Chance Me - Current Junior for Literary Arts at Brown

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Sat, 20 May 2023 02:05:50 +0000

Demographics
From the US, white female, highly competitive private arts boarding school, first gen

Intended Major(s)
Literary Arts and English

Grades/Ranking
School doesn’t rank or weight
3.85 UW (hoping to boost a little bit by end of semester), ~4.5 W
Hoping to apply test optional

Coursework
AP Bio self study Freshman year
AP Psych online Sophomore year
AP Stats and Dual Enrollment Chem Junior year
Dual Enrollment History and English Senior year
(school only offers four dual enrollment courses, not planning to take bio because I took AP, school offers AP calc but didn’t take bc scheduling)
Potentially self studying AP Environmental Sci senior year
All other classes are honors
At least creative three creative writing courses per semester every year of high school

Awards
40+ Regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards over the past four years
Regional American Voices Nominee two years in a row
National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Best in Grade and Gold Medal
YoungArts Honorable Mention (hoping to be a finalist next year)
Local Playwriting Festival Award
Statewide Poetry Contest
College Poetry Contest
School wide spirit and community building award
School wide grant for studying public health and sciences in the summer
School wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Inclusive Initiative Award
Writing Workshop Full Ride Merit Scholarship
30+ Publications in Literary Magazines and journals

Extracurriculars
Editor in Chief of school literary journal
Founder and editor in chief of my own literary journal
Journal Editorial and Outreach Fellowship
Editorial work on several other online literary journals
Writers Volunteer (providing feedback at little to no cost for writers)
Subs Auditor (assisting audit and develop database of literary journals to be more accessible for all artists)
Writing Building Coordinator and Assistance (planned and coordinated all events for students in the writing major on our school’s campus)
Residence Life Assistant
School Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Student Voice Team Disability Accessibility Student Leader
Founder and Leader of school’s disability affinity group
Youth in Government Press Editor in Chief
Civic Engagement for the Arts Coalition Executive Board Member
Local Mutual Aid Network social media management
Volunteering with local branch of Food Not Bombs
Volunteering with program dedicated to bringing the literary arts and writing to local prisons, assisted with program’s literary journal

Summer Work/Programs
Work in local park, doing janitorial work, catering, and in maintenance
Iowa Young Writers Studio
Kenyon Young Writers Studio
Adroit Mentorship Program
Ellipsis Young Writers Workshop
Brown Pre-College
(all of the above programs with full ride scholarships)

Essays/LORs/Other
Common app on resilience and personal fear of insects as well as self isolation - 8.5
LOR from writing teacher who is also a Brown alum - 10
LOR from AP stats teacher who said she would write a million LORs for me if she could - 9
Potential LOR from Brown Pre-College teacher
Potential LOR from Editor in Chief of Adroit Journal and founder of Ellipsis Writing

Applying for scholarship and financial aid at all schools

Schools
Brown ED
Princeton RD
UPenn RD
Columbia RD