<p>Where I want to go:
American
GTown- dont even bother telling me i cant get in..i already know
GW
McGill
JHU-i know. a huge long shot but it is really close to home and i know a couple professors
UCL- MY DREAM SCHOOL
University of Chicago
NYU</p>
<p>Major:
International Affairs (really interested in human rights and foreign service)
Political Sciences</p>
<p>Minor:
Arabic
Spanish</p>
<p>GPA:
9th- 3.1
10th-2.5 (faced racial bullying and really affected my social and academic life) QUESTION: Should I explain this in my essays next year?)
11th-4.0 (predicted 4s and 5s on AP tests)
12th-expected 4.0</p>
<p>SAT:
1800 first time
QUESTION: Should I take it again?</p>
<p>Schedule this year:
World Religions
English 11 AP
Art 2 GT
Spanish 4 Honors
Math Analysis (i'm horrible at math?
Chemistry GT
WHAP</p>
<p>Next year:
Human Geo AP
English 11 AP
Art 3 AP
Spanish 5 AP
Stats AP
Environmental Sci AP
Internship outside of school</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Student Member of the State Board of Education of my state
President of amnesty int. at my school
Historian of student council
Parliamentarian of Student Government
International Student Organization Exec Board
Really involved with Invisible Children - go to rallies, fundraisers at school
Model UN Secretariat- really into it
Play field hockey(pretty average at it)</p>
<p>Volunteer Work: literally too many to count
volunteer at the summer camp at my mosque every year
volunteer at my mosque throughout the year- teachers assistant
secretarial service at the habitat for humanity office that built our house
helped build a house over the summer with H for H because they built ours and I wanted to help</p>
<p>Extra: I can speak two languages fluently and am teaching myself Arabic right now. I also am writing a book about being an immigrant Muslim teen in the USA and it has gotten attention from publishers.</p>
<p>URM: East African and first year high school graduate and future college graduate (fingers crossed)
I'm gonna need financial aid since I am the oldest of six kids and we are dirt poor (why we needed habitat to help us)</p>
<p>I'm really dead set on going to a school that has a good international relations program that with MY credentials, however minimal, I could get into.. If it has a diverse campus then that is a plus. Right now my list is composed of colleges I have heard are great but have yet to visit all of them. If you think I could get into ANY of these schools, or any school at all, PLEASE give me anything because I am starting to think that I might as well apply early decision to my local community college next year. If you have any idea about what any admissions officer would see when they look at my... well everything. I KNOW my transcript, excluding this year isn't stellar and it is because of the bullying I have faced over my racial and religious background that have fueld me to do better an to go into foreign service. I really just need a general idea as to if I even stand a chance at getting in ANYWHERE. even the closest state school I'm not sure I'm qualified for at this point.
AND if you can think of any smaller schools that I could be a better fit for then do tell.PLEASE help. please</p>