<p>Hi everyone!
I'm a junior, so I'm really new to this whole college application thing. I just don't really know where I can apply and which colleges will give me financial aid and stuff, so I need your help please!</p>
<p>SCHOOLS I AM LOOKING AT:
1. Kenyon College - Ohio (Major: Drama, possibly music.) <em>I MAY apply ED here</em>
2. Butler University - Indiana (Major: Theatre or musical theatre, possibly vocal performance)
3. Otterbein College - Ohio (Major: See above)
4. Bowling Green State University - Ohio (Major: Theatre, musical theatre or youth theatre)
5. Carnegie Mellon University - Pennsylvania (Major: Theatre, musical theatre, or vocal performance. POSSIBLY directing.)</p>
<p>^I may try to double major.
Which of these schools do you think I can get into?
Which of these schools do you think would offer me scholarship money? (Merit/talent-based.)</p>
<p>Here is my detailed profile!</p>
<p>Female, white
From central Ohio, a suburb of Columbus</p>
<p>Top 10% (Large, competitive 2,000+ student high school in suburbia, but diverse)
PSAT: 96... I don't know about National Merit yet.
SAT: 2060 (730 reading and writing, 600 math. Should I retake?)
I will probably take the Literature and French SAT subject tests next year.
ACT: Haven't taken yet. Shooting for 28-31.
GPA: 4.1 weighted, 3.9 unweighted.</p>
<p>Academic courses taken:
Honors Science 9, Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry
Honors English 9 and 10, American Literature, Research and Exposition
Algebra 1 and 2, Geometry
3 years of highest level choir, Music Theory 1
AP American History, AP European History
4 years of French, 1 year of German</p>
<p>Academic courses I will take next year:
Probability and Statistics
Music Theory 2 (I will take the AP test) and another year of highest level choir
German 2
AP French 5 (I am taking this through Kenyon College)
AP Liberal Democracy in America (Taking this through Kenyon, too.)
AP English Language and Composition</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS!</p>
<p>I have been doing theatre since I was 5 years old. I've done many MANY community productions, regional and professional productions, school productions and even professional and college operas. I have had many leading roles including Alice in Wonderland (twice!) and will definitely attach my (long) resume to my application. I have also taken voice and piano lessons since I was about 7.</p>
<p>I am very involved in my church, specifically in the drama department. I do a monthly drama, dance and song program for Sunday schoolers, lead worship and learning at our summer program, and have volunteered for the children's choir for two years. I played a main part in an evangelistic musical that we toured around Ohio and the Carolinas, and will probably do so again next year. This summer I am helping to develop a daily worship and praise service for families and children at our church's free lunch program, which I am really excited about!</p>
<p>I am part of my school's drama club, and the International Thespian Society. I am pretty active in it, and participated in our annual Halloween food drive this year. I represented my school at our area Thespian Conference as Alice in Wonderland earlier this year... we took a scene from the play</p>
<p>I am going to be entering my third year of our school's Senior Choir, as well as our out-of-school honors ensemble called Madrigals, which is a huge honor to be in. We do MANY performances throughout the year, especially around Christmas. We do a lot of volunteer performances, and when we do get paid all of the money goes to our school's music boosters program.</p>
<p>Other Important Stuff:</p>
<p>I was inducted into the National Honor Society a couple of days ago, thanks to my grades, extracurriculars and community service It's a big deal at my school, we're pretty selective about it.</p>
<p>I am also in my second year of the National French Honor Society, which is also very selective at my school.</p>
<p>Next year my GPA will be considerably higher due to all of my AP courses, but unweighted it will only go up a little bit.</p>
<p>I will continue ALL of my extracurriculars and my academic rigor next year.</p>
<p>My recommendations should be really good. My teachers are AWESOME about writing rec letters for anything, and they love me.</p>
<p>I am a pretty good writer. My essays are high-quality, and I have an amazing English teacher who would be happy to proofread my application essay and give suggestions, but by NO means will she "write it for me". I got an A on my Research and Exposition essay portfolio, which is hard to do.</p>
<p>Experiences with the colleges:</p>
<p>Kenyon- I requested information a while back. I had a scheduled visit today.
On the tour, I fell in LOVE with the school. I had an interview with a senior in Visual Arts. I didn't KNOW it was an interview at the time! However, I think that worked to my advantage, because I was completely being myself, and I got a lot of good information out of the interview. The interviewer seemed to be really impressed with me. I plan on having another interview next fall, when I am a senior, and an overnight visit next fall.</p>
<p>Butler- I took an unofficial, self-guided tour and was REALLY impressed with the facilities and the helpfulness of the faculty that I encountered. I have heard good things from one of my friends who goes there, and I am coming back in June to do an official visit.</p>
<p>Otterbein- It is about 15 minutes from my house :) The admissions person for the theatre department is an old acting coach of mine! I know the theatrical director (I have not worked with her personally but my family, specifically my brother, has) and she has seen me perform in several things. Many people I know have gone there and had a good experience. I have always liked the campus and have been there many times. I have seen several of their performances and loved them. I have an official visit (tour, sit in on classes, speak with faculty and the admissions person that I know) scheduled for Tuesday!</p>
<p>Bowling Green- No personal experience, but their program sounds like a perfect fit for me. I am attending a mock audition day for juniors in a week, and will probably tour the campus and speak with faculty then. I also plan on attending their musical theatre program this summer.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon- No personal experience but it sounds cool. I have requested information, but that's about all. I will schedule a tour shortly.</p>
<p>THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!</p>