<p>I am a transfer student. Family and financial issues (of which will be explained later) made it necessary that I go to a local community college right after high school. I just completed my first year of community college, and plan to transfer to a four-year university after next year, where I will have finished my AA. I plan on majoring in Psychology and becoming a psychiatrist. </p>
<p>Many of the schools I want to attend are highly selective as well as highly unlikely- particularly for someone like me who suffers from woefully low test scores, however, although I have my safeties (which I dont have to list here), I would still like to see my chances at my dream schools. Im going to divide my information into high school and college. </p>
<p>Colleges:
Stanford
Harvard
University of Chicago
Northwestern
UCLA
Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Dartmouth
Brown
University of Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
University of Southern California
University of North Carolina
Notre Dame
Lehigh
Rice
UC Berkeley
Boston College
Georgetown
Pomona
Reed
University of Washington
Whitman College</p>
<p>I know this list is hefty, but Im interested in any and all of them if theyll even consider having me- which is unlikely!</p>
<p>HIGH SCHOOL:
Gender: Female
Race: Persian/Caucasian
Location: Spokane, WA
High School: Quality. Generally sends many students to universities (most in-state). Not nationally ranked. Offers about 7-8 AP classes.
GPA: 3.7 (unweighted)
Rank: Top 12%
New SAT: 1550 (yes, abysmally low, I know, but I plan on retaking, and getting at least a 1900, possibly higher if I can muster up the money to pay for an SAT tutor).
ACT: Still need to take
SAT II: Still need to take, but expect similar results as SAT I</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
Physical Science: B B
Algebra: A A
Debate: A A
Honors English: A A
Local History: __ A
Wind Ensemble: A __
Spanish I: A A</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
Chemistry: B B
Geometry: B A
Honors English: A A
Honors History: A A
Debate: A A
Spanish III: A A (college credit)</p>
<p>Junior Year: (Extenuating circumstances this year, which I will explain)
Honors English: A A
Honors History: A A
AP Biology: B C
Trigonometry: B C
Debate Tutoring: A A
Debate: A A</p>
<p>Senior Year:<br>
AP English Language/Literature: A A
AP Government/Politics: A A
AP Art History: A A
Pre-calculus: B B
Debate: A A
Debate Tutoring: A ___
Health: __ A (needed to take to graduate)
Keyboarding: __ A (needed to take to graduate)</p>
<p>Clubs and membership:
- Debate Captain (did debate 9-12)
- Model UN Secretary (11-12 [first 2 years of clubs existence])
- National Honor Society Member
- Whos Who member
- National Society of High School Scholars member</p>
<p>Work History:
Worked as a High School intern at Washington Mutual Bank my Junior Year</p>
<p>Awards and Recognition:
- Spokane Debater of the Year
- 2nd place for Washington State Debater of the Year
- Qualified for Nationals in 3 events for debate (Oratory twice, Lincoln Douglas once) and attended in Lincoln Douglas my senior year.
- Attended State in debate in a total of 5 events, including 3 total events my senior year.
- Have taken 1st, 2nd, and 4th in city in different events throughout high school. </p>
<p>Personal:
- Parents have been separated my whole life. Raised by single mother
- Annual income of less than $10,000
- First person in my family to graduate from high school.
- During high school, my dad got cancer.
- During high school, (beginning my junior year- explaining the grade discrepancy), my mom became wheelchair bound, leaving me to be her caretaker.
- Personally became ill, meaning many missed days of school and even more missed school because of surgery. </p>
<p>COLLEGE:
I attend a local community college. It is the best in the area, but that doesnt mean that most students dont simply go to get their AA, or at best attend a chip-shot local university. Not a very challenging curriculum is offered.
GPA: 3.9
Courses Taken:
Art History 107
Debate
Business Leadership
Accounting 101
Art 109
Psychology 101
Philosophy 101
International Relations 270
Developmental Psychology 210
Accounting 102</p>
<p>Clubs and membership:
- Former Student Government Senator
- Former Student Government Treasurer
- Current Student Government President
- President of Young Democrats
- President of Debate Team
- Treasurer of DEC (college chapter of DECA)
- Officer of Phi Theta Kappa (community college chapter of NHS).<br>
- Leader of my communitys Democratic party association.
- Founder and President of Darfur Awareness Committee
- Member of Technology Fee committee
- Member of Board of Trustees
- Member of Fee and Budget Committee</p>
<p>Work History:
I get paid to work a combined 40 hours a week by
- Tutoring
- Serving as the AS President
- Working as a Leasing Agent </p>
<p>Personal:
- Income still less than $10,000 annually
- Financially supporting my mom, who is immobile.
- Still act as caretaker for my mom. </p>
<p>Miscellaneous/Volunteer:
- Through Darfur Committee, orchestrated a Music Festival, whereby many funds were collected, as well as signatures for a petition to my local congressmen.
- Volunteer Several Hours a week for Meals on Wheels. I may possibly obtain an officer position of our local chapter.
- Volunteered for a Presidential and a congressional campaign.
- Rallied several local politicians to come to campus.
- Will likely earn an internship for the Mayor of Spokane. </p>
<p>Essays:
- I have many life experiences, including a time when my family and I were living out of our car, long welfare lines, food banks, in addition to many other lighthearted topics. I love writing, so this should not be an issue.
Recommendations:
- Excellent. My recommendations will be very good, one of which will come from the Associate Dean of Student Funded Programs. </p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to read this ULTRA long submission. If you have any other suggestions of schools I havent mentioned, please suggest them! Thanks again!</p>