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<p>Cumative GPA W: 4.04</p>

<p>General Info
School Type: Public, academy program for students interested in Health Sciences
Location: Virginia
Size: 2000 students total, 100 per year in Academy program, senior class of 405 total
Gender: female
Year: senior
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>Academic Stuff
Class Rank: 8/405
Weighted GPA: 4.04</p>

<p>Schedules:</p>

<p>Freshman:
Honors Bio
Honors English
Honors World History
Intro. to Health Occupations
Health/PE
German III
Algebra II/Trig</p>

<p>Sophomore:
Honors Chem.
Honors English
AP European History (5 on exam)
Academy Honors Human Anatomy
Health/PE
German IV
Math Analysis (precalc)
Academy Forensic Medicine</p>

<p>Junior:
AP Calc AB
AP English Language & Comp.
AP Psychology
AP Biology
AP US History
Physiology/Pathophysiology I
Dual Enrollment Emergency Medical Tech.</p>

<p>Senior:
AP Government
AP English Lit.
AP Statistics
Academy Honors Physics
Physiology/Pathophysiology II
Scientific Research and Writing
Medical Microbiology/Hereditary Medicine
Keyboarding/Desktop Publishing</p>

<p>Tests
PSAT: 1330 (on 1600 scale)
SAT:
verbal: 800
math: 680
writing: 710
essay: 10
Sat 2: taking biology, math 1, literature in October
ACT: taking in October</p>

<p>ECs- 4 years on scholastic bowl team, 2 as varsity captain. joining debate team this year, probably varsity captain. Medical Honor Society and National Honor Society member. Junior Prom committee last year. I'm on the city's Mayor's Youth Council and attended by invitation a meeting with the Governor on the state of high school education.</p>

<p>Work Experience: I have 200 or so hours volunteer work teaching horseback riding to elementary school aged children (including 100 with mentally handicapped kids) and now do so for pay (6-8 hours/week). I'm a camp counselor/barn manager during the summer. I've broken & started training several horses for pay.</p>

<p>Summer Stuff: Last summer I attended the Governor's Foreign Language Academy for German Immersion</p>

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<p>That's the message. You're IN. Enjoy.</p>

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<p>Where are you in VA? My D did the VA Governor's School for Humanities rising jr. summer.</p>

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<p>I'm in VB. The 4 hour drive is one of the biggest points for W&L...far enough for me, close enough for mom :P</p>

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<p>Also, I've heard that they give excellent merit aid to qualified students. My family is in that grey area where we don't really qualify for need-based, but DEFINITELY can't afford private tuition...
What are my chances for a great merit package?</p>

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<p>I don't evaluate chances but make sure you read over everything about the George Washington Honors Scholarship. The key thing to remember is that the deadline is December 15th for your ENTIRE application - including teacher recs, transcript, SAT scores, etc</p>

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<p>I'm going in for my interview tomorrow...wish me luck!</p>

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<p>A little update: I visited, interviewed, toured, and fell in love with Lexington and the campus!</p>

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<p>what kind of questions did they hit you with?</p>

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<p>The interview was TOTALLY informal. The admissions counselor was young and really friendly. We mostly just talked about my interests, in and out of school. I talked about my passion for horses and asked about the riding team, asked about the strength of their science department, talked about undergrads doing research, etc. I was SO worried that I would get nervous and freeze up, but she was just so laid back about the whole process that I forgot it was an interview.
I recommend anyone interested in W&L schedule an interview and a tour! I feel much better about the school now</p>