chance an artist!

chair2
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:51:47 +0000

SAT: 2290 superscored (730 cr, 770 m, 790 w, 12 e)

uw GPA: 3.83 (ouch! i moved in high school from a very easy public to a tough private, so i had adjustment issues. this, easy-A electives included, is on a 4.0 A 3.0B scale, the equivalent of 12 trimester academic B+'s)

weighted GPA: ~4.5/4.7 (only calculated for junior/senior year; this, i know from school’s college counseling dept, is higher than the avg weighted GPA for HYPSM…)

rank: unranked, but if i had to guess, then somewhere along top 10% (in a school where 16% attemd ivies + stanford/mit) for my WEIGHTED gpa.

ECs:
art (seven years of professional private instruction; finalist in national/international contest; internationally published artwork; x2 professional gallery installments; designed for school programs)
varsity swimming (captain; x8 state qualifier; x3 scholar-athlete; x1 school record holder; not being recruited)
science research (500+ hours; research assistant during two summers)
three culture/charity clubs (president of two, minor leadership position in another)
community/school service (teacher’s assistant; peer tutor; on a school board)

Essays/Recs:
essays will be great, probably one of the strongest parts of my application.
recs will be great (from top 10% to top 1%), and probably hinge off of some of my ECs, namely art, b/c they’ve seen my work before. my counselor rec will also address my adjustment issues.

Supplements:
definitely an art supplement, which is going to be very very strong. possibly a supplemental rec, which will probably be one-of-the-best-in-career.

Others:
I’m an ORM, second generation college applicant, and will be applying RD.

thanks guys!