<p>So now that regular decisions are done, it's crunch time for seniors, myself included. Am I a strong applicant? </p>
<p>Applying to:</p>
<p>Yale EA (If accepted, I won't apply anywhere else.)
Princeton
Harvard
U of Penn
Columbia
Brown
Cornell
U of Chicago
Northwestern
U of M
Johns Hopkins
Georgetown
Boston College
Vassar</p>
<p>Location: Michigan
Ethnicity: Hispanic immigrant
Sex: Female
First generation college student, low income.</p>
<p>GPA (W): 4.06 (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. The highest colleges will see my GPA will be a 4.08.)
Rank: 1/442</p>
<p>I've taken the hardest courses available at my school, which by the way is very urban and inner city. We are considered by Johns Hopkins to be a "drop out factory," which pretty much says it all. </p>
<p>ACT: 26 (Retook it in June and expect a 28 or 29.)</p>
<p>SAT IIs:</p>
<p>U.S. History (Took it in June and expect a 780-790, maybe even an 800.)</p>
<p>Will take the SAT Subject Tests in Biology and Lit. in Oct.</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>
<ul>
<li><p>I'm certain I received 5's in all except Bio.</p></li>
<li><p>Expect AP Scholar with Honor by the time I apply in the fall.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>12th
AP Environmental Science
AP Statistics
AP English
AP European History
AP World History (Self-study)
AP Art History (Self-study)
AP Comp Gov. (Self-study)</p>
<p>ECs:
*Editor-in-Chief of high school newspaper
- Accepted and attending a summer program at Michigan State University for high school journalists in Michigan; will take an InDesign class.
*Academic Decathlon
*Excellers (President)
- Chief Coordinator or a school-wide International Day that showcased diversity and cultures. The club itself is devoted to diversity and community service.
*County Youth Commission (Secretary, most likely President next year.)
- Co-Chair of the Community Service Committee
- Chair of the Government Education Committee
- Paid Summer Intern at Civic Academy where I will introduce prospective members of the youth commission to youth enfranchisement and leadership.
*NHS (Vice President)
*4-H Peer Mentoring Program
- Created a peer education workshop program for middle schoolers and high schoolers with Michigan's 4-H on college preparation.
*"Girls to Women" Conference
- Created, and in the process of organizing, a conference on issues young girls have to combat as they reach womanhood; working with local and state leaders and heads of women organizations and movements.
*Young Women's Commission
- In the process of working with my county's Women's Comm. to organize and implement a commission which will appoint young women from my county to lobby, organize, and discuss matters and events relating to young women.
*Internship with a Michigan State Senator this summer.</p>
<p>Possible Majors & Minors:</p>
<p>Sociology
Psychology
Women's Studies
Directed Studies at Yale(?)</p>
<p>Community Service
221+ volunteer hours</p>
<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. I was featured in newspapers around the country due to this.
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>