<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). Do I need to take the ACT?
SAT IIs: US History (780), Math II (740), French (660, will retake with listening)
PSAT: 70M, 77V, 80W (227 combined). National Merit commended/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: (advanced and electives)
Freshman year: Honors Integrated III Math, Honors English, Dance, Orchestra, French II (plus mandatory Biology and History/Civics classes, none of which are offered as honors)
Sophomore Year: Honors Advanced PreCalculus, Honors English, Orchestra, Honors French IV, Honors Chemistry (plus mandatory History which isn't offered as honors)
Junior Year: AP Environmental Science, Honors Calculus, Honors Physics, AP US History, AP French, Honors English (and orchestra audit)
Senior Year: AP Statistics, Honors Organic Chemistry, AP English, History Electives (International Relations and a research-based class), AP European History, Independent (Small group) study Post-AP French (and orchestra audit)
Also: My junior year calc was run through the University of Pittsburgh (I got a 98%, so I have an official transcript with a grade for Calc I). I'm taking Arabic I there at night this semester.</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>