<p>-16, Female.
-Senior in the Northern Mariana Islands.
-Micronesian/Filipino.
-My school is...horribly underprivileged and underfunded and considered by many to be the worst public high school in the entire island chain. But I try (HARD) to make the best of it as well as the small island community I've lived in all my life.</p>
<p>SAT Reasoning - 2040
CR: 640, M: 680, W: 720, Essay: 8
I'll be retaking in October, aiming to break 700 on all three sections.</p>
<p>SAT 2s - Taking Math 2 and Biology M in November and December, respectively
Aiming for at least a 730 on both.</p>
<p>GPA: W ~ 4.5, UW ~ 4.0
Rank: #1 out of about 160</p>
<p>Senior Courseload:
AP Calculus AB (dual enrollment)
Honors British Lit.
Journalism I and II
Pre-Honors English 10* (Accelerated Independent Study)
NMI History*
U.S. History*</p>
<p>*All of these are sophomore-level classes that I need to take in order to graduate. Why during senior year? Three high schools in two years. Enough said.</p>
<p>Independent Study APs (senior year):
AP Psych
AP English Lang and Comp</p>
<p>Other honors/AP/accelerated courses I've taken:
Honors American Literature - A+
Honors Business Writing - A+
Honors Chemistry - A+
Advanced Biology - A+
Pre-Calculus Honors (Accelerated Independent Study) - A+
Algebra 2 (Accelerated Independent Study) - A+
AP U.S. Government (via JSA) - B+</p>
<p>Quick note: My school doesn't offer AP.</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>-National Honor Society, 11/12; Elected President in May 2010; I spend about 10 hours/week either doing or preparing for NHS activities during the school year; Spearheading a schoolwide project to give a mega-donation to the Commonwealth Cancer Association at the end of the school year.</p>
<p>-Student government, 9/11; Class President during Freshman and Junior year AND at two different schools. Spent approx. 16hrs/wk last year preparing for an island-wide pep rally, which my class won.</p>
<p>-Volunteerism: Will have accumulated about 400 hrs of service by the end of my senior year (80 from NHS, 120 from church services, and 100 as an official volunteer for the Commonwealth Cancer Association)</p>
<p>-Sports: Girls' Varsity Soccer, 3yrs; Girls' Varsity Outrigger Canoe Racing, 2yrs; Girls' Varsity Volleyball, 2yrs; Coed Varsity Volleyball, 1yr -- Starting player for all sports, all years</p>
<p>-Math stuff: Mathcourt 2yrs, won first in Geometry Division last school year; Took a semester's worth of Alg. 2 in two weeks during the summer before my soph year..Got an A!; 2010 AP Calculus AB Summer Institute, 26.0 contact hours</p>
<p>-Summer Health Careers Program: 10hrs of job shadowing @hospital; A+P and Chemistry crash courses; Lessons in taking vital signs; Problem-based learning, etc...</p>
<p>-JSA Georgetown Summer School 2010 -- obtained a full scholarship from the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs</p>
<p>-Possible leadership positions for senior year: Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper, Student Council Treasurer, Girls' Varsity Soccer Team Captain</p>
<p>Work Experience:</p>
<p>-Polynesian cultural dancer at The Palms Resort Saipan - July 2010-Present
*I held the same job for two years at a different hotel before I started high school, but went on hiatus because I was clinically obese and wanted to shed pounds before going onstage again.</p>
<p>Schools I'm applying to:</p>
<p>Georgetown EA
U Chicago
Case Western - PPSP in Medicine
U Tex - Austin
U Minn - Twin Cities
American University</p>
<p>Counselor Recs: They all say I'm the best that my school has ever seen, so I'm guessing that's what they'll put in their recommendation letters.</p>
<p>Teacher Recs: Here's where I have a problem. Since I want to major in Physics, colleges are expecting that I get a recommendation from a math or science teacher from either my junior or senior year. I can't ask my junior/senior science teacher for a rec because he resents the idea of recommendation letters and refuses to write them for ANYONE. And I can't ask my math teacher either because... well, she's my mother. It's enough everyone THINKS I ace her classes just because I'm her daughter, but no...I had to work for those grades. The only person I have left is my Geometry teacher, but I took his class during soph year. What should I do??<--- Pls. Help!</p>
<p>Okay so...yeah this is about it. I know that my list of schools is full of far reaches, but... I don't know. I dream big. Help bring me back to reality, thanks..</p>