<p>Race: Caucasian
Grade: Rising senior
Gender: Female
State: CT
School Type: Public for freshman and sophomore years; private, coed, nationally-recognized for junior and senior years</p>
<p>A bit about me:
-My parents are divorced. Half of the time, I live with a low-income parent and the other half, I live with an upper-middle class parent. I have a stepmother and 6 year-old half-sister. This situation has been a struggle though I don't want to tell some sob story.
-I have traveled a lot more than the majority of my peers which gives me a unique view of the world. So far, I have visited France, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Spain, Denmark, Morocco, England, Ireland, Mexico, Italy, and Jamaica.
-I'm trilingual. Aside from English, I'm fluent in Spanish and French (mostly self-studied). In addition, I'm currently learning Latin. I love words and learning new languages.
-Besides my passions for the environment, writing and photography, I also love music and cooking. I've been playing the guitar since I was 15 and I'm currently learning how to play the piano.</p>
<p>Honors Courses: English 9, Ancient History, Spanish 3, English 10, Civics, World History, Geometry, Biology, Algebra II, Spanish 4, Chemistry [11 total]
AP Courses: Environmental Science, U.S History (11th) Biology, Euro, English and Spanish (12th) [6 total]
College-Level Electives: Research and Experimental Design, Bioethics, Poetry and Playwriting, Art History, Black Gold- Oil, Astronomy [6 total]
Summer Courses: Precalculus</p>
<p>UW GPA: 3.62 (Should be very close to a 3.7 after 1st semester of senior year)
Freshman: 3.4, Sophomore: 3.5, Junior: 4.0, Senior: 4.0
*The lowest grade on my transcript is a B.
Rank: My school does not rank or weight classes but as of now, I'm estimated to be #9/72. </p>
<p>Standardized Test Scores:
ACT- 35
SAT Subjects- Literature: 800, Biology: 800, U.S History: 780, Spanish: 770
APs: Environmental Science: 5, U.S History: 5, English Language (self-studied): 5, Psychology (self-studied): 5</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: *I don't include specific names for privacy purposes.</p>
<p>Sustainability-focused NGO (11, 12)
Outreach Coordinator and Member-at-Large (11)
Media Relations Coordinator (12)
Agents of Change program <a href="11,%2012">Connected to the NGO</a>
-Helped organize, attended, and spoke at numerous summits/delegations/conferences regarding biodiversity, climate change, etc. at the U.N and around the world.. I was one of the youngest, if not the youngest participant at most events.</p>
<p>Environmental Youth Corp. (11, 12)
-Founder and Chair
-Worked on a multitude of projects, most pertaining to environmental issues in my city/state
-Helped start more branches of the group in other parts of CT</p>
<p>City Waste/Recycling Department (10, 11, 12)
-Unpaid intern
-Made tons of presentations at summer camps and schools
-Created a composting program implemented at all of the city's public schools and in some parks</p>
<p>Green Team (9, 10, 11, 12)
-President (12)</p>
<p>Literary Magazine (10, 11, 12)
-Poetry Editor (11)
-E.I.C (12)</p>
<p>Newspaper (10, 11, 12)
-Art Section Editor (12)</p>
<p>Photography
-Photography Club member (11, 12)
-Blogger </p>
<p>Theater (11) [My school requires each student to play a sport or do theater for 1 season/year. I might do sailing next year..]
-Lead in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Titania)</p>
<p>Volunteer (10, 11, 12)
-Worked with an autistic child almost every Sunday morning</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Freelance writer (Published in local, state, regional and nationally-published newspapers and magazines)
Babysitter</p>
<p>Awards and Other Achievements: *I don't include specific names for privacy purposes.
Published an award-winning children's book about the environment
Finalist in an international environmental competition
1st place in a national environmental competition
Finalist in a national environmental competition
Semifinalist in a national environmental science competition
1st and 2nd place in state and regional science fairs
Local and state awards for my environmental efforts
Winner of three national writing awards (novel-writing, poetry, and creative nonfiction)
Winner of a regional writing award (playwriting)
1st place in two categories of a local literary competition (poetry and nonfiction)
Had photography utilized in my city's recycling campaign
Won local, state and regional photography contests
Had my photography shown in a gallery</p>