Hello, I am planning on applying RD. Grinnell is one of my top schools, however, I have never been able to visit.
Female, Mixed Race, Washington State
Public High School
ACT: 33 composite
GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.3 W
senior courses
AP Comparative Gov
AP Physics
AP calculus
AP American Gov
AP Latin
School Newspaper/journalism
philosophy and literature
AP scores
US history (5)
English lang and comp (5)
Human Geography (5)
ECs
-Arabic classes (outside of school) for three years
-Studied college-level Arabic in Morocco via scholarship (study abroad/Homestay)
-President and Founder of Arabic Honors Society at my language school
-Cellist (youth symphony & private lessons)
-School Newspaper (writer, section editor, graphics artist, now Publications Director)
-Art-Tour guide of city art museum for elementary-high school students (design my original tour and present it)
-Leadership team member at my language school (run bimonthly global leadership workshops and incorporate language and study abroad into it)
-presented a workshop on global vaccine availability at an international conference
-book club, junior classical league (latin club)
-full-time babysitting in summer (40hr/week)
Misc
National latin exam medals
AP scholar
Nominated for NSLI-Y (government funded) study abroad for Arabic