I am a high school senior currently (anxiously) awaiting admissions decisions from several colleges, with my top choice being Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.
Background:
White
Female
Divorced Parents
Figures:
4.575 GPA (4.0 Unweighted)
2130 on SAT
CR: 680
Math: 760
Writing: 690
Ranked 5th (out of 309) at a school that is above average
No ACT of SAT II’s because I had to undergo knee surgery last year and didn’t have enough time to take them
Courses:
All Honors and AP’s
AP European History: 4
APUSH: 4
AP Lang: 5 (and I took this class online)
AP Stats: 5
AP Latin: 3 (and I took this class online & skipped Latin 5)
AP Gov (currently taking)
AP Lit. (currently taking)
AP Calc AB/BC (currently taking-- I skipped regular Calculus)
AP Environmental Science (currently taking)
AP Psych (currently taking)
EC’s
Debate Team (8-12)
-Captain
-Varsity Letter
-2nd Place in States (Junior Year)
-Voted Most Outstanding by my peers at State Tournament
-1st Place in Region (Soph. & Jun. Years)
-Attending National Qualifier & (possibly) Nationals this Year
-Presiding Officer at more than 15 Tournaments
Orchestra (5-12)
-1st Chair Violist in Highest Level Orchestra at my School
-Auditioned and Performed in Southeastern Regional Orchestra (9-12)
-Private Lessons since 7th grade
-Occasionally teach lessons
-worked briefly at a Violin shop
-play in pit orchestras for spring musicals
-Trimusic Honor Society (12th Grade)
-1st Place Orchestra in Festival Competition
Soccer (9-10)
-Co-captain
Crossfit
Volunteering
-Intern for Local Congressional Representative (11-12) (75+ hours)
-Volunteering through National Honor Society (11-12)
-Volunteer at SPCA (9) (120+ hours)
-Occasional Tutoring
Student Representative for SCA (9-12)
Employment
-Babysitting and Petsitting for over 30 local families (9-12)
-Worked at Violin Shop (11)
-Occasionally paid for tutoring (9-12)
Awards and Honors:
Music Scholars Award (City, 9-12)
Sophomore Scholar Recognition (for having above a 4.0)
Junior Scholar Recognition (for having above a 4.0)
AP Latin Student of the Year (School 11)
National Honor Society Member (11-12)
Trimusic Honor Society Member (12)
AP Scholar with Distinction (National, 11)
Integrity Award (School, 10)
Other:
I have had an interview and I feel it went fairly well. I also expect to have gotten good recommendation letters. I wrote a brief passionate essay about my experiences with debate that have led me to realize that I desire to make a career in law. I wrote my second essay on how I challenged myself by teaching myself Calculus over the summer in order to take AP Calc the following school year. I wrote the international based essay on women’s rights in third world countries. I feel that they were all well written.
Please let me know if you have any valuable insight!