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Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>I’m applying regular decision. I’m an upper middle class female and I go to a public high school in North Carolina.
Academics:
SAT: Verbal 680 Math 700 Writing 690
Subject Tests: Literature 740 US History (ugh) 650 (I’m scared this will hurt me)
class rank: 13/429
GPA: uw 3.7 w. 4.746
APs: English Lang 5
Statistics 4
Psychology 4
US History 3
Environmental Science 3
Government 3</p>

<p>Senior schedule:
AP English 4
IB 20th Century History
IB Psychology 2
IB Math Studies 2
AP Biology
Honors Spanish 3</p>

<p>recommendations: really good. I read one from my AP English teacher junior year. She’s awesome, and the other is from my math teacher who’s taught me the past 3 years and loves me.
extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate- President this year, secretary last year. Honestly this is what I’ve focused the most on in high school. I spend about 14 hours a week on it between practices and tournaments. I’ve been a state finalist, won districts and been successful in Humorous Interpretation and Original Oratory. I absolutely love speech and it shows. I’ve participated all 4 years.
NHS- project manager
Interact- member, service projects
student government- class representative 9th and 10th grade
Violin- suzuki level 7, I’ve been playing since middle school
I do Yoga and I carriage drive my miniature horse
Church- I’m the prayer leader of my youth group and I volunteer there a lot.</p>

<p>community service:
I have a lot of community service.
Church- multiple things with my youth group
Volunteer at the Coalition for Human Care
Volunteer at ARC (association of ■■■■■■■■ citizens)
paper drives at my school and regularly work recycling drive at my town
I also have been an AP/Honors teaching assistant for the past 2 years (grade papers etc)</p>

<p>awards and other stuff:
All of my speech stuff plus:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Forensic League Academic All-American
Junior Marshal for Graduation
NC Governor’s School Nominee – English
Excellence in Speech Award at my school junior and sophomore year
Barnes-Travis Arts Scholarship (arts award in my community)
School winner of the Rotary Club Alcohol and Drug Awareness Speech Competition
Best Newcomer to Speech Award at my school
County Winner of the Optimist Oratorical Competition (2006)
-Invited Presenter at the North Carolina Poetry Society Statewide Annual Meeting, recited my poem, Math, published in North Carolina Poetry Society’s book Bay Leave</p>

<p>anything else that could help me:
My dad is Puerto Rican, so I can put hispanic down on my forms. But I’m not bilingual and it’s not like I have dual citizenship anywhere so I’m not sure if this matters.</p>

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<p>Post this in the chances forum, you’ll get more responses</p>

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<p>I have slightly similar stats and applied ED. I’ll let you know how it turns out in a few weeks. Good luck!</p>

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<p>sry im just wondering
since u’ve take both
do u feel IB is harder than AP?</p>

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<p>hmm. You got an IB score of 2? Are you sure? Cause doesn’t that mean you failed the course? </p>

<p>AND MATH STUDIES REPRESENT. You have no idea the flack I get for taking math studies.</p>

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<p>angelath- Personally, I feel IB is wayyyyy easier than AP. But it may just be because there is much more writing versus multiple choice in IB. And I can BS like a fool.</p>

<p>adeleZ- um no. I mean it’s the second level of the course. As in I took the IB Math studies and psych “1” my junior year. Yeah I took studies mainly cause our calc teacher is like… unstable. Studies is awesome!</p>

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<p>bump.</p>

<p>I’m sorry but I’m freaking out now that everything is submitted. Does anyone else have any comments? Please!? I’d just like to prepare myself, good or bad.</p>

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<p>lazydaisy: just breathe, okay? Nobody here can realistically tell you one way or another. I think you look like a good candidate for admission, but all I am is a mom of a Barnard grad. I CAN absolutely identify with your anxiety, though, and sympathize. I know when my daughter was going through this time 5 years ago, it was sheer torture for both of us. She wanted it so badly.</p>

<p>thing is, I know she would have had an amazing college experience no matter where she had gone. And I am sure you will as well. My best advice is to focus on great things going on in your life right now…enjoy these last few months of HS and of being with your family. Admissions decisions will roll around and you will know at last! And nobody here can really tell you one way or another what the outcome will be. Hang in there!!!</p>