Should I put Fashion Modeling on my college app? Chance!

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<p>Hey everyone... I have quite a dilemma. I'm currently a junior in high school and I'm stressing out about college... I'm planning my college app as of now (its never too early to start!).. now I'm a fashion model but I don't know whether or not I should put it on my app. I think it has really impacted me alot -- it allowed me to interact with some of the worlds most influential individuals... It's definitely hard for me to balance school with it... is it worth it to put it on my college app at the risk some officers will think it's "superficial"? I personally think its not, the experience i gained from it has shaped who i am today.... How do you think I will stack up to competition for schools like say... USC, Vandy, UPenn, Cal, UCSB, and so forth?</p>

<p>SAT Score (only taken once): Math: 710 Writing: 700 CR: 700
GPA (up to junior 1st sem): 3.9 (unweighted) / School does not weight (around 4.3 if weighted)
Rank: school does not rank i would guess at least top 15%???
Course rigor: honors ush, ap psych, ap environ.science, philosophy (senior year=ap stats, ap gov, ap econ)</p>

<p>EC: Speech and debate (won over 10 awards.. including champion of congress debate in so cal and runner up of thematic interpretation, also nominated best novice speaker freshman year)
Mock Trial (lead witness/nominated best witness)
Dance (awarded best dance performer 2010)
Art 12 years (won many awards including internationals)
President of Gay Straight Alliance
Modeling:
-Paul Mitchell
-Li Cari
-944 Magazine
-Audrey Magazine
-Project Runway Designers
-Stevieboi (designer of lady gaga)
-LA Fashion Week 2009-2010
-Yumi Kim
-WIll travel to New York this summer</p>

<p>What do you guys think? 1. Should I put modeling on my college app 2. How do i stack up to competition?</p>

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<p>USC is a low reach,
upen high reach
UCSB match
rest unsure</p>

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<p>GPA… good enough (I would say good, but… you’re applying with thousands of people with similar or better stats and/or ECs than yourself). </p>

<p>List the fashion jobs like you would any other job or extracurricular. You’re not Demi Moore or Cindy Crawford-- it’s another job, like other students have. “Interacting with the world’s most influential people”… um, I would leave that out of any essay. I wouldn’t call Project Runway contestants the most influential. No offense, but your description comes off as arrogant. If you include the fashion job in an essay, find a way to describe it based on what you learned or leadership/responsibility/whatever.</p>

<p>Will you be including an art or dance or other creative component as part of your application? </p>

<p>Focus on taking more AP classes, and improving your test scores. Try to bump the GPA up a hair. Write an amazing college essay.</p>

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<p>thanks for the advice – i didn’t mean for it to be arrogant. Yeah i’m trying to raise my sat score… i think i’m going to take prep for the march sat. my school doesn’t offer many APs, like around 8, and 3 of them are foreign language… so that kinda sucks for me… i’m really trying my best to raise my gpa… my school doesnt weight/doesnt have decile either so hopefully colleges dont look down on that</p>