragged me down, but quite frankly I don't think colleges are looking at that)
EC's --
AP Student; Government & Politics, English Literature & Composition
Honor Student; English (10, 11), History (10, 11)
Course Highlights; Journalism I, II, III, Gifted Seminar, Quest for the Distant Past (Gifted), Philosophy (Gifted), Creative Writing, American History Honors, World History Honors, English Honors, Chemistry, Anatomy/Physiology, Botany/Zoology, Latin I, II, Geometry, Algebra III, Trigonometry, etc.
Extracurriculars:
-Newspaper (Asst. News Editor, Cove Photographer;2005-2008)
-Students for [Political Candidate] - (President/Founder; 2008)
-Young Democrats Association (Member; 2008)
-Debate Team, (Affirmative A; 2006-2007)
-Latin Club (Vice President; 2007-2008)
-The Literary Magazine (Guest Editor, Submitted Published Works)</p>
<p>** Interned at a MAJOR, national publishing company in my city; I was selected among college applicants. I was the youngest intern in the company's history. I wrote bylines, researched stories, published them online, and worked alongside the online editor in chief.
** Volunteered/Founded a huge library undertaking in my hometown, an educational video drive for children. I contacted educational groups in D.C. and NYC and got donations from people in my community. The project started with 25 videos, but has received over 700+ videos to date. I worked doing everything from PR work to organizing, etc.
** Volunteered with Meals On Wheels.
** I became EXTREMELY politically active in high school and organized the first Students for [candidate -- prefer not to say here] in the school's history. It was totally grassroots and over 200 people came to meetings. We were featured on the front page of the city newspaper the day of our PA primary, and I was interviewed several times on issues surrounding the campaigns.
** Other info --> met Maya Angelou because I won a national poetry contest, I had works published in literary anthologies, etc. </p>
<p>COLLEGE --
B.A. Political Science
B.A. Communications
Double Major 4.0 Cumulative GPA
Pre-Law Advisory Program
Merit Scholarship Recipient
Extracurriculars:
-Newspaper (News Editor)
-Young Democrats<br>
-United As One (Students Political Bi-Partnership Program)
-Ran for Class President, got VP Class 2012</p>