<p>Gah, I gave in. Bring on the anxiety, please!</p>
<p>Japanese-American Female
GPA: 3.9/4.8
Class rank: 6/498
SAT: 760CR/750WR/660M
760 French
760 U.S. Hist
690 Lit
AP: Euro 5
Eng. Lang. 5</p>
<p>Brigham Young University: IN</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS!</p>
<p>Truly sinister.</p>
<p>Dammit, I pressed enter by accident and it posted, so here’s the real thing: </p>
<p>Japanese-American Female
Single parent household (dad)
GPA: 3.9/4.8
Class rank: 6/498
Intended majors: Art History, French
SAT: 760CR/750WR/660M
760 French
760 U.S. Hist
690 Lit
AP: Euro 5
Eng. Lang. 5
French 5
US Hist 5</p>
<p>11th:
AP Eng Lang.
AP US Hist
Honors Pre-Cal
Honors Chem
Honors French 4</p>
<p>12th:
AP Gov’t
AP Eng Lit.
AP Env’t Sci
AP French 5
Statistics</p>
<p>ECs, etc.
Songwriters’ Collaboration Club (Co-Founder/Co-Prez)
Photography Club (VP, P)
French Club (Historian)
Photographer, school newspaper (10, 11)
Various public performances
Split-EP recorded with local band
Guitar (9, 10, 11, 12)
Internship, clothing & accessories company (10, 11)
School Musical (9, 10)
Jazz Band (10)
Choir (9)
Job: “sales associate” for paint-your-own ceramics store since 2006. Will tell the admissions deities that I started working to pay for photo supplies/summer program.</p>
<p>Summer:
San Francisco Art Institute, Pre-College
B+W photo (A+), Color photo (A)</p>
<p>California College of the Arts, Pre-College
B+W photo (A)</p>
<p>Academy of Art University, Pre-College
Fashion design (A)
Fashion construction (A)</p>
<p>Awards
Regional French speaking contest, first place
AP Scholar with Honors (or whichever one that doesn’t matter)
I won first place at my high school’s poetry slam, but that doesn’t sound very impressive, I think.</p>
<p>Swell recs, I hope.<br>
Essay: Either about my laissez-faire father or a photo exhibition that helped me realize I want to become a photo curator.</p>
<p>Schools:
Brown (yeah yeah, I know)
Pomona (yeah, I know)
Wesleyan (I know)
Scripps
Vassar
Reed (great interview with admissions rep)
UC Berkeley
UCLA?
UC Santa Barbara</p>
<p>I think I need more match schools, any suggestions? I have “liberal”/“hipster” (tsk, tsk) inclinations.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Forgot to mention, I’m sending in a photo portfolio/audio CD. Both have received high praise.</p>
<p>So stressful.</p>