<p>Hi everyone! I'm a rising junior at a good public school in CT and thinking about colleges. I really want to be a political journalist, so Chapel Hill would be perfect for me...that is, if I can get in! Please let me know what you think!
Classes/grades:
Freshman year:
Earth Science Honors (the second lowest science option at my school :( ): A
Geometry Honors (mid-level at my school) : B
English Honors: A+
Global Honors: A+
Latin I: A
gpa: 4 out of 4.5
Sophomore:
AP World History: A
English II H: A+
Latin II: A
Bio Honors: B+
Algebra II H: A
Independent study in creative writing : pass (best you can do)
gpa: 4. out of 5
junior classes:
AP English
AP Envi Sci
AP US History
H Chem
H Precalc
Latin III
I expect to get all A's junior year (ambitious, but I'm prepared to work for it).</p>
<p>senior yr classes:
AP Calc
AP Psych
AP English
AP Gov/ Politics
Physics H
Latin 4</p>
<p>My SAT score is currently a 2090 (570 math, 770 writing, 750 reading). I hope to get the math up at least 100 points and hopefully can get the others up to 800s, but would I be okay if my scores stayed the same?
ECs/ Awards:
part of 1st place team in nation for EuroChallenge economics competition
VP of debate team sophomore and junior year, will be President senior year
Features editor for newspaper sophomore and junior year, will be ed in chief for part of junior year and all of senior year
Published online at TeenInk.com
won 2nd place in SpillingInk online short story contest
2nd place statewide novice speaker in debate
Varsity debate sophomore year onward
track team freshman and sophomore year
Write column for local paper
(will try to win more awards for debate and writing)
summer service trip to repair homes in Appalachia--will have 504 hours of comm serv by application time
By the way, I'm a white female,so no hopes for diversity.</p>
<p>Thanks so much! If UNC is too much of a reach, can you recommend any schools you think I could get into? I really appreciate this! Also, I don't know if it will make a difference, but I'm planning to major in Politics and International Relations. Again, thanks!</p>