<p>Hey everyone, I'm an incoming senior looking to major in theatre or musical theatre. However, I'm mostly applying for the BA programs, meaning I'll get in based on my grades and stats as opposed to an audition. My numbers: 2090 on the SAT after taking it once (I'm planning on taking it again with an expected/hoped 60 point increase), my unweighted GPA is 3.91; weighted is 4.15. I've taken three AP courses to date, self studied for an AP test, and I have three more APs coming up on my senior schedule.
AP's:
Bio: 5
Lang: 4
USH: 4
Psych (self studied): 5</p>
<p>My senior schedule: AP Lit, AP Calc, Honors Econ/AP Gov, School services, Anthropology at a community college, and Theater Workshop.
Awards
I'm a national merit commended student. I was a part of CSF in ninth grade. I'm an AP scholar with honors.
EC's
I've competed five times in an acting festival. I've been a thespian for three years, and I am the upcoming year's new Thespian President. I am on my school's speech and debate team, having earned membership to the National Forensics League this past year. This year I was a state qualifying finalist in an original event. I'm on next years cabinet as fundraising commissioner. This will be my third year on my school's varsity soccer team, and I will be one of the captains. I have coached GU7 soccer team at AYSO three years in a row for community service (and, of course, the experience . I tutor grades K-8 in math and writing. And my biggest extra curricular activity is my youth group. I am part of a Jewish youth group which works as follows. It's an international order, that is split up into various regions across the world. I am a part of a region that takes up most of Southern California. We have about 400 people in the region I am a part of. Every region has sub groups comprised of either all girls, all boys, or both. There is a board (essentially a cabinet) for the Region, as well as for each individual subgroup. I am the President of my girl subgroup, which is comprised of about 20 girls, and I am on the Regional Board as well as Treasurer/Fundraising commissioner. I didn't mean to drone about the way it works, I just wanted to make sure the magnitude was communicated.
There are a couple more little things here and there, but those mentioned are the ones that I spent significant amounts of energy and passion on.
Miscellaneous: English was not my first language, and I will be a first generation college student. My school has the highest API score in the district. My ranking is in the top 10th percentile. 19 out of 219.
On to the schools!</p>
<p>American University
Boston College
Chapman University
Kenyon College
Middlebury College
Muhlenberg College
Northwestern University
NYU*
Tufts University
UCLA*
University of Miami
University of Michigan*
University of Southern California
Vassar College
Whitman College
Yale University (my BIG reach)</p>
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<li>denotes under consideration because of the audition requirement/BFA program. </li>
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<p>I'm extremely passionate about theatre. If all goes well, my plan is to get my BA degree along with a teaching credential, act in New York and LA (my hometown), then settle down and teach (and perhaps write scripts), and finally open a theatre camp. That's my dream. One of my college essays is devoted to a beautiful epiphany I had at the culmination of my acting journey. (Not all rainbows and sunshine). So I guess what I'm asking is, do you think my 'resume' qualifies me as a strong applicant in the colleges I listed? Are there any colleges on that list that I should remove because they don't juxtapose well with my ambitions, ex. not offering a double major/teaching credential along with an Acting/Musical Theatre BA? Any new colleges I should know about? Your help would be so greatly appreciated. If you've actually taken the time to read all of this, I heartily THANK YOU!</p>