<p>So now that regular decisions are done, it's crunch time for juniors, myself included. Am I a strong applicant for Yale? </p>
<p>Applying to:</p>
<p>Yale EA (Most likely)</p>
<p>OH YEAH, I HAVE A CONDITION CALLED VERBAL DIARRHEA, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE! </p>
<p>Location: Michigan
Ethnicity: Hispanic immigrant (Cuban)
Sex: Female
First generation college student, and I will be needing financial aid since my parents cannot afford to help me pay for college.</p>
<p>GPA (W): 4.06/5.0 (My school's weighted GPA is strangely designed so that the highest a student can receive is a 4.2, which I'm pretty sure has never happened. Because of my two B's in Math, the highest Yale will see my GPA as, since I'm applying EA, will be a 4.08.)
Rank: 1/442</p>
<p>***I have had all A's up until junior year when FST (Functions, Stats, and Trig) has dragged me through the mud. I received my first B in high school for the semester and right now I have a C for the marking period (which doesn't show up on my transcipt). Needless to say, I'm trying to get my grade up to a B, which means I'll end up with two B's for my semester grades. Will this matter? Keep in mind, I won't go into a Math-related career, and I'm as far from a Math individual as you can be.</p>
<p>I've taken the hardest courses available at my school, which by the way is very urban and inner city-like. We are considered by Johns Hopkins to be a drop out factory, which pretty much says it all. Because of this, I haven't had the best academic leadership in terms of counselors or teachers.</p>
<p>ACT: 26
*** Didn't study and will retake it; expecting at least a 28.</p>
<p>Will take the SAT Subject Tests in US History, World History, and Lit.</p>
<p>APs:
10th
AP US History (5)</p>
<p>11th
AP Biology
AP American Gov.
AP Spanish (Self-study)
AP Psychology (Self-study)</p>
<p>12th
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
AP English
AP European History</p>
<p>ECs:
Editor-in-Chief of high school newspaper
Academic Decathlon
Student Council
Excellers (In the process of organizing a large event for diversity in our school.)
- President
County Youth Commission
-Secretary
- Co-Chair of the Community Service Committee
- Chair of the Government Education Committee
NHS
- Vice President
4-H Peer Mentoring Program
*** Right now, I'm in the process of starting a peer education workshop program for middle schoolers and high schoolers with Michigan's 4-H.
*** Working in conjunction with my local county's youth commission, I will be the creator and Editor of a newsletter for local youth.</p>
<p>Possible Major & Minor:</p>
<p>Sociology, with a Minor in Women's Studies</p>
<p>Other:</p>
<p>History</p>
<p>Passion: </p>
<p>I want to combine journalism and editing with women's issues and health. Both of these passions were inspired by my parent's and events they went through in Cuba, which will make for an interesting essay and interview conversation.</p>
<p>Community Service
221+ volunteer hours</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Volunteer at a local library
(May 2006 - December 2006)</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer at Children's Science Museum</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Work Experience:
Library Page at a local library; 10 hours/week.</p>
<p>Awards:
Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution Student Fellow
- I was the only student selected from Michigan to go to this convention for high school journalists in Philadelphia. The entire trip was covered, so it wasn't one of those run-of-the-mill youth programs you get in the mail.
Honor Roll
Ventures Scholar
Sophomore of the Year (School Award)
Academic Decathlon 3rd place in Speech
Academic Decathlon 3rd place in Interview
Academic Decathlon Highest Team Scorer</p>
<p>Well... chance away!</p>