My Grades
ACT (breakdown): 27 (resitting)
Predicted 3 As at the moment for my A-levels
3 Bs for my AS-levels
Taking the hardest subjects on offer, which are often required to get into Oxford or Cambridge. My teachers will increase or decrease my predicted grades based on my performance in this first half term. After conversations with my teachers they say I’m on track to at least 2 A*s.
My ECs
- Voluntary work in a primary school for a year
- Maths mentoring for a number of years
- School Orchestra 5 years
- School Gospel and Chamber choirs 5 years
- Violin- 8 years
- Solo-vocalist- 5 years
- Marshalling at the Jamaican Grand Gala
- Readings at the Jamaican High Commission
- Annual project targeting marginalised youths
- 1 year project on local history
- Summer project- Music, volunteering and advocacy
- Acceleration programme for gifted STEM students- 6 Years (Sponsored by Google, Arup, Barclays, BNY Mellon)
- University Summer Schools
- National Maths Challenges
- Festival Assistant at various annual events
- Progressed through various sports leadership roles- Sports Leader> Sports Captain> Sports Ambassador
- Trained wheelchair basketball facilitator
- Trained Track & Field and Gymnastics officiator
- Worked for Mahogany Carnival and performed at Carnival and The London Zoo
- Worked at a property software company
- Co-founder of a fitness blog
- Waitress- Pop up restaurant
- Shop assistant- Arts supply store
- Customer assistant- Marks & Spencer’s
- Junior DJ for one of London’s first female led sound system- 4 years
- School Basketball Captain for 3 years
- School Track and Field Captain for 3 years
- Cheerleader for 3 years
- Started a school cheer team- large, all-girls
- Marketing Coordinator for a dance company- 4 years
- Member of the local organising committee- 4 years (organise community events such as fundraisers and street parties)
I have some pretty strong Recommendation letters from teachers who know me well. I’m applying to study Civil Engineering with financial aid. I’m an international student from the United Kingdom studying at a public school. My hooks are: URM (Black), First generation to go to college in the US, Woman in STEM?. All my siblings have gone on to higher education, my sister is currently studying Medicine at Oxford University.