<p>for Boston College, Emory, Brown(reach), Wake Forest.</p>
<p>finishing my sophmore year at a prestigious private school in the mid-atlantic that sends the most students to ivy leagues in my state and is top ranked for this nationally as well.
white, female, well off :/
3.7 gpa this year excluding three As in elective courses. no weighting and every coursewas advanced (no AP at my school, but very difficult honors courses). no class rank because only 50 students and no slackers, but in the top portion.
psat- 70 in math and reading, 68 in writing and working to bring all them (esp writing)up.
courses the most advanced, next year the only non honors class is biology which is already difficult, and am taking a senior french course and preparing independently for several AP tests.
problem: freshman year, tested into very advanced math course (acc. algebra II with some precalc) i did not have sufficient background for. though by the end of the year i was able to make a B, my final grade was a 77..</p>
<p>major extracurricular interests:
clubs- diversity club, YEARBOOK (in line to be editor senior year), several community service organizations including the v. important blue&gold club for the dfrc. mock trial.
church- huge part of my life, teach sunday school, sing and am a leader in choir, and in service oriented youth group
sports- JV volleyball and tennis; summer swimming for Division A team
music- can proficiently plan piano, cello (1st chair when did it in middle school), and guitar; sing in 2 choirs and write songs. in south africa will teach schoolchildren about american music (see below)
art- take as many electives as possible, in advanced studio art next year and take sessions at local art college sometimes
community service- been doing Habitat for Humanity in WV over the summer for the past few years, this summer cant because going to South Africa to do a service project (gave up working at camp because service is really important to me). do service related activities at least once a month
next summer, want to do a program at Brown but money/schedual could be an issue
travel: taking senior french courses next year, travel to europe a lot, did a french exchange program this year. study italian independantly</p>