<p>So I'm an American student living in France, and, along with many, have plunged into the application process. My interests lie in English, creative writing, art, and Philosophy.</p>
<p>Courseload
11th:
Italian
P.E.
Art history
aps:
English
French
History
Geography
Physics & Chemistry
Biology & Geology
Math</p>
<p>12th:
Italian
P.E.
Art History
aps:
English
French Literature
Philosophy
History
Geography</p>
<p>Everything is very focused in France, so when I chose to take advantage of Philosophy and French Lit. in 12th grade, I could not take any science courses.</p>
<p>GPA:
4.8 on a 5 point scale</p>
<p>Standardized Testing:
-I'm taking the SAT in October, and expect to do fairly well in Verbal, a little less so in Math.</p>
<p>EC:
-Equestrian (all four years of high school): 3 hrs a week + various camps + a few competitions, in which I won first place.
-Piano lessons (6 years) + recitals
-movie reviews for a small newsletter
-some theater
-3 week creative writing course at Brown this summer.
Because of the challenging and relatively crazy French curriculum (we generally have class from 8am to 6pm, plus huge amounts of homework) not much time is left for sports or other ECs - thus explaining the lack of them.</p>
<p>I've written a couple of possible essays, but I still am not sure which subject to pick.</p>
<p>Legacy: my grandfather went to Yale (and MIT and Harvard)</p>
<p>What do you think are my chances of getting into the following colleges I'm looking at, and how good would they be for an English major?</p>
<p>Yale
Princeton
Brown
Middlebury
Vassar
Wesleyan
Hamilton
Bard
Mount Holyoke</p>
<p>I would really like to apply ED somewhere - I've filled out the common app, my transcript and counselor's work is all in order, I just need to refine my essay and make a choice!
Thank you for any feedback - I'd really appreciate it!</p>