<p>Hello, I'm currently a rising senior who's interested in Johns Hopkins, UChicago, and Wesleyan. First of all, what are my chances for all of them? Secondly, which one would be best for me? I'm a super humanities-based person who vacillates between being academic and artsy, so I don't know whether the liberal arts or the research environment would be better for me…
Intended major: English or Creative Writing with a possible second major in History
GPA: 4.36 w, 3.7 uw (I should add that my private school is super competitive and there's only around 95 girls in my grade. I think I fall within the top 15%)
Ranking: none
SAT Score: 2240 (780 reading, 800 writing, 660 math) (probably will retake for math score)
Subject test: 760 US, 790 Lit
APs: APUSH 5, Lit 5, World 5, Spanish 4
Schedule: three honors ninth grade, two honors and one AP (US) tenth grade, three APs (Spanish, English, and World) and two honors this year, and I'm planning on taking AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, and three honors senior year
also, I'm the only person in my grade to have pursued a research class program for both my junior and senior year, both of which include 100 hours of research in the summer and 8-10 hours per week in the school year. This year I studied 1950s American cinema in Cold War context and next year I'll be studying the works of Vladimir Nabokov.
Extracurriculars:
-reporter and editor on my school newspaper since tenth grade, a columnist this year, and will be Head Copy Editor next year.
-on the staff of the school literary magazine since ninth grade, assistant editor last year, and may be Editor-in-Chief next year/some sort of head editor
-intern and writer at Ms. Magazine, the feminist publication founded by Gloria Steinem
-Editor of the newsletter for a nonprofit literary organization
-Secretary of a nonprofit club at my school that assists children with cancer
-avid writer on my own time (I've written five book manuscripts, a few novellas, three screenplays, and multiple short stories)
-in ninth grade worked with a production company and International Creative Management on developing a young adult series of books in the vein of Nancy Drew
-tutored disadvantaged middle schoolers for the high school entrance exams in ninth grade
-tutored underprivileged children in the local elementary school during tenth grade
-took an improv class at the Groundlings, a famed theatre troupe
Awards:
-Head of School's List four semesters, Honor Roll two semesters
-California Scholarship Federation
-National Merit Commended Scholar
-two silver keys from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
-multiples honors from the Center of Talented Youth
-regional spelling bee participant in middle school
-given entry into and presented at a local literary conference in which only 1/3 of applicants were accepted
-History and Social Sciences Book Award
Summers:
-attended CTY for five years (classes: Heroes and Villains, Writing and Imagination, Philosophy of the Mind, Ethics, Creative Nonfiction)
-took a six-week Advanced Screenwriting class at USC School of Cinematic Arts as the only high schooler among college and graduate students
-Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop
-Barnard Young Women's Leadership Institute
-Continuing internship at Ms. Magazine</p>
<p>HELP</p>
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<p>Maybe a low reach for all three? I say that in part because even though Wesleyan may look easier to get into on paper, it is known to be a harder admit for non-science oriented women. Let’s assume that academically all three have something to offer (people don’t usually think, “art” when they think, Johns Hopkins or Chicago, but these are big places - who knows, why not?) Among Wesleyan’s strengths are the balance they maintain between art and research. Do you have to choose now?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins’ strength is in science. Its okay for liberal arts but the other two would be better.</p>
<p>U.Chicago is known to be one of the most intense schools in the country. Very cerebral. Take a look at Northwestern University to its north. It might be a little better for what you want.</p>