A girl can dream...

iicaruswalks
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:57:55 +0000

Personally, I think I may be shooting for a star that is beyond my reach…but I can rest assured knowing that I did make a worthy attempt regarding admissions to the college of my dreams: Columbia University. What do you think?

Ranking: 22 out of 756 (above top 5%)
GPA: 4.285
Ethnicity: Korean-American
SAT I: 2080–I’ll be retaking this next month.
SAT II: 640–U.S. History; 660–Literature
AP: 3 on European History; 3 on Biology; 4 on Psychology; 4 on English Language; 5 on U.S. History

Yeah, yeah…standardized testing is not one of my strengths.

Extracurricular Activities:
*Member of Key Club
*Vice-President and co-founder of Follow Your Dream
*Member of the California Scholarship Federation
*Volunteer at the local YMCA and the local medical center
*Sunday School/Korean school teacher
*Tutor
*Piano for approximately five years–and still, I am horrific.
*Academy of Science and Medicine

Honors/Awards:
*Winner of the Korean Daily’s writing competition
*National Merit candidate
*Eligible for Local Context in California
*AP Scholar with Distinction
*Honorable mention in another writing competition
*Wrote short novel for NaNoWriMo
*CPR- and EMR-certified

I’m actually planning to apply as an Early Decision candidate. Pardon my pessimism, but I am a failure at life.