All my stats are below and I am not quite sure what schools to apply to, I am thinking about GW or BU. What other college whether it be safeties, targets or reaches do you think I should apply to.
White female
Intended major: Political Science
W GPA: 3.74
ACT: 32 (retaking it in September)
SAT II: Took in June, haven’t gotten scores (took US history, World history, and Bio E)
AP (place score in parenthesis): Took APUS History (5), APES (4) , AP Psych, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics,
Classes Taken
Freshman Year
- English 9 Enriched
- World Hist/Cult Enriched
- Algebra I
- Biology Enriched
- Mandarin I
- Business Law
- International Business
Sophomore Year - English 10 Enriched
- U.S. History I Honors
- Sociology
- Geometry
- Chemistry Enriched
- Mandarin Chinese III (teacher thought I showed enough talent to skip a level)
- Accounting I Honors
Junior Year - English 11 Honors
- AP Psychology
- AP U.S. History
- AP Economics
- Algebra II Enriched
- AP Environmental Science
- Mandarin Chinese IV Honors
Senior Year (this is what I will be taking next year) - Pre-Calculus
- AP American Government & Politics
- AP Human Geography
- Computer Science
- English 12 Honors
- Mandarin Chinese V Honors
- AP European History
Extracurriculars In school (Been a member of all clubs since freshman year):
- Speech and Debate Team. My events were Congressional Debate, World School Debate and Extemp. I was the
Congressional Debate captain (2016-2017), and Vice President (2017-2018). I am ranked number one in the state for
Congressional Debate. I have qualified and attended the Tournament of Champions and the National Tournament in
Birmingham. I have major breaks at national tournaments like the Yale Invitational and the Princeton Classic. - International Concerns Club (it is linked to Amnesty International). I am fundraising director and treasurer of the club
(2016-2018). I host bake sales every month and typically earn over $100. I also host round table discussions. Hosting a walk a mile in there shoes event to simulate a refugee camp. - Girl Up. Girl Up raises money for the United Nations for Girls all over the world. I am the Public Relations officer, but also
act as fundraising director. I have held multiple fundraisers like a self defense fundraiser, international culture night on the
nations Girl Up effects, and a drive at our school that collects pads, tampons, and other stuff for women at a local
battered woman shelter.
Extracurriculars out of school:
- Intern for local Democrats office and helping to campaign for the governors election in the fall.
- Play piano ( 5 years)
- Volunteer at a local elderly home and play piano there.
- Volunteered at a orphanage
- Volunteer annually at a 5k in memory of a friend of mine that was killed
- Baby Sitter
- Camp Counselor at a debate camp
Summer Activities
- NSLI-Y (State Dept Scholarship that allowed me to go to China to study Mandarin last summer), also had a blog to
document the program - AMP Global Youth (program in D.C. where you have policy seminar some days and have meetings with different NGOs and Institutes.)
- JHU CTY