<p>...so chance me.</p>
<p>white female from California
attends public high school ranked #4 in state by API score, however, not many APs and honors classes are offered bc it's a fairly small school</p>
<p>GPA: 3.98/4.13
SAT: 2290 (800 M, 760 CR, 730 W)
SAT II: Math IIC 750, Chemistry 710, Spanish scores not back yet
APs: Calc AB 5, US History 5, now taking Spanish Lang, English Lit and Biology
National Merit Commendation
school does not rank</p>
<p>School Clubs, etc:
Gay Straight Alliance 9th-12th (co-prez 12th)
Key Club 10th-11th
A Cappella Chorus, 9th
Dance Concert, 9th-10th</p>
<p>Community Service:
Outreach dance performances for elementary schools, 9th-12th
Alameda Country Food Bank, 11th</p>
<p>no work experience</p>
<p>ECs:
intensive training in ballet and modern dance at top level of well-respected pre-professional dance school (Berkeley Ballet Theater), 20+ hrs/week of class and rehearsal during school year, performs in 16+ shows per year, many leading roles performed (if you want to see my dance resume, ask), 9th-12th</p>
<p>performed with non-profit youth directed & run dance company (En Pointe Youth Dance Company) which donates 10% of annual revenue from ticket sales to an orphanage in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and gave a free performance there, 9th-11th</p>
<p>accepted by audition to prestigious ballet summer programs like Houston Ballet, attended Kaatsbaan Extreme Ballet 11th, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet 10th, and Boston Ballet 9th</p>
<p>plan to audition for professional ballet companies Spring 2008, if I get a contract, I will defer a year or two from college to dance professionally</p>
<p>what do you think for:
Barnard
Cornell CHE
Indiana (for the dance program)
Pomona
Smith
UC Berkeley
Wash U (College of Architecture)
(Juilliard also but grades don't matter whatsoever to them, only talent, experience and essays)</p>