Preface: Bit about myself- I was an Indian international student in Singapore who moved to the US (Virginia) after freshman year. I didn’t really take the first two years of high school seriously but I have a huge upward trend (my unweighted GPA for each year respectively is 3.59, 3.54, and 3.875). I got a C+ in my Chemistry Honors class sophomore year for the second semester (first semester I had achieved a B+) but I completely aced my Junior year (earning an A+ in AP Macroeconomics for the whole year). My interests are not even STEM-related- I want to major in history as a lot of my academic accomplishments are in that field. My weighted GPA (the GPA reported to colleges) is the GPA of my sophomore and junior years combined as I didn’t attend my current private school during my freshman year.
UW GPA: 3.66
W GPA (reported number): 4.04 (school does not rank)
ACT: 33 (35 E/34 R/29 M/35 S) I got a 21 in W but who cares really.
Honors: AP Scholar, Honorable Mention on National Spanish Exam Level 3
AP Scores: AP Euro (5) APUSH (5) AP Macro (5) AP Lang (5) AP World (self-studied 5)
SAT II: US History- 770
Recs: I know they’ll be amazing since one is written by the vice-principal who also taught my AP Euro class and has seen me grow as a student and the others are written by my Lang and Macro teachers, both of whom saw me do very well.
Awards: National History Day South-East Asia Winner, National History Day Virginia State First Place
Languages: Fluent in English, Tamil and Spanish, proficient in Mandarin Chinese
Extracurriculars:
National Security Archives internship- I had an undergraduate level internship at the National Security Archives. I researched and indexed declassified government documents and wrote historical analysis reports to aid Archive researchers.
NHD- 1st place South-East Asia, 1st place Virginia state (already mentioned above)
Drama- Been participating since freshman year and had major roles and lead roles in school productions.
Relay for Life leader- Led Relay for Life team to raise nearly $2700 dollars for the American Cancer Society.
VP of Young Democrats- Was Secretary and am now Vice-President of the club. I helped host mock caucus/primary elections at school to raise civic awareness. I also interned at the John Foust for Congress and the Mark Warner for Senate campaigns.
President of WWA- Founded this club when I came to my new school. Raised nearly $700 dollars for a rainwater harvesting facility in India to help villages without water. Interned at the Dhan Foundation in India to help oversee development projects.
Blue Earth Capital intern- Interned at my dad’s hedge fund and learned a lot about finance, portfolio construction and investment strategies.
Varsity Tennis- Been on my Varsity tennis team since sophomore year and play 3rd doubles.
APPLYING AS A HISTORY MAJOR TO BOTH SCHOOLS.