<p>Im currently a Senior in high School, and hope to eventually major in English.
Ethnicity/ Gender: Asian/female</p>
<p>Academics
Am an IB Diploma student, hoping to get a predicted score of AT LEAST 38/45 (Inclusive of bonus points)
English HL- 7
Business HL- 7
History HL- 7
Math- 5
Biology- 5
Spanish-7</p>
<p>Final Grade 11 score was 35</p>
<p>All scores are on a 7 point scale
Am in the top 20% of an extremely accademically challenging high school</p>
<p>SAT
CR- 750
Writing- 740
Math-690
Was in the 97th percentile for PSAT</p>
<p>Extracurriculars
- Founded first school yearbook
- Editor of yearbook for 2 years
- Founded first school paper
- Editor of paper for 2 years
- Spent 2 years in the Press department of school festival, was the Head of Department my second year
- Summer school Harvard 2006
Have a very strong portfolio with published poems, articles in major newspapers, school paper i founded etc</p>
<p>Work Experience
Summer Internship at a very prestigous national newspaper
Working to raise funds/tutor kids/study child rights at a shelter for the children of commercial sex workers. Have an official online blog on the shelters website documenting my experiences. Could possibly film a documentary on it.</p>
<p>Sports
- Swim team for school grades 6/7/8/9/10/12
- Club swim team
- District Swim Team
- State Waterpolo Team</p>
<p>Social Service
- Volunteer at an Old Age Home
- Volunteer at a homeless shelter for kids
- Volunteer at a Girls Orphanage</p>
<p>Apply to:
NYU CAS, Vassar, Wellesly, Barnard, Northwestern University, MAYBE Columbia though it may be a bit too much of a reach, Boston College</p>
<p>I think you're in at Smith, possibly with some merit aid. Take the SAT again and boost that Math score a little and I think it becomes a certainty. </p>
<p>BC is your Safety, right? Don't think you need it if you're applying to Smith. I think you're also very strong for Vassar/Wellesley/Barnard. NYU is just hard to judge these days and Columbia is almost a crap shoot for everyone who doesn't already walk on water.</p>
<p>Of the schools on your list, the one that stands out as being "not like the others" to me is Northwestern. Is there something in particular that stands out for you about NU?</p>
<p>Well i USED to be really interested in journalism, which is why Northwestern would have been my top choice, though I'm not really that excited about it anymore. Also, earlier i was more focused on private universities, but I'm now more keen on LAC's</p>
<p>I was wondering about the J-school aspect. Medill (NU J-School) has its own admissions criteria I believe...it's been a while but it was the very first college we ever visited, back when D was in 9th grade.</p>
<p>Fwiw, D did a similar evolution in focus from research universities to LAC's. Don't think twice, it's all right.</p>
<p>"Working to raise funds/tutor kids/study child rights at a shelter for the children of commercial sex workers. Have an official online blog on the shelters website documenting my experiences. Could possibly film a documentary on it."</p>
<p>You <em>should</em> get into Smith. For women with stats like yours, it's a safety -- not because Smith has low standards (hardly!) but because the single-gender aspect allows the school to accept most, if not all, highly qualified applicants. The only jag in that is who else is applying from your high school. I've said this many times on CC, but I'll repeat it: from my D's high school, six applied to Smith. Two got in. The girls who didn't get in were hardly slouches -- all probably had scores comparable to yours. I think Smith chose the two who best fit the Smithie profile, both academically and otherwise. If you don't have any major competitors in your high school, Smith will probably accept you.</p>
<p>Since you're looking at the women's colleges, you should put Bryn Mawr on your list of schools to research. If you want a research university with a smaller feel, you might want to look at Lehigh, although it's harder to get into than Smith and Bryn Mawr. (Harder to get into, but not better.) The English department is fairly large at Lehigh. </p>
<p>The really nice part about being a strong woman applicant is that you can apply to the women's colleges as your safeties (not Barnard, probably , because of Columbia, and Wellesley may be a bit tougher too) and STILL get an elite education -- maybe even a better education than at the schools in the "match" range. It's a win-win situation. The percentage of acceptances in no way reflects a lower quality student body or a less desirable education; in fact, my D's HS friends are at places like MIT and Princeton -- and she was still amazed by the intellectual atmosphere at Smith. </p>
<p>Although I generally don't speak ill of universities on CC, I gently urge you to take a closer look at NYU. Yes, it's tough to get into these days (even tougher to get decent aid), but I'm not sure the quality of a CAS education is up to the others on your list. I can't say for sure -- I'm only speaking from its reputation among academics.</p>