<p>Hey, I am an Asian female attending a large (about 2000 people) public high school in California. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>GPA: ~3.93 unweighted / 4.3-4.4 weighted (school doesn't weigh). Got B's in Music Theory AP and one semester of Alg2/Trig (all during sophomore year). Straight A's for freshman/junior year, and probably senior year as well
Rank: school doesn't rank
AP/Honors Courses taken: US History, Lang/Comp, Music Theory, Pre-Calc Honors, Physics Honors, Chemistry Honors
College Courses taken: Philosophy (A), Comparative Politics (A)
Senior schedule: AP English Lit, AP US Gov/Econ, AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP Spanish (skipped Spanish 4 Honors)
Summer programs: Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and International Security Studies at Yale University, U.S. Economy and Globalization at Columbia University</p>
<p>SAT: 2290/2260, highest total: 2330.
Breakdown: CR 710/750, Math 800/760, Writing 780/750
SAT II's: US History=770/Math IIC=800 (projected)
AP's: US History=5, English Language/Composition=5, Comparative Gov and Politics (self-study)=5, Psych=4 (self-study), Music Theory=4
Will take: Bio, Calc BC, Spanish, Lit, US Gov</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
[Grades / activity]
9-12: President (12), VP (11), PR Officer (10); Speech and Debate Team (over 200 members, ranked 3rd in the country)
10-12: California State Director of Debate (12), Chapter VP (11); Junior State of America
10-11: California State Field Director (11), Chapter Founder and President; Students for Barack Obama
12: Project Yes We Can Executive Director, Co-Founder (12), a statewide non-profit organization designed to promote education reform
10-12: Research Committee Chairperson (11), Congressman Honda's Student Advisory Council
9-12: Vice President (11), Chapter FBLA
9-10: Executive Board Member (10), Congresswoman Eshoo's Student Advisory Board
9, 11: Legislative Council Representative, ASB
11-12: National Honor Society
11-12: Spanish Honor Society
11: School Service Tutor</p>
<p>Awards/Recognition:
12, Yale U Dr. Ted Broman Award for a policy brief I co-authored (on national security)
12, Published a guide to Speech and Debate
12, Published an article in Rostrum Magazine, a national Speech and Debate publication
11, Published an article on the CA Council for Humanities website
11, Published a poem in the local newspaper
10, Co-authored a 50-page policy proposal for Congresswoman Eshoo, filed in the Library of Congress
11-12, Published various articles on TeenInk Online
11, Press releases for Congressman Mike Honda
9-12, many Speech and Debate local/national awards
9-12, many FBLA local/state awards
9-12, piano awards (Branch Honors Recital, Advanced CM, etc)
AP Scholar with Distinction</p>
<p>Unique
11, Created an academic website regarding the global economic recession and analyzing its impacts
11-12, Wrote a 33-page history research paper on Woodrow Wilson, to be submitted for publication in the Concord Review
11, Invited to speak at the Congressional Youth Conference for Congressman Mike Honda
10, Invited (1 of 2 from California) to compete at a Speech and Debate tournament in Texas. One of only 30 students in the country invited</p>
<p>Recs
1 from my APUSH teacher. Should be very good (he's letting me look at it and make revisions). Worked on the history research paper with him, currently TA, so he knows me pretty well and will probably write a great rec (esp since I pretty much get to write it...)</p>
<p>1 from my Physics Honors teacher. Should be fairly good as well, I had a consistently high grade in that class. It probably won't be as great as my APUSH teacher's since I don't know her as well, but she has a fairly high opinion of me (I think/hope). Also, I'm the only rec she's doing for Early applications, so she won't be too busy on that level</p>
<p>Supplemental from my Speech and Debate coach. Should be phenomenal; he wrote one for me previously for a summer program (the Yale one) and I got to see it. I thought it was really good</p>
<p>Essays
This part is hard for me to analyze. I think my essays are fairly strong, but they're probably not killer. I'm not really sure</p>