First of all, thank you for reading this post. I’m trying to do my best but I really need your advices. In order to make it easier, I will list everything out in bullet points. So here we go:
- Identity and Background: I'm Asian, female. I came to US when I was 15 and have been living with a host family. I lost my father when I was 15, and had been going through many hardships. But I've learned a lot, and became more mature. (I wrote my personal statement about this) The school I go to is an all-girl school, which ranked #1 last year in our state. Really competitive, really privileged, all overachievers.
- Scores: GPA 3.6 out of 4.0. Almost all the courses I took are Honors ( we don't offer AP), and everything was fine until my junior year. I took the hardest courses, and I ended up with two B+. They were extremely hard, and I had a long time struggle + depression because of these courses. But it turned out to be that our class average was B for both of the classes.
ACT: 34
TOEFL: 110
SAT II: Math 750 Literature 750 Korean 750 (I speak Mandarin, and English fluently, took French at school for 4 years, and learned Korean by myself. Recently I just started learning Arabics at school) - Extracurriculums:
a. Established my own business with my friends, aiming on helping international students. Also the editor-in-chief of an online publication, writing pieces in both Chinese and English. b. Amnesty International Club Head c. Varsity Dance team co-captain d. Young Scholars Program at Upenn. Took undergraduate class, and earned a 4.0 GPA college credit. e. Summer program at Columbia University in Creative Writing and summer program at New York Times, reporting issues on immigrants in NYC. f. Deca International business club, won nationals last year. g. Model Congress member h. School Newspaper staff writer i. volunteer at local hospital - What I'm doing now and dreams: I want to be a journalist, and do reporting on international issues. I know my GPA is not good enough, but I can make sure straight As on Senior first semester. I'm planning on applying to Harvard EA and UVA EA, or Upenn ED. I don't know yet.
Please let me know what you think! Thanks again!!