<p>I was wondering if you could chance me at Quinnipiac.
Here are some stats, sorry if they're a bit long!</p>
<p>I'm a female Senior ('08).</p>
<p>Location: CA, USA
School type: v. competitive public in the Bay Area.</p>
<p>SAT I: CR: 800, M: 760, W: 800 - 2360
SAT II: Math IIC: 720, Bio (M) 750, US History 790
Courses: Hardest courseload; self studied 1 AP Soph year & am going to self-study 1 more this year.</p>
<p>Rank/GPA: School doesn't rank, but top 10%; UW ~3.89. 4.0 (UW) junior year, so a bit of a rising trend, though I'm expecting a B in physics this year.
Courses for senior year:
-> Wind Ensemble
-> AP Economics
-> AP Physics C
-> AP AB Calculus
-> AP German
-> AP English Lit
-> Robotics Team
-> Jazz Ensemble</p>
<p>APs:
Soph - US Government, 4 (self-study); German, 5 (non-native speaker; it was my sophomore year, and 2nd year of German)
Junior - Biology, 5, US History, 5
(AP Scholar w/ Honours)
Senior - Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Physics C: Electricity & Magnetism, Physics C: Mechanics, AB Calculus, English Language, Comparative Government (self-study)</p>
<p>Essays: Should be good; writing is one of my strengths and the English department is great with reading over essays, etc.</p>
<p>Recs:
Teachers - one is a "best student I've ever had" rec, and the other should be pretty darn good too
Counselor - very good
Supplemental - v. good; i've got one from my work</p>
<p>ECs:
*Political:
- JSA (Secretary 11, first year of chapter. should be some kind of officer 12 as well)
- MUN (10-12)
- Senior Editor of the Partisan Review (school political journal) (12), Associate Editor (11)
- Poli. Sci internship at Stanford (12)</p>
<p>*Musical:
- Big Band Jazz Ensemble (Lead trumpet, 11, 12)...we went to the Monterey Jazz festival 11
- Ensemble Club (VP 9-11, should be 12 as well)
- Saxophone quartet (manager/tenor sax; since 8th grade), CMEA Solo& Ensemble CP/Superior (9)
- Pep/Rally Band (12)
- Brass Quintet (on and off; seriously 12)
- El Camino Youth Symphony's Wind orchestra: tenor sax 10-12
- El Camino Youth Symphony's Senior Symphony: trumpet 12
- Trumpet (7 years); CMEA festival band (11), auditioning for State & County (12)
- Saxophone (4 years); All-NorCal Honor band (11), auditioning for State (12)</p>
<p>*German:
- German Club (President 11 & hopefully 12)
- AATG National German Exam (Level III 10, 96th %ile, Level IV, 99th %ile 11)
- AATG win-a-trip-to-germany thing got to interview round (10), gave up chance to win (a girl from my school won; in all honesty my German > hers) as a Junior in order to work over the summer
- Eva Cohen award for German (10)
- German Honour Society (10-12)
- Representing the USA in the International German Olympiad (12) as one of the top 3 non-native speaker German students in the United States
*Athletic:
- Track & Field (JV 9-10, V 11-12)</p>
<p>*Work/Community Service:
- Work at the local Junior Museum & Zoo teaching science classes/summer camps to kids, including one currently to build a giant trebuchet (14' throwing arm. it's AWESOME). For summer: Counselor (summer before 11), Assistant Director (summer before 12): this position is usually reserved for college students. I'm going to get a rec from my boss here, which should be great.
- Assistant teaching science classes at the JM&Z (11), teaching my own classes (12)
- Community service: >100 hours (probably approaching 200) from working at CMEA band festivals & CITing for my camps (8-10).
- unique experienceish: I work at my local Junior Museum, and I'm teaching a class to build a large trebuchet (14' throwing arm) with about 7 kids.</p>
<p>*Misc:
- NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing winner (11/12)
- 3rd place local story contest (9).
- Dep't awards in Science (10), Social Studies (10), & Foreign Language (German 9).
- Robotics team (12), which generally goes to FIRST Nationals.
- National Merit Semifinalist
And perhaps a few small things I've forgotten.</p>
<p>I'd like to major in International Relations/Political Science/Int'l Studies.</p>
<p>What d'you think of my chances at Q?</p>