I am applying next year for political science.
Universities:
- HYSP
- UC Berkely and UCLA
- Georgetown and Columbia
- Brown and Duke
- Cornell and UPENN
School: Private
Rank: N/A
International
Academics:
Unweighted:
GPA (9): 3.9
GPA (10): 3.88
GPA (11): 4.0
GPA (12): 4.0 (predicted. Based off one midterm so just gotta knuckle down for a bit)
GPA (9-12): 3.94 - For Universities who look at entire academic high school transcript
GPA (10-12): 3.96 - For Universities who look but don’t consider Grade 9
GPA (10-11): 3.94 - For UCs who only consider GPA of 10 + 11.
12:
Comparative Gov AP
Human Geo AP
English Lit AP
Micro Econ AP
Calculus AB AP
US History AP
Issue:
Not very rigorous course load. All academic but only 1 AP and 1 honours course. (Keep in mind this school does not offer honours for everything, but quite a bit. E.g grade 10 I tok 1 hours course, my only B ever, and there were only 2 available out of the courses I took) Weighted GPA is not much higher, but in grade 12 I am going to take 6 APs. This is not that bad because the teachers teaching the APs I am taking next year are really nice, especially the English lit one. So my course rigour for 12 will be very rigorous, but not so much for 10 and 11. My electives were International relations and technological studies and a few other academic ones.
Additional Comments on Academic History section:
I am going to say that because of my poor math result that gave me the B, I stared up a mentoring organization to help others. Basically it inspired me to take action in my community, and start to knuckle down in math. I followed the next year with a high math result, winning a math award. I also tutor people in math now.
Work History:
Ceramic Sanitation Technician (Another name for dishwasher lol): Summer of grade 10
Intern at Law Firm
Spent money on purchasing laptop for school.
Volunteer/ECs
Mentoring Non-Profit Organization - Founder/CEO/President of National Section
Law Section - Section of Mentoring that raises awareness and attends courts to act out mock trails (President)
Community Centre - Board Member and Committee Head
UNICEF - Campus Club Volunteer Coordinator (school club president)
International Student Run Charity - Executive Board Director of Marketing
200+ Service Hours
Awards
Model UN - 1 Award
Published in University Magazine for Political/Historical Essay (not the best university)
AP Scholar
Math Award
Duke of Edinburgh Silver
School Service Award Highest Level
Test Scores
SAT - 2140 680/720/740 (Hope to get higher next attempt) - ** I think I could muster a 2200+ HOPEFULLY.
ACT - 33
SAT II - World History (780) US History (760)
^Gonna Retake some stuff for a possible higher score
Enviro Science AP - 5
English Lang AP - 5 Self Studied not offered at school
US Gov AP -5 Self Studied not offered at school
Summer Courses
Took Law 12
Took British History at Cambridge
Took Medical Science at Cambridge
Examinations:
Prov exams 96,96,95,88
Good recommendations because private school they do that.
Had help with essay.
Thanks for any feedback. Sorry if I am saying this so early! I know I am only a junior, any feedback on what to change would be much appreciated!