<p>I'm a white female from a medium-sized city in Illinois. I go to a private Catholic school.</p>
<p>Class Rank: 29/327
I have ADD and I struggled my first two years, but my grades have improved enough that I've moved up 55 places since first semester freshman year.
GPA(W): 4.3333</p>
<p>Standardized Testing
PSAT: 218 (I don't remember all my subscores, but I got 80 in CR)
SAT CR/M/W/T: 760/800/690/2250
I'm considering retaking the SAT to bring my Writing score above 700, but I don't know if there will be time.
ACT: 33
I will be taking the SAT-IIs in Literature and Math 2 in about a month. I did no prep for the SAT or ACT, but I got Princeton Review books and hopefully will do pretty well.</p>
<p>APs:
European History (10th): 5
U.S. History(11th): 5
Calculus AB(11th): 4
English Lit/Comp (11th): 4
This year: Calculus BC, English Lang/Comp, Spanish, and Psychology.</p>
<p>ECs:
- I'm a figure skater, with my Intermediate Freestyle and Novice moves tests. Freshman through Junior years I competed on a synchronized skating team. This takes up a big chunk of my life.
- For 11th and 12th grades, I've been on my school's varsity Scholastic Bowl team. I was in the top 10 tossup-scorers in our conference, and will probably be captain or co-captain this year.
- This year I will be applying for National Honor Society.</p>
<p>Awards:
- National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
- Gold Medal on the National Spanish Exam, Level 4 (97th percentile)
- Outstanding Student of AP European History
- Outstanding Student of AP US History
- 27th in the 2004 National Spelling Bee
- National Language Arts League</p>
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<li>My essay is about how the spelling bee shaped my interest in linguistics, which is my hopeful major. I like it quite a bit, and so did my English teacher.</li>
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<p>I visited Middlebury and was blown away by the beauty of the campus... It felt like it could very easily be home for four years.</p>