<p>Hello, this is my first time posting after months of reading other forums....</p>
<p>Sophomore at a small school in rural VT,</p>
<p>90 gpa in 9th grade, 1 B in math and a B in art</p>
<p>92.59 gpa thus far (end of 1st semester) </p>
<p>School only offered 3 AP classes and plan to take 2/3 of them (taking a slower algebra, so I can't take AP calc in time for graduation)</p>
<p>Taking all the honors classes offered except algebra 2 honors
Intended major: Animal Science</p>
<p>Volunteer work: (shows determination and focus) </p>
<p>Global impact apprenticeship: co captain freshman year. Worked with several schools overseas to improve water quality, wildlife and other things, all while documenting and presenting a video to broadcast with te other schools participating. This got lots of press, was in the news paper just about every month in my town, and when I search my name, half the results are from the GIA program</p>
<p>Ambassadors and SADD group member. </p>
<p>Ran XC fresh year an sophomore. </p>
<p>Shadowed/assisted a horse vet over the summer: ~30 hrs</p>
<p>Worked on a dairy farm feeding calves twice a week : ~ 20 hrs</p>
<p>Green Mt Horse Association jumping crew, vet assistant/scribe and other various jobs: ~15 hrs </p>
<p>Shadowing/ assisting various vets every Saturday morning 9-12: 15 hrs </p>
<p>Strong essay writing skills. </p>
<p>Aunt is a Skidmore and Harvard alum, (an editor) so I have someone very credible to edit my essays.</p>
<p>Attended a Cornell Sports School running camp for a week ( not sure if that helps) and had a blast. Very familiar with campus, hours of research etc</p>
<p>Mom is a special Ed teacher, don't have a dad. Also, I'm adopte from Moldova and have dual citizenship.</p>
<p>I plan to continue all of my extracurricular activities except for GIA (that was a one time opportunity) </p>
<p>Any feedback will be greatly appreciated, thanks!</p>