<p>Upcoming senior
excellent catholic high school
am biracial(african american and caucasian) female from a low income family with a very unique family situation(disabled brother, no contact with my father, single parent household)
Lackluster Freshman year
3.608 overall unweighted GPA. (freshman- 3.192, soph- 3.733 junior- 3.911 so upward trend)
Principal's Honor Roll 10-11 grades
In the top quarter of my class. My school is very competitive and out of 342 students, the first 20 have 4.0s.
Frosh year- 1 honors course
Soph- none
Junior Year- 3 honors plus one AP(US History-5)
Senior Year- 4 APs(Spanish Lang/Govt./Chemistry/Calc BC)
Will study for two on my own.(music theory and AP english lit)</p>
<p>Test Scores
1920 SAT(stressful day, did not perform to my potential. it should go up at least 200 pts)
SAT IIs US history- 720 Literature- 710
ACT- 32 Comp.(32E/32M/33R/31S w/ an 11 on the essay and 32 on the essay plus english section.) </p>
<p>Extracurriculars(very dedicated to everything listed. my essay will be about how performing has affected my life)
Mixed Chorus (9-12 grades)
Chamber Singers (10-12)
Hand Bell Chorus (10-12)
Spring Musical (11-12)
American Conservatory Theater Acting Classes (10-12)
Voice Lessons- (10-12)
Guitar Lessons- (9-10) (but took guitar for 6 years before high school so overall 8 years of guitar)
Insignis Retreat Leader(12)
Freshmen Mentor(12)
(We are only allowed to last two activities during senior senior year.) </p>
<p>Volunteer Work
Pine Lake Day Camp(run by park and rec. did it for three years. for two years i did 40 hours a week for 10 weeks and one year i did 40 hours a week for 5 weeks)
United Cerebral Palsy Swim Program- (i helped children with disabilities in hydrotherapy sessions twice a week for 2.5 years. I was the only teenage volunteer and I only stopped because the pool broke and the program could not continue.)
San Francisco Childrens Chorus(last year I worked with the children at the community music center twice a week for most of the year. My voice teacher ran the program and she needed help. But because of transportation issues I can't do it this year.)
This year I plan to also have a part time job and participate in another musical theater program. I babysit at least 3 times a week. </p>
<p>My recs and Essay will be very strong</p>
<p>I am looking at schools that either have good acting or music programs or have a strong liberal arts foundation so I can go on to get my MFA in acting or an equivalent degree in vocal performance.
List so far- Boston University(I would apply to their acting program), Vassar, Brown, Harvard(My mum's idea. Her family was very involved with the school and she likes the prestige. I would not go there even if I got in. lol), Oberlin(college and conservatory), NYU(Tisch School of the Arts), U of Redlands, USF(close to home) Yale, and Wesleyan.</p>
<p>If you guys have any advice or any information about my chances at these schools, I would very much appreciate it.</p>