| Asian female, public high school in central Florida
SATs: 710 M/700 V/760 W
SAT IIs: 770 Lit/750 World History/740 Math 1/720 Math 2
GPA: 3.8-ish (I also failed one class)
Rank: ~7/600
APs taken:
World History
European History
US History
Art History
English Lit
English Comp
Calc I
Calc II
US Government
For language, I took Latin.
ECs:
NHS - VP
MAT - founder/P
Newspaper - layout editor/clubs editor
Theatre - female lead in a one-act, then I quit
I also did a lot of journalistic writing for several organizations
But I think what made me stand out was my TV work.
I edited/produced/filmed a local show, anchored for the daily show, created several independent projects.
I also went to south Vietnam several times on an self-sponsored charity mission.
Intended major/concentration: Linguistics, International Relations, Modern Culture & The Media
Brown - accepted (and will be going)
Yale - rejected
Columbia - rejected (I didn't care for this one, as I applied out of peer pressure)
St. Olaf - accepted after they moved me to EA from regular
Williams - accepted by early write
Haverford - accepted
Wesleyan - accepted
Middlebury - accepted
As you can see, my list is very liberal arts/reach heavy. My only safety school was a tiny Lutheran school in Minnesota... not exactly a good match for me.
I was so sure I would be either going to Williams or Wesleyan (my dream school for ages), but when I visited, it just seemed so so so small. I felt suffocated... then I visited Brown. It was absolutely perfect for me; it had that community feel with a larger campus and population.
Additionally, the "What are my chances threads" are awful because everybody practically said I couldn't get in anywhere because my stats weren't strong enough. I never really cared for numbers, anyway. |