<p>there's the way the cookie crumbles</p>
<p>I am a high school junior. IB diploma candidate, well-recognized urban public school. it got into the top fifty in the newsweek list (the article was sort of bs, but we do deserve it.)
my teachers all know me and love me, but in a weird lovehate relationship way. thats where we get tricky: i come to class everyday and am 100% engaged and active. i just have better things with my time at home than homework. so, my teachers KNOW this, and (obviously) wish i put forth more effort.
Here are the plain stats:
I got a 215 on my PSATS, haven't taken the SATs, but my projected score is, what? like a 2150?
my gpa is 4.2, but i'm ranked about 100 in a class of about 560. my curriculum is very challenging. i took 4 aps/ib this year, and will be taking 8 next year.
i did the student council jazz, the newspaper jazz, and junior states of america jazz.
but my real jazz is this: writing. everyone i know knows it. i write all the damn time, won a gold award from the shcolastic art and writing awards for a short story (only about 100ish manuscripts out of 50,000 submitted get this honor. so i dont suck, basically) i just had a play produced through a program at a really renowned theatre. (and i live in a city, so it's not bob's corner dramatic or anything. plus the program was audition based.) i won a state award two years in row for a plays i cowrote (i say "cowrote" on paper, but really: it was my baby.) and coacted in. i won the academic olymips for essay writing. etc, etc, etc.
i spent two past summers in nice, france. i'm going to be in florence studying art history this summer. i was the first person at my school to take ap art history, and i'm taking a bunch of art classes next year. i'm a russian immigrant (1st gen).
i'll have pretty unique (and even more awesome teacher recs) and killer essays.
my problem is that i learn at school, get a lot out of it, even love it, but am not performing at my abilities because i jsut dont care enough. i come home, and write stories, and read books, and have way pseudo-intellectual conversations. and now i'm a little worried about college, because i really do want to have a kick-butt four years.
my top choices?
nyu, tisch for dramatic writing (number 1)
and eugene lang/sarah lawrence tied for 2nd (cant choose)
as you can see, i favor the new york scene, and want to go somewhere where i can rock the theatre buisness.
any ideas, anyone?
thanks a munchkin.</p>