Hey guys, so I am just starting my Junior Year and I really am reaching for either EA at Columbia or Georgetown. My grades and EC’s were pretty average freshman and half of sophomore year (3.6 freshman and 4.05 sophomore), but I realllyyy picked up my game end of sophomore year.
STATS:
3.8 UW
4.15 W (by end of this year)
SAT: taking PSAT, SAT, and ACT this year
APs: APUSH(current), AP Comparative Gov (current), AP Physics 1 (current)
AP Gov(senior), AP Econ (senior), AP Physics 2 (senior), AP Psych (senior)
– TOTAL: 7 AP classes
HONORS: Honors Chemistry
ECs:
President/founder of Activism Club
Asst. Operations Manager (as an intern) for statewide referendum campaign (2017) - 140 service hours (within 1.5 months)
Field Intern for county democratic party - 60 service hours
Youth Board Member - Mesa Democratic Party - 40 service hours
Field Coordinator/Intern Director - Mesa Democratic Party - 40 service hours
Co-Founder of We The People class/Model Congress (it officially starts next year)
Model U.N. (Juniors+ can join)
Speech and Debate
Running for DECA Chapter President (for next year)
ACLU Paid Educational Program on data analysis, organizing, and activism
Organizer for #Demand2Learn Campaign by the ACLU - 50 service hours
-worked with local law makers and recruited students and teachers to negotiate the drafting of a bill in the AZ House
Total service hours as of Junior Year - 330 hours
Home State: Arizona-
Nationality: Middle Eastern, second generation refugee (Caucasian)
AWARDS: First in state DECA Competition
MAJOR:
Political Science or International Relations (it for sure may change but something along the lines of politics)
– AIMING FOR LAW SCHOOL AFTER UNDERGRAD.
Any advice? And again, I am really aiming for Georgetown or Columbia so by all means tell me the blunt truth if that’s unreachable. I have no doubt I can get straight A’s the next two years, so my GPA will increase a lot due to the AP’s.