<p>HI. My name is Amy. I'm a sophomore in a nationally ranked public high school. I'd like to go to college.</p>
<p>Um... ok. Where to start. Well, I want to go to a liberal arts college and major in creative writing. I love writing. Like, I adore it. It's what I was born to do. In kindergarten I started writing "books" (aka two page long stories about Rugrats) and I've never stopped. I want the absolute best education possible so I can be the best I can be. </p>
<p>...And then those goddamn numbers come in.</p>
<p>My freshman GPA was 3.2. I know. I got picked on pretty, um, horrible in middle school, so my freshman self was horrendously depressed and emo and torn between wanting to do well and wanting to blow off school. I went to, erm, one Model UN conference, and that's it. I didn't like EC's. I was too self-pitying and insecure and considered them inherently evil.</p>
<p>Since then, EC's have improved somewhat, but not really. The only thing that I've really joined is my school's literary magazine. I'm really, really involved in it, and by next year should be an editor. I really do enjoy it. A lot. GPA-wise, I'm doing a bit better, but quite frankly I'm just not an A student. I'm not sure what it'll be by the end of the year; I'd guess around 3.5-ish? I should have some A's. Right now I'm in two honors classes, French and world history, and next year I plan on taking two AP's along with another language (Latin) and sociology. Senior year, I'll take more AP's. A bunch. I'm not sure which ones, but you know. It'll work itself out. I'll also continue with honors classes until I graduate.</p>
<p>EC's-wise, I want to get involved. I'm going to join SOS, interact club, and, erm, other things. Maybe I'll write for the school newspaper occassionally? Oh, and I'll continue with MUN and the literary club. I'll find more things to do.</p>
<p>I'm also going to enter a bunch of things in writing contests. I'm pretty good, or so I've heard. (On one particularly fun day, my English teacher read my introduction to an essay to the whole class and raved about it the entire time. The entire class wound up learning how to write an introduction from me. That was fun.) Um.... god, there must be more. This summer, I'm going to do things. Not sure what. Volunteer stuff. I do really enjoy volunteering. OH. I play guitar. And plan on learning piano (self-taught). </p>
<p>I'm going to apply for a writing scholarship. I should do well. As I said before, I seem to have a knack for this whole writing thing. I like taking pictures, too, so I'd be willing to submit some of those. </p>
<p>I can think of a couple of really, really good recommendations that I'd get thus far, and I should be able to whoo more teachers before I graduate. I also plan on doing an internship.... somewhere. I want to do something that maybe involves, erm, teaching kids to read? I should ALSO do well on SAT/ACT. I'm not the greatest test-taker, but they're testing on things I'm good at and I'll study until I, well, die.</p>
<p>So far, I've looked at Bard and Kenyon. I want a small liberal arts school with a nature-ish setting. Any ideas? And am I on a good track to get into these two (especially Kenyon). This all sounds good when I write it down, but I really just can't compete with some of the people who apply. I want to learn, I really go, I just don't have numbers and EC's on my side.</p>
<p>(Oh, and sorry about the length of this. I tend to babble on. And if it's not in the right place, sorry again. I'm kind of new at this.)</p>