http://talk.collegeconfidential.com en Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:41:01 GMT vBulletin 30 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://talk.collegeconfidential.com http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/813940-chances-please.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:52:27 GMT I'm applying regular decision. I'm an upper middle class female and I go to a public high school in North Carolina.
Academics:
SAT: Verbal 680 Math 700 Writing 690
Subject Tests: Literature 740 US History (ugh) 650 (I'm scared this will hurt me)
class rank: 13/429
GPA: uw 3.7 w. 4.746
APs: English Lang 5
Statistics 4
Psychology 4
US History 3
Environmental Science 3
Government 3

Senior schedule:
AP English 4
IB 20th Century History
IB Psychology 2
IB Math Studies 2
AP Biology
Honors Spanish 3

recommendations: really good. I read one from my AP English teacher junior year. She's awesome, and the other is from my math teacher who's taught me the past 3 years and loves me.
extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate- President this year, secretary last year. Honestly this is what I've focused the most on in high school. I spend about 14 hours a week on it between practices and tournaments. I've been a state finalist, won districts and been successful in Humorous Interpretation and Original Oratory. I absolutely love speech and it shows. I've participated all 4 years.
NHS- project manager
Interact- member, service projects
student government- class representative 9th and 10th grade
Violin- suzuki level 7, I've been playing since middle school
I do Yoga and I carriage drive my miniature horse
Church- I'm the prayer leader of my youth group and I volunteer there a lot.

community service:
I have a lot of community service.
Church- multiple things with my youth group
Volunteer at the Coalition for Human Care
Volunteer at ARC (association of retarded citizens)
paper drives at my school and regularly work recycling drive at my town
I also have been an AP/Honors teaching assistant for the past 2 years (grade papers etc)

awards and other stuff:
All of my speech stuff plus:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Forensic League Academic All-American
Junior Marshal for Graduation
NC Governor’s School Nominee – English
Excellence in Speech Award at my school junior and sophomore year
Barnes-Travis Arts Scholarship (arts award in my community)
School winner of the Rotary Club Alcohol and Drug Awareness Speech Competition
Best Newcomer to Speech Award at my school
County Winner of the Optimist Oratorical Competition (2006)
-Invited Presenter at the North Carolina Poetry Society Statewide Annual Meeting, recited my poem, Math, published in North Carolina Poetry Society’s book Bay Leave

anything else that could help me:
My dad is Puerto Rican, so I can put hispanic down on my forms. But I'm not bilingual and it's not like I have dual citizenship anywhere so I'm not sure if this matters. ]]> Barnard College lazydaisy-314628 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/813940-chances-please.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/813606-chances-ill-chance-back.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:09:25 GMT high 700's) AP Exams: AP US History - 4 AP English Language & Composition - 5 Senior Schedule: AP English Lit AP US Gov AP Latin Calculus 1 Sociology/Psychology Music Theory 1 - Took a 200 level poetry course as a junior at a college, finished with an A Honors and Awards: Freshman Year: - National Latin Exam (Latin 1): Magna Cum Laude Sophomore Year: - Most Valuable Member Award: Latin Club - New Jersey Junior Classical League: 1st Place Regional Certamen - New Jersey Junior Classical League: 2nd Place State Certamen - New Jersey Junior Classical League: 2nd Place State Vocabulary Junior Year: - Montclair State University Classics Day: 3rd Place Regional Certamen - National Latin Exam (Latin III): Magna Cum Laude - National Honor Society - National Latin Honor Society - Social Studies Honor Society School Co-Curricular Activities: - Literary Magazine (9, 10, 11, 12) - Latin Club (9, 10, 11, 12) - Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12) - Knowledge Masters (11, 12) - New Jersey Junior Classical League (10, 11, 12) - Future Teachers of America (11, 12) Leadership Roles: Junior Year: - Magazine Director of the Literary Magazine - Historian of the Latin Club - Scholarship Chair of the National Latin Honor Society - Student Council Representative Senior Year: - Editor-in-Chief of the Literary Magazine - Consul (President) of the Latin Club - State Historian of the New Jersey Junior Classical League - Scholarship Chair of the National Latin Honor Society - Student Council Representative Community Service: - Emergency Room volunteer at a respected research hospital - Interned during the summer at the George Street Playhouse (taught ballet and improv) - Usher/greeter at the State Theatre - Performed dances in cultural shows - Key Club Other: - Danced on a competition team for first two years of high school, continued recreational dance until the present (ballet, tap, lyrical, and jazz) - Tutor at Kumon North America (paid job) - Published in Teen Ink - Published in anthology from The America Library of Poetry - Published in NJJCL newsletters and school newspapers - Nominated for Homecoming Queen - Played the piano since the age of 6 I will major in either Classics, Comparative Literature, or English. Reccomendations should be great. Schools I'm applying to: - Bryn Mawr - Vassar - Colgate - Fordham - Penn State (University Park) - Rutgers (New Brunswick) - Brandeis - Haverford - NYU - TCNJ Please chance me and I'll chance you back! Thanks!]]> Hi everyone,

