<p>White female from Northern NJ
Competitive public high school -- about 250 in my graduating class (my school doesn't rank)
I want to study communication with a concentration in public relations (or just public relations, if it's offered), but applied undecided to most schools.</p>
<p>Frosh & Soph year I had all A's & B's and a few honors courses.
Junior year: I took honors french and 2 APs (Tests: English Lang 5, US History 4)honors Senior year: 4 Syracuse University Project Advance classes (Forensics, Psych, Sociology, and English), selected for NJ Teen PEP program (basically sex ed but we educate the community about issues and help the freshmen adjust to the high school)</p>
<p>I had a serious concussion before my junior year and as a result my grades plummeted and I have maybe five Cs on my junior year transcript, but my counselor rec denotes it as a medical reason (well, obviously lol)</p>
<p>If I have a hook it's my EC's.</p>
<p>At the end of the year I will have taken a total of 6 years of language -- 3 Honors french and Italian I - III (only levels offered in my school currently as it's a new program)</p>
<p>GPA - 3.4
SAT I: CR-680, M-630, W-700
SAT II: English Lit-670, US History-600
ACT: 27 (but i didn't submit it)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Girl Scout since second grade (pursuing Gold Award and I have my silver award)
sent shipments of Girl Scout cookies to Iraq as an independent service proj
field hockey
lacrosse (soph yr only -- couldn't continue because of aforementioned concussion)
track (jr year)
Marching Band for 3 years (varsity letter)
Interact club 10 11 12
Global Connections club 11 12
Italian National Honor Society (12 -- first year of this honor society in my school),
4 years volunteering at the hospital
tons of miscellaneous community service
I have a part time job as a hostess at a local restaurant (15 hours per week)
nominated for and attended the National Student Leadership Conference (Mastering Leadership) at the University of Maryland
team leader for a CCD (confirmation) group</p>
<p>Teacher recs: great
Counselor rec: also great (explains concussion predicament in detail)
Essays: pretty good. writing is one of my strengths. </p>
<p>chances for the following would be amazing!
- Penn State (University Park)
- University of Maryland (College Park)
- Syracuse University (Newhouse...)
- University of Connecticut
- James Madison University
- The College of New Jersey
- Loyola University Maryland
- Quinnipiac University
- Rowan University</p>