Chance a junior for liberal arts colleges!

nuggethead4000
Sat, 01 Apr 2023 04:06:04 +0000

hi!! im currently a junior in hs very scared about my upcoming college app process!

demographics: asian (korean), bisexual female, child of immigrants, i go to the best public hs in my state in a magnet program (school doesnt rank), family agi is mid 70k

intended majors: double major in philosophy and political science, maybe international relations and pre-law, probably minor in art history (i’m honestly not very decided on majors yet except i know for sure i want to major in philosophy)

GPA: 3.91 UW, 4.67 W

APs:

9th - AP NSL (5)

10th - AP Seminar (5), AP Human Geo - (5), APUSH - (3, but im retaking this year to hopefully get a 5)

11th (taking all of these this year) - AP World, AP Art History, AP Lang, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics

12th (plan) - AP Enviro Science, AP Psych, AP Research, AP Lit, AP Statistics

SAT: 1360 without studying, im retaking this summer, my goal is 1480-1550

coursework: almost all APs and honors (minus classes like gym and health education from freshman year) except my calc class this year because i got a C in AP Calc during my first sem so i dropped down… i’m planning to explain this in my apps tho because i got SA’d earlier this year and had to miss a ton of school for therapy

awards:

Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award

National History Day: School Winner

AP Scholar with Honor

National Rural and Small Town Recognition Award

hopefully AP Capstone award after next year

also i won a bunch of small scale/county-wide writing contests, got my poetry published in some small poetry places

ecs:

founded a philosophy club at my school (president), i’d say this is the ec i’m most active in i teach the students in my club about philosophy and we do discussions, we also go out into our local communities/libraries and hold sessions, planning to host book drives next year

debate all 4 years, made it to my regional playoffs 10th grade

NHS, planning to run for vice president

National English Honor Society, also planning to run for a position

Asian-American Progressive Student Union all 4 years

Period Club all 4 years (it helps distribute menstrual products in community)

county Pride organization

worked at a restaurant sophomore/junior year

tutored children whose first language wasn’t English

some other small clubs at my school, no leadership positions

essay: i’m planning to write about how i didn’t know any English when i first started school, but i’ve now been in a magnet program for the humanities in both middle and high school and also tutor children who were in similar circumstances to mine (see second to last point on my ecs.) ik it sounds weak but i’m a good essay writer so i think i could make it work!

add info: planning to take the biliteracy test in Korean early next year and i’m fluent so i think i’ll do fine, my family income is high on paper but we have to support my mom’s family overseas so we don’t have the best living circumstances, i’ll probably write about how i had to work sophomore/junior year to pay our water bills and groceries, applying to internships this summer (probably will end up being one with my local congressman and another one i’m not sure yet) since i couldnt last summer because of my job/family situation, i’d preferably want a lot of fin aid and i’m currently applying to some scholarships

recs: i’m on p good terms with all my teachers, but i feel like only one (lang/english teacher thank god) will write me a really good rec to be honest

schools:

my dreams are boston uni, nyu, carleton college, vassar, barnard, colby, other hidden ivies/liberal arts colleges

safety: my state school, american uni

abroad: university college of london, korea university, yonsei university