<p>current school: University of Vermont, second semester freshman
GPA: 3.73
courseload: five courses first semester, two intermediate level, three intro, five courses this semester, two intermediate, one senior seminar, two intro
SATS: 2100 (740 cr, 730 writing and 630 math) 780 writing SAT 2, 720 lit and ugh, 620, US History, somehow
major: poli sci
ECs: Intern for Sen. Leahy twelve hours a week (only freshman or sophmore ever to intern, woot woot) co-president of college democrats, member of my school’s STAND chapter. Did research for history prof at WUSTL over the summer, hostessed 20 hours/week, interned at the ACLU, taught theatre.
essays: major strength, i wrote my first one in third person about watching my grandmother paint it her brownstone while it rained outside and i devoured the wellesley 80 page packet they sent me to be able to write a specific ‘why wellesley’ essay.
recs: i’ve read one, my prof called me one of the smartest people he’s met in his 40 years of teaching at UVM and UPenn, my other two, one of the profs taught at wellesley and he said i was intellectually in the top one percent of ppl he’d taught, and the other prof said i was ‘wonderfully engaged’
high school: this is what i think might keep me out, 3.34 GPA from a top private prep school in St. Louis with an upward trend culminating in a 4.0 second semester senior year. i wrote an explanation, but i feel as though they might just think that one semester isn’t enough time for me to prove myself.
i also think the fact that i didn’t take math senior year might keep me out, i took two history classes instead.
Barnard also asks for midterms.
Here they are, with comments my teachers wrote
English 198 (Readings and Research) A+ (4.0, same as an A) Fine Work!
Political Science 259 (Senior Seminar) A-/A. An exceptional student.
Stats 51 A-
and then, eesh
Poli Sci 21 B- Very smart, hardworking student, has trouble with short answer exams (makes it sound like i have trouble with all short answer tests, gah)
History 174 (intermediate level) B/B+ Student got an A last semester in first half of course</p>