ngl I posted this a couple other times but I wanted to do it on the actual Princeton forum and see the response:)
NUMBERS+FACTS
white female in the rocky mountain region, upper middle class
senior at highly ranked and competitive public arts school, with a focus in creative writing
1st in class of 180
1st time sat: 760 math 730 reading
2nd time sat: 700 math 780 reading
1540 sat superscore
sat subject tests: 800 ushistory 800 world history
5.144 gpa weighted on 5.2 scale, 4.0 unweighted
5s on all ap exams (human geo, lang, world, us history, gov) and taking 4 more this year (calc ab, lit, art history, spanish)
other classes have all been honors except for spanish 1. i skipped spanish 2. will graduate with 3 years of science (all honors) and 5 of social studies (all ap)
likely history, classics, or english major w creative writing certificate
ECs
participation in national history day since 7th grade: 8th place at national comp for junior yr project, qualified for nationals 3 diff times, 1st place at every regional and state competition since 8th grade
i love love love love love history. i love it.
had my paper published in a senior paper journal compiled by the nhd organization
cw stuff: silver medal at scholastic art and writing competitions (national level, 11th grade) for poem
2 gold keys for scholastic for poetry and 1 honorable mention for cnf essay (regional level, 11th grade)
1 silver key and 1 honorable mention for poetry at scholastic (10th grade)
honorable mention in new york times student podcast competition (10th grade)
a few other awards from local writing competitions
accepted to highly competitive all girls international scholarship camp to develop leadership abilities. was one of the few girls accepted back for a second year (meant to be a leader to first years). since coming back from my first year i’ve been in charge of admissions for the selection committee in my state, responsible for coordinating efforts to spread the word about camp, hold interviews, and discuss with national board. usually done by adults and not by hs students.
job for entirety of my junior year at local ice cream store, 25 hrs weekly
played ultimate frisbee since sophomore year. jv captain junior year
ESSAYS
i believe that i have strong essays, which is important w my cw background. common app is about me describing and questioning the parts of the jewish world that i inhabit. princeton ‘your voice’ is all about important familial experience, but explicitly relates it back to me.
i think this is everything. what do you think?