<p>Please chance me for Yale (CT), Amherst (MA), and Vassar (NY)!!!</p>
<p>I am a half white, half Japanese female going to a public art high school in Minnesota for creative writing/literary arts.</p>
<p>From ninth to eleventh grade, I went to a different public high school in MN, but for twelfth grade I am attending this art school.</p>
<p>POSSIBLE MAJORS/CAREERS
English, Math, History, Japanese
Editor, Professor, Curator, Translator</p>
<p>GPA: 3.95/4.13</p>
<p>RANK
Old school (9-11): 25/434
New school (12): class of 150, top 1%)</p>
<p>STANDARDIZED TESTS
ACT: 32
PSAT: 208 (Commended)
AP: Euro 4, Stats 3, US History 4, Calc AB 2</p>
<p>COURSELOAD
All the honors and AP classes that I could possibly have taken, except in science.</p>
<p>12TH GRADE:
Shakespeare
American Novel
Urban Geography
Physics
Acting
Piano
Literary Arts Level II
Self-study Japanese 4 for AP test</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
WRITING (2000-present)
- First place in NHL-sponsored essay-writing contest, prize of $1000
- My former 11th grade english teacher used various pieces of mine in her summer conference on writing</p>
<p>CHOIR (2000-2006, 2007-present)
- One year section leader, two year soloist, travelled to San Francisco, Iowa, various places in Minnesota, team won first place and second place in various competitions</p>
<p>MATH TEAM (2005-2007)
- One year scoring team</p>
<p>VOLUNTEER WORK (2005-present)
- Copy editing/organizing events for Women With Purpose website helping children in Africa with malaria prevention
- Positive Forces for Change: fundraisers, successfully gained more money for the homeless by camping out at the State Capitol for the night annually for two years
- 120+ hours at church, consisting of mostly manual labour</p>
<p>THEATRE (2005, 2007-present)
- Main character
- Best Actress Award</p>
<p>PART-TIME JOB (2005-present)
- Coffee shop barista and cashier </p>
<p>SELF TAUGHT JAPANESE 4(present)
- Will be attending new school for senior year and continuing to study the language on my own (level 4, college level 1012 at U of MN)</p>
<p>ACADEMIC HONOURS
Honour roll (2005-2007)
AP Scholar with Honour (2007)</p>
<p>COLLEGES
Yale
Amherst
Vassar</p>
<p>FAMILY
40K, 2 people</p>