If you chance me I'll chance you back!

Gender: Female
Location: NJ
Ethnicity: Filipino
- School sends many graduates to top schools; consistently ranked in the top 50

Weighted GPA: 4.7397
Unweighted GPA: 3.6008

I think the worst hit was opting to be a year ahead in the science curriculum at my school (took Biology as a freshman); I didn't have the math to keep up with courses such as Physics.

SATs: 2060 (CR: 690, M: 620, W: 750, 11 on the essay)
ACTs: 29
Will take SAT II's in December (Latin, Literature, Math I or II --> high 700's)

AP Exams:
AP US History - 4
AP English Language & Composition - 5

Senior Schedule:
AP English Lit
AP US Gov
AP Latin
Calculus 1
Sociology/Psychology
Music Theory 1

- Took a 200 level poetry course as a junior at a college, finished with an A

Honors and Awards:

Freshman Year:
- National Latin Exam (Latin 1): Magna Cum Laude

Sophomore Year:
- Most Valuable Member Award: Latin Club
- New Jersey Junior Classical League: 1st Place Regional Certamen
- New Jersey Junior Classical League: 2nd Place State Certamen
- New Jersey Junior Classical League: 2nd Place State Vocabulary

Junior Year:
- Montclair State University Classics Day: 3rd Place Regional Certamen
- National Latin Exam (Latin III): Magna Cum Laude
- National Honor Society
- National Latin Honor Society
- Social Studies Honor Society

School Co-Curricular Activities:

- Literary Magazine (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Latin Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
- Knowledge Masters (11, 12)
- New Jersey Junior Classical League (10, 11, 12)
- Future Teachers of America (11, 12)

Leadership Roles:

Junior Year:

- Magazine Director of the Literary Magazine
- Historian of the Latin Club
- Scholarship Chair of the National Latin Honor Society
- Student Council Representative

Senior Year:
- Editor-in-Chief of the Literary Magazine
- Consul (President) of the Latin Club
- State Historian of the New Jersey Junior Classical League
- Scholarship Chair of the National Latin Honor Society
- Student Council Representative

Community Service:

- Emergency Room volunteer at a respected research hospital
- Interned during the summer at the George Street Playhouse (taught ballet and improv)
- Usher/greeter at the State Theatre
- Performed dances in cultural shows
- Key Club

Other:
- Danced on a competition team for first two years of high school, continued recreational dance until the present (ballet, tap, lyrical, and jazz)
- Tutor at Kumon North America (paid job)
- Published in Teen Ink
- Published in anthology from The America Library of Poetry
- Published in NJJCL newsletters and school newspapers
- Nominated for Homecoming Queen
- Played the piano since the age of 6

I will major in either Classics, Comparative Literature, or English.
Reccomendations should be great.

