<p>I hate chance me threads... but I couldn't help myself.</p>
<p>Definitely/probably applying: Amherst, Bard, Bennington, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Middlebury (probably ED), Wesleyan, Williams
Maybe applying: Colby, Connecticut College, Hampshire, Harvard, Skidmore, Trinity, Wellesley</p>
<p>Prospective major: English, or double major in either English and theatre or English and history where available. I probably want to be a librarian, focusing in special collections or rare books.</p>
<p>I am a recently graduated senior who will be applying to college during my gap year. Last fall, I was accepted to the U of Rochester, BU, RPI, RIT, and WPI, and was rejected at Harvard, Yale, and Williams. I retook/am retaking my SAT subject tests, which I think were a small part of why I was rejected (I reported 580 in chem and 610 in math II, lol).</p>
<p>Objective:
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[<em>]SAT I: 2270 (760 CR, 740 M, 770 W)
[</em>]ACT: not reporting (31 composite)
[<em>]SAT II: 790 math II, will take lit in October (predicting somewhere in the 700s)
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~A- average, school doesn't do GPA
[<em>]Rank: school doesn't do ranks
[</em>]AP: chem (4), also took lit, calc BC, and stats, but waiting until the official access date on the 9th to get those scores. Predicting 5 for calc, 4 for lit, and maybe 4/5 for stats
[<em>]IB: school doesn't do IB
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: (grades for the year in parentheses) Ancient Greek - restarted the programme at my school (A), Shakespeare's Henriad - trimester-long independent study (A), Logic and Set Theory - trimester elective (A), AP English Literature (A), AP Statistics (A), AP Physics - with calc, electricity and magnetism (B+), AP Calculus BC (A-). *<em>My school reports on its school profile that "students are discouraged from taking more than two AP courses a year" and that AP courses are generally only open to juniors and seniors.
[</em>]Major Awards: nothing that major, but: Graduated from my high school "With Distinction," semi-finalist in the Smith College Poetry Contest my junior year, Wellesley Book Award in junior year, drama award my senior year, English award my senior year
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<p>Subjective:
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[<em>]Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): plays 9-12 (Our Town, 10, assistant stage manager; Noises Off, 11, stage manager; The Man Who Came to Dinner, 12, stage manager), musicals 10-12 (Les Miserables, 10, assistant stage manager; Jesus Christ Superstar, 11, stage manager; Rent, 12, stage manager) mock trial 9-12 (lead attorney, captain), literary magazine 9-12 (managing editor), Gay, Lesbian, or Whatever (GSA) 9-12 (vice president), math team 11-12, tour guiding 11-12, FIRST tech challenge 11-12 (co-secretary), disciplinary committee 11-12 (elected representative for my class), piano 2-12
[</em>]Job/Work Experience: 10th: administrative assistant at summer theatre camp, nanny 11th: AP chemistry tutor, stage manager for professional company 12th: sales associate at Brookstone, props mistress for summer theatre company
[<em>]Volunteer/Community Service: head of books at charity thrift shop, writing/essay tutor
[</em>]Summer Activities: travelled to Scotland, attended WPI Frontiers where I studied physics
[<em>]Essays: undecided, but writing is one of my strengths and I do a lot of essay tutoring, so I imagine they'll be fine
[</em>]Teacher Recommendations: Ancient Greek teacher and English teacher, should be great
[<em>]Counselor Rec: knows me very well, should also be good
[</em>]Additional Rec: May or may not get one from the head of my school (my employer)
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Will also submit theatre portfolio via Slideroom.</p>
<p>Gap Year Information:
Paid internship at my high school:
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[<em>]Being an advisor for 9th and 10th graders
[</em>]Organising the school archives
[<em>]Producing/contributing to a book about the school
[</em>]Teaching the honours section of 10th grade English
[<em>]Coaching the mock trial team
[</em>]Faculty advising the gay-straight alliance
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Other activities:
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[<em>]Reading all of Shakespeare's plays in chronological order with my English teacher
[</em>]Self-teaching Scottish Gaelic
[<em>]Writing a novel during November for National Novel Writing Month
[</em>]Piano lessons
[<em>]?Voice lessons?
[</em>]Introduction to Philosophy course run by The University of Edinburgh on Coursera
[li]Travelling to Scotland again in September as a celebration and to report on the Independence Referendum[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>I took a gap year because when I applied to college as a senior, I thought I wanted to major in engineering or physics (my transcripts reflect those interests). Then, after I had already applied to colleges, I realised that I wanted to major in English. All but two of the schools I was accepted to were tech schools, and the two remaining just didn't suit me because of my change in interests (they were either wayyy too large for me or just generally very research focused, and I wanted something more LAC-y. So, I'm reapplying.</p>
<p>Other
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[<em>]State: New Hampshire
[</em>]School Type: private, co-ed, day, college-prep
[<em>]Ethnicity: "Other"
[</em>]Gender: Female
[<em>]Applying for aid: Yes
[</em>]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college
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<p>This is probably WAY too much information, but thank you all so so much :)</p>