<p>Until a few days ago, I never thought I would find the school that seemed like the "perfect fit." Well, now I have. I've never felt this excited about any school (nope, none of the other Ivies) and I plan on applying SCEA. Heck, I've never been more sure about any decision in my life! I find some Chance threads interesting to read ... would greatly appreciate any comments! Thank you so much for your time!!</p>
<p>PS. You may realized I took the format below from the College Results thread. Decided to do so b/c most people would probably find it easier to read through.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2220 (730 CR, 760 M, 730 W - 12 E). Will retake in Oct - hoping for high 2200, low 2300.
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 780 Chem, 760 USH
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4/4.3
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top tenth; school doesn't rank.
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem (5), Calc AB (4), USH (5), Bio (5), Calc BC (4; AB subscore 5).
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Linear Alg (at local community college), AP Physics B, Anatomy & Physiology, AP Eng Lit, AP French Lang, History Electives, Health.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I know I will receive AP Scholar w/Distinction in the Fall .. but that doesn't count lol. Only award I've won on the national level was this rather noncompetitive poetry contest (Live Poets Society of NJ). I was a topical winner which meant that only 5% of all applicants had their poem published in this anthology. Although it's legitimate association (Eng teacher recommended I join the contest), considering I submitted a poem I wrote in the 8th grade, it's highly suspicious that they just accepted everyone and decided to publish the poems.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 12th Grade Class Treasurer, School Newspaper Cohead, 2-time French Honor Society Treasurer. Have been a part of following clubs for 4 years: Mock Trial, School Newspaper, French Club.
[</em>] Research: Had some research experience at a NYC hospital; group was researching sleep apnea in obese children.
[<em>] Sports: Varsity Tennis for 4 years.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Work for 3 hrs/wk at mom's alteration store.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer for 2 hrs/wk at this nursing home for Alzheimer's patients. I've been doing this since I was in 10th grade and don't intend to stop until I go to college.
[</em>] Summer Activities: CTY after 9th, NYLC during 10th, NEYWC (had to submit a writing sample in order to get into this 4 day writing program) during 10th, NYLF/Med after 10th, Intro to Comp class at local community college after 11th.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[list]
[<em>] Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Upstate NY
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: Oriental Asian (sorry, don't want to say whether I'm Chinese, Japanese or Korean)
[</em>] Gender: F
[li] Income Bracket: Little above 30 K</p>[/li]
<p>I know I don't sound extraordinary but I plan on emphasizing three things in my essays: 1) how I'm enormously inquisitive and spend lots of time researching info just to find answers, 2) how life experiences (sister is childhood cancer survivor, dad basically lives apart) have made me into a fiercely independent yet strong individual and 3) that I've very creative (been writing poems since 8th grade, have won some school writing awards and attending this New England writing conference last year & had a poem published in an anthology).</p>
<p>Once again, I REALLY appreciate your time reading & responding! Hope you all have a great day :)</p>
At least Writing is the one section I know I’ll raise in Oct! :)</p>