<p>Hey everyone! Just looking for some chances… I’m applying to Brandeis, Brown (top choice), Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Georgetown, and University of Rochester.</p>
<p>I plan on majoring Linguistics, but I also want to take some computer science classes (I’m interested in the computational linguistics angle).</p>
<p>Here are some of my stats:</p>
<p>99.22 GPA Weighted (not sure what it is unweighted… sorry! If I figure out I’ll update you all)</p>
<h1>2 out of 148 in a small public school in Pennsylvania</h1>
<p>SAT:
760 Reading
660 Math (ouch)
800 Writing
taking my SAT II’s in January due to a lot of schedule conflicts (Literature, Math Level II, Spanish)</p>
<p>My schedule this year:
AP Lit
AP Bio
AP Bio Lab/Band
Prob/Stats
AP Spanish
AP Music Theory
Independent Study/Visual Basic</p>
<p>All high A’s this year so far. Last year I took 2 AP’s (AP Lang and APUSH) and got 5’s on both.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
I have a lot but here are the main ones:
-Band (I’m really involved in it, I’ve done marching, concert, jazz, county, and pit since freshman year, made districts last year and hopefully will this year. I play soprano/alto/tenor/bari sax and flute for band, but I also play accordion, piano, clarinet, and guitar)
-Quiz Bowl since 9th, I’m a co-captain of the team
-Spanish Club since 9th, I’ve been the President or Secretary depending on the year
-Student Council since 9th, I’ve been the Treasurer and Electric Sign Programmer (this message board thing we have in the lobby) since 10th
-Newspaper since 9th, I’ve been a staff writer and photographer every year, last year I was Junior Editor-in-Chief and this year I’m Senior Editor-in-Chief
-Science Fair Competitions, I’ve gotten 1sts and a 2nd in the school competition since 9th, all 1sts at regionals since 9th, 2nds and a 1st at state competitions since 9th, and 1sts at the Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair
-Gifted Program since 9th, I’ve done Rosetta Stone, Career/College Exploration, JA Titan Business Simulations, Independent Projects, a Stock Market Simulation, the Career Fair, and Knowledge Master Open competitions
-County-wide Youth Arts Day, did a flute performance in 9th and will be entering photography or a painting this year as well as volunteering
-I’m the Junior Council Member for my hometown’s Borough Council. I sit in on all the meetings and have the same privileges as the Council Members with the exception of voting on motions.
There are a couple more but I’ll leave it at that.</p>
<p>I have about 230 hours of volunteer work, mostly with the local library and carnival, and some with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, a local fire company, a summer foreign language program for elementary schoolers, and giving lessons to younger students who play saxophone.</p>
<p>That’s about it, I guess. Any chances or advice are VERY VERY WELCOME! Thank you!!!</p>