<p>Hey CCers!</p>
<p>I'd appreciate your feedback, especially because I have special/weird circumstances for some of my schools.Please let me know what my chances are at the following schools:</p>
<p>USC*
Northwestern*
George Washington University
Boston U
Swarthmore*
NYU
Georgetown
U Penn
Harvard
Columbia
Princeton</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
7 years of publications/journalism experience
4 years of high school newspaper, Section Editor (11), Editor-in-Chief (12), I also started an online publication at my school, contributor at Writersblock online journalism forum, starting a blog and building a web site</p>
<p>10 year Girl Scout, troop secretary (11-12), Gold Award in progress, camp counselor, lots of community service</p>
<p>Debate (9-12), Vice President (12)</p>
<p>Fine Arts, very involved with conservatory at my school (9-12), I've helped coordinate and run several event (talent shows, art shows, etc.)</p>
<p>Girls State Delegate (11)</p>
<p>National Honors Society, Scholarship Federation for my state (9-12)</p>
<p>BP/Topshop internship (12)</p>
<p>Tutoring (both paid, unpaid), I also worked at a cram school as a secretary for about a year (terrible job, terrible boss/pay, but definitely a learning experience) </p>
<p>JV tennis (9-10)</p>
<p>Awards: several journalism and debate awards, many academic awards (school level), National Merit Semi-Finalist</p>
<p>Stats:
Full IB courses (I'm doing 4 HLs)
SAT: 2150 ss, 2200 super score
SAT II: Lit, History, Spanish all high 700s
GPA: 4.6 weighted, 3.9 unweighted
AP tests: 5 taken so far (all fives, one 4), planning to take 6 AP tests at the end of this year in addition to 4 IB HL exams (yayyyy....)</p>
<p>Hooks: URM, my first language is not English</p>
<p>Income: 65-70,000</p>
<p>Unusual circumstances:
*USC: I was admitted to USC last year, as a junior, through a VERY selective early admit program (30-40 kids admitted out of thousands of international applicants). I decided to not skip senior year. Also, it was going to cost my family a lot of money to send me there since I didn't qualify for as much money or as many scholarships as an early admit student. I'm
hoping to qualify for more this year. </p>
<p>*Swarthmore: I was selected for Swarthmore's Discover recruitment program in Sept. and the interview I had went very well</p>
<p>*Northwestern: I attended one of Northwestern's Cherubs programs this summer (international, selective). A faculty member who mentored me is writing me a letter of rec. </p>
<p>Senior year:</p>
<p>Senior year has been kicking my butt. I'll be getting all As except for AP Calc, which I'll be getting a C in. This shouldn't hurt my GPA too much since everything else is weighted like crazy (oh, IB), but I'm worried that this will severely hurt my chances with a lot of the schools I'm applying to.
So my questions are:
What do you think my chances are at these schools?
Will that C in AP Calc severely hurt me?
Should I mention that I was admitted to USC as a junior through that program in my applications to other schools? It's a fairly big deal, but I don't know whether it would be a turn off to other schools. </p>
<p>Thanks for the help and best of luck to all the other applicants out there!</p>