<p>Studying at BB&N in Ma., v. prestigious sends a ton to Ivy each year
I am a sophomore right now but here are my projected stats</p>
<p>GPA: 3.3-3.5
SAT: 2200+ (est)
SAT II: English, +some histories(?) (please suggest helpful ones for SFS?)
AP: English, Russian, French, American Hist., Economics</p>
<p>ECs:
-A self-started boat cleaning business
-Volunteering at a Veterans hospital
-Travel to Kazakhstan for a month to work on my Russian
-4 years Varsity Sailing (could sail at G-Town)
-Leadership positions: Capt. of Sailing(more than likely), Pres. of Russian Club, Counselor for incoming freshmen
-a semester abroad (did very well academically)
-a summer program at G-town in russian (don't know how i will do)
-a 3 week intensive (7h/d) course in the Johns Hopkins CTY on constitutional law (counts as a college credit)</p>
<p>Recommendations:
- My advisor/russian teacher
- My sailing coach
- .... more to come</p>
<p>Honors:
Language Scholar
Slava (Ntl. Russian Student Honor Society)</p>
<p>Please just give me a generic thumbs up/down, and any suggestions on other places with good Slavic area studies programs. Also would talking to the head of the Russian/Slavic dept. and ensuring him an enrolled student in an underenrolled field help my chances?</p>
<p>Thumbs up! Concentrating on your Eastern European studies makes you a niche candidate. For a school that wants to have proficient students in every area of global affairs, they can't afford to reject you.</p>
<p>--- a corrolary couple of questions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Will they appreciate the innitiative of travel for the sake of learning language even if it isn't a structured program? (i am traveling to K-stan largely on my own with no overriding program, and staying with a family that i met somewhere else) I will return speaking better russian no doubt so there will be tangible results in that way.</p></li>
<li><p>how much weight does G-town specifically lend their interviews? i know %100 of applicants are interviewed so that shows some dedication, but is it a make or break deal?</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I think an interview can only hurt you, if you do very badly. I don't think it will make or break your application, though. There are plenty of friendly, charismatic, intelligent people, and plenty of rude or shy, intelligent people.</p>
<p>yeah, if anything (and i feel like an ass saying this), the interview would help me, but does anyone have any experience with independant travel as an EC?</p>
<p>bump. please help me out especially with the self-run travel thing</p>
<p>totally irrelevant...but they have a russian ap!?</p>
<p>they just started it this year, i will be taking it senior year to ensure i have the most experience possible, but next year i may in order to see what it's like. It's brand new and consists of a written portion taken by computer and an over-the-phone interview, it's a very innovative test and unlike pretty much any of the others.</p>
<p>That's so bizarre...but yeah, I think I'll take that senior year as well...hmm thanks</p>
<p>ok yeah, but anyways does anyone have anything else to say about advice regarding odds/travel-usefulness?</p>