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I'm currently a junior at a highly competitive public high school in NC.
GPA: 3.95 unweighted
Class Rank: currently 36/520 (top 7-ish percent?)
PSAT: 209; recently received a National Merit commendation</p>
<p>I've received all As throughout high school, save for a B in Honors Algebra II my sophomore year. This year I took AP Language & Comp. and APUSH and received As in them. By the time I graduate, I will have taken French I-V and AP. </p>
<p>Extracurriculars include marching band as a colorguard member since 9th grade (hopefully captain this year!), winterguard since 9th grade, student newspaper (I'm copy editor/junior editor-in-chief this year and have been selected as editor-in-chief for next year), Model U.N. (founding member and vice president), student council since freshman year (class representative), Beta Club (9th & 10th) and Gay-Straight Alliance. I am very involved with the Relay for Life and am a Team Captain and Student Volunteer Coordinator for that event. Also, I am on the youth events planning committee for a brand-new public library in my area. This summer I plan to get a job (!!) and volunteer at my local YMCA as the keeper of its library.</p>
<p>I'm planning to major in journalism, so the school needs to have a good communications program. Also, my financial situation isn't dire, but if I went private with no merit, I'd end up with about $120,000 in debt and I'm not too interested in that. Note: I'm very politically liberal. </p>
<p>So far I've been looking at: UNC-CH, American University, Ithaca College, NYU, Wellesley, Duke, Northwestern, and George Washington..but this list is definitely not cemented.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for your ideas and input!</p>