<p>THE STATS:
white female, wealthy suburban Pennsylvania (no extra help there)</p>
<p>GPA:3.8-3.9 (an upward trend...I missed about half of freshman year with a very serious illness and ended up with two C's second semester in honors classes. All of this will be explained on my app. I got all A's both semesters junior year.)
QPA: 4.6-4.7
SAT I: 740M, 760V; 690M, 750V, 720W (10 essay)
SAT IIs: US History (780), Math II (740), French (660, will retake with listening)
PSAT: 70M, 77V, 80W (227 combined). National Merit semifinalist.
AP tests: US History (5), Environmental Science (5)
Rank: not calculated, estimated top 10% at a very competitive (one of the best in the state) public school</p>
<p>Classes: Six APs (everything else honors when offered), six years of French, four math (junior year calculus), five (one year double science) science (bio, chem, environmental science, physics, organic chem), five history, four English (including AP Lit.), four orchestra (two audit), Arabic I at University of Pittsburgh. Most demanding courseload possible.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: figure skating (13 years, high test/competition level, about a 15-25 hour/week commitment), flute (9 years), orchestra (principal, chamber orchestra member, played at Carnegie Hall), musical (pit, every year of high school), political discussion group co-founder and president (since 10th grade), Model UN (since 10th grade, national awards -- WAMUNC, COWAC, JHUMUNC), a couple academic based summer programs ("nerd camp," writing workshop, world affairs discussion/guest speaker program, 2-week homestay in France, etc.), NHS</p>
<p>Community Service: tutoring, skating competition aid/preformances/coaching, musical preformances, environmental litigation summer internship, Children's Hospital (it will be about 250 hours when I graduate)</p>