Hi everyone! I’m a rising senior and Columbia is one of the schools I have on my list (besides Princeton, hence my username). Chance me?
Stats:
SAT: 2100; 710 Critical Reading, 680 Mathematics, 710 Writing
ACT: 32; 31 English, 33 Math, 33 Reading, 29 Science (idk my essay score yet)
SAT IIs: Will be taking Math II, Chem, U.S. History in October
PSAT: 196
GPA: 3.99 UW, 4.72 W (our school unweight out of 4.0 and weighted out of 5.0. though we have a lot of unweighted reqs)
Class Rank: top 2% of high school class
Ethnicity: African American (more specifically, first generation Somali)
Sophomore Year course load:
AP Chem (Score: 4)
AP Calc AB (Score: 5)
AP Calc BC (Score: 5)
AP European History (Score: 4)
AP Political Science (Score: 5)
English Honors
Biology Honors
Junior Year course load (IB Diploma Candidate):
IB Higher Level Mathematics
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Higher Level Biology
IB Higher Level English
IB Higher Level History of the Americas
IB Higher Level Spanish
IB Standard Level Computer Science
AP English Literature (self study)
AP Comparative Government (self study)
Senior Year course load (IB Diploma Candidate):
IB Higher Level Mathematics
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Higher Level Biology
IB Higher Level English
IB Higher Level History of the Americas
IB Higher Level Spanish
IB Standard Level Economics
AP English Language and Comp (online class)
AP Macroeconomics (credit alongside IB class)
AP Microeconomics (credit alongside IB class)
Extracurriculars:
County Academic Team (3 year member + 1 year as a captain) – school won 1st place during my sophomore year
It’s Academic Team (3 year member + 1 year as a captain) --T.V. competition and my school ranked 3rd in tournament
Science Academic Team (3 year member + 1 year as captain)
Model United Nations (3 year member, will be secretary of school club next year)
Envirothon (captain of varsity team since sophomore year)
National History Day (4 time country winner, advanced to states every time) - each time did documentary
Econ Challenge (team won 1st place past 2 years)
Honor Societies:
National Honor Society
National Mathematics Honor Society (Vice President)
National Science Honor Society
Sociedad Honaria Hispanica
National English Honor Society (Vice President)
National Social Studies Honor Society (Treasurer)
Sports:
Junior Varsity Track and Field (2 years)
Varsity Track and Field (for senior year)
Varsity Cross Country (for senior year)
Unified Track and Field (volunteer and participant) (1 year)
Summer Programs/Internships:
Civics and Law Academy
Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation
National Institutes of Health Summer Intern at Shady Grove Branch (Dry Lab)
Work experience:
Student Writer for local newspaper (2 years)
Kumon instructor (upcoming summer)
Volunteering:
Shady Grove Hospital (starting Sept 2015)
Al Huda Center (100+ hours as a student instructor)
CAS Hours (150 hours, for IB diploma requirement)
Youth Leadership Council (~50 hours)
Awards:
AP Scholar with Honors (received during Sophomore year)
African American Award of Academic Excellence (received every year since freshman year)
Writing Expressions Martin Luther King Jr. Essay/Poetry Contest (won state-wide essay contest in MD)
Recommendations:
Two extremely well written recs from teachers I have known for 3 years:
1 was my AP Euro, AP PoliSci and AP CompGov (independent study) teacher and mentor
1 was my Theory of Knowledge teacher and Academic/It’s Academic Coach since my freshman year
Hooks: daughter of refugee parents from Somalia??? idk haha.