<p>Gender: Female
Year: Graduating HS 2009, applying for the class of 2013
High School: Nationally ranked and academically rigorous public school.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8 on a 4.0 scale. Weighted- 4.9. Core- 4.2
Rank: 15 of 520</p>
<p>Courseload:
Note- I did two years of foreign language for HS credit in middle school. I had intended on continuing but due to elective requirements, I had to choose between language and taking Debate, a requirement for being on the debate team.</p>
<p>Freshman year (does this even matter?): World Culture Geography Honors, Debate I Honors, English I Honors, Algebra I Honors, Biology I Honors, P.E. (required), Health/Computers (required)</p>
<p>Sophomore Year: English II Honors, Geometry Honors, Chemistry I Honors, World History Honors, AP Psychology, Journalism I, Debate II Honors</p>
<p>Junior Year: AP English Language, AP United States History, Algebra II Honors, Physics I Honors, AP Comparative Government, Debate III Honors, Journalism II Honors (yearbook)</p>
<p>Senior Year: AP American Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Environmental Science, AP English Literature, Probability and Statistics Honors, Debate IV Honors, Journalism III Honors (yearbook).</p>
<p>Scores:
SATs (retaking again in October): Verbal- 670, Math- 560, Writing- 670
ACT: 27, but definitely retaking ASAP.
Subject Tests: Lit- 660, US History- 660 (retaking both and possibly adding physics)</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Psychology- 5
US History- 4
English Lang- 4
Comparative Government- 4</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Debate team: all four years, NFL member, Varsity mentor to Novii, as well as a mentor to the Novii in my event.
Yearbook: section editor, head copy editor, in charge of training staff writers, and (hopefully) will help start a Quill and Scroll chapter at my school this year.
National English Honor Society: Founding member, English tutor, member of the publicity committee, and hopefully a leadership position this coming year.
A school-specific service club: Big sister</p>
<p>Volunteer work: this could use work, but I've been a Junior coordinator for an academic incentive program at my former elementary school and have helped organize activities for the kids there. Also, I have recently become very active with the Democratic national party and the presidential campaign.</p>
<p>Other random things:
- This summer, I did a program at Barnard College.
- Last summer, I was a People to People Student Ambassador in Australia
- Who's Who (which is kind of a sham, I hear, but whatever).
- Will surely have sterling recommendations.
- Will surely have a sterling essay.</p>
<p>Chances for:
Barnard (maybe Early Decision, if I'm happy enough with my test scores)
Tufts
NYU
Boston U
Brandeis
Fordham
Franklin and Marshall
Oberlin
Sarah Lawrence</p>
<p>also, if anyone could suggest some safety schools for me, it would be greatly appreciated. I know I have too many reach schools and not enough safeties...finding safeties I like has been such a challenge for me so any help is welcome :)</p>