Hi – I've already applied to my early decision school (yay Cornell!) but I'm still wondering my chances for that school and others like
USC, Carnegie Mellon, Cooper Union, Washington University in St. Louis, Northeastern, Berkeley, and Maryland – although the last three are BA's, not Barchs...
Thanks!
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Gender: F
Location: Maryland
High School: Public (ranked in top 15 of country by Newsweek)
GPA - UW 3.45 (but a 3.6 after freshman year) W: 4.23
Class Rank: top 10%, ~400 people
Been in the Pre-IB and IB Program, so I've taken max # of APs and IBs possible
Scores:
SAT I: 2210 superscore CR: 780 M :710 W: 720 // 2180 regular, CR: 780 M:680, W:720
SAT II : Literature 740, US History 770, Math Level 2: 690
AP:
5's – Literature
4's – AB Calculus, US History, European History, US Gov't
Extracurriculars:
Drama Club :
-> Chief of Lighting Crew – so essentially i'm in charge of designing the entire lighting scheme for the shows, putting it into place, and running the lights on show nights (12th grade, ½ of 11th grade, 35hrs a week for 10-12 weeks per year)
-> Set Construction (3-4 hours a week, 11th + 12th grade, 3-4 hrs a week for 6 weeks)
-> Lighting Crew, Sound Crew, (9th-11th grade, 35hrs/etc.)
Wushu – martial arts (9-12th grade, 3.5 hours a week, 52 weeks a year?)
Chinese Painting/Calligraphy - ( 9-12th grade, 3 hours a week, 45 weeks a year)
Teaching Chinese Painting/Calligraphy (1 hour a week, 9-12th grade, 45 wks)
Interned the Smithsonian (DC/Gov't Museum System)
- 45 hours a week for 6 weeks over the summer
Volunteer/Service Work:
150+ Hours of Community Service Work
150+ CAS Hours
Honors and Awards: Member of the International Thespian Society, AP Scholar w/ Distinction
College Summer programs: CTY - Johns Hopkins, Writing, Pop Culture
Teacher Recs:
IB Art + Design teacher, had her for 3 years – she loves me
AP Calc teacher – pretty good with her, seems as if she likes me, and i did well in her class
Other stuff:
I wrote my extended essay (for IB) on architecture - a study of the influence of japanese art prints on the architecture of frank lloyd wright
I think my Cornell interviewer (was oncampus, professor) really liked me, but that coulda just been who he was. :/
last but not least:
Portfolio - a photoset on Flickr
it's missing the drawing i did of the inside of a cathedral from patterns, and probably one or two things, and some of the photos arent as of good quality as in my actual portfolio, but hopefully it's enough to get the general gist...