<p>Will be a senior this year
Caucasian female
Born in Germany, but have dual citizenship (my mom's American and my dad's German; I've lived here for most of my life)
Am REALLY interested in IR</p>
<p>3.7 UWGPA/4.46 WGPA (Top 10%, HS doesn't give individual rankings)
33 ACT (I might retake this)
2250 SAT (790 CR, 690 M, 770 W)
SAT II: 700 Lit, 680 Math 2, 710 Span (I'll probably retake these)
APs: 5 psych, 5 Calc AB, 5 Lang&comp, 4 APUSH (will take Econ, Euro, Span, Lit&comp, and Stats this year)</p>
<p>-Got a scholarship to spend 3 weeks in South Korea this summer as part of a cultural exchange aiming to maintain/improve US-South Korean diplomatic relations (starting in 2 weeks)
-Was selected through extensive interview process to represent my community as one of 4 Sister Cities student ambassadors to our town's sister city in Mexico and spent 3 weeks there last summer (stayed with host family, participated in cultural activities, spoke solely in spanish, helped "bridge the gap b/w 2 cultures and communities," yada yada)
-Tennis team 9-11 (so far), JV captain 11
-Amnesty International Club 9-12, VP 12
-Model UN 10-12
-National Spanish Honor Society
-HS Honor Society (my high school doesn't do NHS, for whatever reason)
-Peer Jury 9-12 (selected to sit on a panel of teen jurors in community that determines the punishment for youth first-time offenders of misdemeanor crimes, as an alternative to going to juvenile court)
-226 on PSAT, so National Merit Semi-Finalist, if not Finalist??</p>
<p>Awards
-2-time winner of community character award 2006/2010 (nominated by member of community/teacher respectively)
-National Spanish exam Premio de Oro 2008, 2009, 2010 (Chapter winner 2009)
-National French exam Certificat d'Honneur 2009, 2010 (ranked 7th in nation among level 2 french students in 2010)</p>
<p>Job
Hostess at local Mexican restaurant (authentic Mexican food/Mexican owned)-another opportunity to practice spanish- starting spring 2010
Volunteered Local Daycare summers 2007, 2008, 2009 with primarily spanish-speaking children and had an amazing opportunity to better my spanish skills</p>
<p>Recs: Jr. AP Lang & comp eng. teacher (excellent rec), Soph/Jr. French teacher (excellent rec),
EXCELLENT counselor rec (I don't mean to sound overly confident, but I am really close with these people and all have written me outstanding recommendations to various things I've applied for)</p>
<p>In my essays, I plan to talk about my passion for international relations, and my dedication to pursuing every possible avenue related to IR thus far, as seen above (I also take 2 languages in school, Spanish and French, as well as have a conversational knowledge of German, and a limited knowledge of Korean). I plan to talk about how my international background has helped spark my interest in global affairs and how my experiences abroad have given me a broader world view. I hope to further cultivate my interests by majoring in IR in college. </p>
<p>What do you think??? Thanks so much!</p>
Thank you, again!</p>