School Applying to: School of Foreign Service
EA or RD: EA
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2240 - 710 CR, 730 M, 800 W (Took four times)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: Math 2 - 720 (Embarrassing!), US History - 760, French - 620 (Also embarrassing, haha)
Weighted GPA: 6.98/7.83 (4.00/4.33 UW)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 18/310
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stat (5), Lang and Comp (5), Micro (4), Physics 1 (4), US History (5); Senior AP Classes - BC Calc, Physics C, French, Lit, and Gov
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Orchestra, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP French, AP Lit, AP Gov, and Honors Chinese
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Smith College Book Award, competitive scholarship award from my school to study abroad in a francophone country, Student of the Month in my town, Commended National Merit Scholar, AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, wildlife leadership ambassador in my county, studied abroad in France for four weeks, Model UN, school newspaper (editor), Eco-Adventure Club (service project coordinator), Gay-Straight Alliance, Ski and Snowboard Club, school literary magazine, Optimist Club, Student Council (representative), History Honor Society (VP), Math Honor Society, World Language Honor Society (VP), cultural/language immersion trip in China for two weeks, play the violin, leading and participating in various leadership retreats
Job/Work Experience: Bus girl at a restaurant
Volunteer/Community service: ~50 hours, also with NHS and from being a wildlife leadership ambassador
Summer Activities: Two weeks in China between sophomore and junior year, four weeks studying abroad in France between junior and senior year, Global Leadership Conference at Penn, Wildlife Leadership Academy between freshman and sophomore year (very competitive - only ~12 students from my entire state)
Essays: Exceptional; wrote one essay about overcoming my hearing disability and related confidence issues by discovering my love for language and subsequently studying abroad in one essay, another about finding a new way to experience the world through Eco Adventure Club (hiking and camping sort of club), and my SFS essay was pretty good, too - focused on a specific aspect of China’s foreign policy
Teacher Recommendations: Both pretty good, one is probably better than the other - about 7-8/10 and 9-10/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: 8/10; had a lot in common, discussed our common experiences in Asia and studying abroad and related foreign policy issues
Other
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Comparative Studies (Between Western Europe and Asia)
State: Pennsylvania
School Type: Competitive, recognized public school of about 1,300 student; one of the best in the state
Ethnicity: Mixed race - white and Asian (Filipino)
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college student on my dad’s side, mother is an immigrant, multicultural background (maybe? It might also hurt me; I don’t know if I count as a minority), hearing disability, language/study abroad experiences