<p>So, with less than three weeks left until the ED deadline, I thought I'd freak everyone out a little more...</p>
<p>I'm aware that these "chance" threads guarantee next to nothing, but it'd be refreshing to get some outside perspective on if I've completely lost my mind.</p>
<p>Race/Ethnicity: Asian (Chinese) female
School: Large public high school in Texas, part of a math and science magnet program
Class Rank: 12/625 (-___-)
GPA (UW): 4.0
GPA (W): 5.09/5+
Senior year courses: Anatomy & Physiology Honors, Organic Chemistry Honors, AP English IV, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics/US Government
SAT: 2390 (790 CR + 800 M + 800 W)
SAT Subjects: Literature - 790, Math II - 790, Chemistry - 790, World History - 800
ACT: Nope...
AP Exams: World History - 5, European History - 5, Chemistry - 4, US History - 5, Calculus AB - 5, English Language - 5, Statistics - 4 (my teacher had no clue what he was doing, though, so it wasn't a huge shock)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars/Activities (just the most important ones):</p>
<ol>
<li>A <em>tooooon</em> of reading/editing for various literary magazines that are internationally known. My additional recommendation is from one of the editors.</li>
<li>Science Bowl Club - Secretary junior year; Vice-President senior year</li>
<li>Freelance journalist for an international figure skating news source. I'm the chief source on North American skating.</li>
<li>Run my own figure skating blog with an international audience of hundreds</li>
<li>Junior Volunteer at local hospital, 150+ hours</li>
<li>Piano since I was five, some state awards to be mentioned below</li>
<li>Math/Essay tutor in and out of school</li>
<li>Participate annually in a school can drive, leading student groups to collect nonperishables and money, managed to raise $10k+ each year</li>
<li>Creative Writing Summer Programs: Iowa Young Writers' Studio (pretty much the RSI of creative writing; the admissions officers should know what it is); Bard College Young Writers' Workshop (smaller program but still internationally competitive)</li>
<li>Did summer internship/research at UT-HSC, part of the Texas Medical Center</li>
</ol>
<p>Awards:
1. Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key and Honorable Mention (interstate awards; Gold Key put me in national judging pool)
2. Had fiction published in internationally recognized literary magazine (7% acceptance rate)
3. Will be published in research paper (forthcoming 2014)
4. National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar with Distinction, honor roll, all that jazz...
5. State-level piano recognition
6. Accepted to competitive writing conference, but ultimately couldn't attend...:(
7. Some smaller regional/city-wide things that would take too long to write out
8. The YoungArts competition for creative writing (oh God...) -- the deadline for submissions is the 18th, and winning <em>anything</em> is a pretty big deal (think Siemens/Intel STS, but for fine arts). I won't be notified of my standing until Thanksgiving, but I'm listing it on my application as "Applied, waiting for notification." Maybe the Cornell officers will be impressed by my gumption...? Lol.</p>
<p>Essays:
Common App -- I won't go into detail, but the teachers who have read it have said it's "pretty amazing." I'm fairly certain that it'll stand out.
CAS Supplement -- Not much creativity went into it...just talked about my love for writing (mostly) and some other academic things.</p>
<p>Recommendations:
One from English teacher should be stellar; one from math teacher should be pretty good. I'm also getting one from the editor of one of the lit mags I work for, and she knows me pretty well.</p>
<p>So...what do you guys think...?</p>