<p>I'm a white female junior from Richmond. I'm in a specialized four year program for the humanities within a school that doesn't really have an impressive track record in terms of student grades, graduation rates, etc.
By the time I graduate I'll have taken AP Human Geography, Psych, U.S. History, Government, Language, Literature, Biology, Art History, Environmental Science, and French- most of my other classes have been honors when available, except freshmen and sophomore math (but I'm now in honors trig and will probably take AP calc next year)
I'm president and founder of the LGBTQ Alliance, secretary in Key Club and Human Rights Club, and a member of Model UN and French NHS. I have my gold and silver awards for Girl Scouts, which I've been in since first grade, and I've taken piano lessons since fourth. I also work crew on our drama productions, and my GPA is about 4.6. (3.8 unweighted) Assuming I get in, I'll be attending Girls State this summer, and possibly the Governor's school program for humanities (I know that's really competitive, so I'm not counting on anything). I'll have about 180 hours of community service.
I'm taking my SATS in about two weeks, so I'm not quite sure how that will go, but on my practices I've been getting around 600 for math and 700 or so for reading and writing.
I will also mention that I was born with a neurological disorder that's given me chronic back pain and six surgeries, two of which have been in the past three years, and that I've been diagnosed with longstanding major clinical depression. So I'm hoping that makes up a bit for my messy math grades and subpar test scores.. I'm interested in media studies.
So, should I bother applying? I'm not really sure I'd get in with the math and everything.</p>