Schools I'm applying to:

- Bryn Mawr
- Vassar
- Colgate
- Fordham
- Penn State (University Park)
- Rutgers (New Brunswick)
- Brandeis
- Haverford
- NYU
- TCNJ

Please chance me and I'll chance you back!
Thanks! ]]> Barnard College SkittleRose-248499 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/813606-chances-ill-chance-back.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/812954-blergh-chance-me.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:53:56 GMT Profile
Ethnicity: Asian
Nationality: American
Location: Hong Kong
Type: International Student

Academics:
IB Diploma hard subjects. 4 highers as opposed to the Usual 3. 7 is the highest you can get
Chinese B higher 5
Bio higher 7
Economics Higher 7
History Higher 7
English A1 Standard 7
Math Studies Standard 7
Great School. Apparently we're on the G20 school list next year.

SAT I: 1320/2010
Verbal 650
Math 670
Writing 690

ACT 31

SAT II:
Literature: 690
Chinese: 800
Bio Molecular: 700
Math I: Hasn't come out yet.

No Class Rank.
I got an 80% average for the first 2 years and then I spiked to a 90% in Junior year. Right now maintaining a 93ish% I am explaining this in my additional info section.
I don't know how to calculate my GPA

Extra Curricular
Model UN: Beijing MUN - Human Rights Council, Seoul MUN - ICJ Judge, sort of president.
Youth Suicide Prevention Project - Outreach Coordinator
Junior Achievement Program - Production Team Member, Sales and Marketing Outreach
Piano - ABRSM Grade 8 Pass
Non-varsity Volleyball - Libero (We don't really have varsity here)

Community Service:
Caritas Hospital for the Mentally Challenged - Caretaker
Hong Kong Welfare Center - Tutoring Kids
Christina Noble Foundation - Volunteer in Vietnam
UNESCO - Volunteer in Laos

Jobs:
Wong's Textile Factory - Factory Worker (In Dalian China) 8am-10pm
Social Worker for a community in China 9am-5pm

Both Summer Jobs

Awards:
Honors in Fresh and Soph years
Honors with Distinction in Junior Senior

Teacher Recs: My teachers said that if I didn't get into college, it wasn't because of their recs
School Rec: I think my Counselor finds me funny? No idea.

Essays:
Common app about my work experience in the chinese factory and how that contributed to the person I am today
Why Barnard: Traditional Asian family and background. Women are lesser than me. Atoosa Rubenstein was my childhood idol. Also Columbia MUN
Intriguing Character: Meursalt in The Stranger and how that contributed to my interest in law.
Tradition or Daily Routine: Reading graffiti on alleyway walls for inspiration in my writing.
Government Official: Pollution in Hong Kong. Very dangerous and under-rated issue. ]]> Barnard College AdeleZ-313224 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/812954-blergh-chance-me.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/811722-ed-countdown.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:34:40 GMT okay so 29 more days till the big day! we should start a countdown btw that day is my birthday ! woot so anxious okay so 29 more days till the big day! we should start a countdown btw that day is my birthday ! woot so anxious ]]> Barnard College emilina-189406 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/811722-ed-countdown.html http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/811324-low-sat-score-but-everything-else-fine-help.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:34:12 GMT Okay so I applied ED and I am a first generation white student applying for financial aid. I have a 94 out of 100 gpa and taking the hardest senior courseload. I am involved in many activities and community service that deals with feminism and womens issues in society. My essay i think was really well and my reccs were very well. I had an interview and it also went fantastic. I got 670 on both SAT 2's but my downfall is my SAT in which i got a 1700 however I was able to raise my math score 250 pts for it. Now i know this score is low for Barnard But i truly love this school and everything about it. DO you think I still have a shot? ]]> Barnard College collegegirl1291-313123 http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/barnard-college/811324-low-sat-score-but-everything-else-fine-help.html