Chance me for Harvard, Yale, and Duke?

femkilljoy101
Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:23:22 +0000

Demographics
US domestic (permanent resident)

TX, in a pretty competitive urban city.

Type of high school: Public, large and competitive…

Gender/Race/Ethnicity (optional) White, French

Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.): none

Intended Major(s)
Classics, Comparative Literature, Gender and Sexuality

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores

Unweighted HS GPA: 4.0

Weighted HS GPA (incl. weighting system): 6.5/6.0

Class Rank: 1/620

ACT/SAT Scores: 1560; 780 reading and writing and 780 math.
Coursework
*9 years of language on my high school transcript.
Current classes: BC Calc, AP Lit, AP Micro, AP Biology, Speech and Debate, Journalism, and Art I (required)
15 APs by the time I graduate
Scores:
AP: Psych (5), Spanish Language and Culture (5), French Language and Culture (5), Macroeconomics (5), European History (5), World History (5), US History (5), Chemistry (4), English Language and Culture (5)

Awards

1. TOC Qualifier

2. NIETOC Qualifier x 2

3. TFA Qualifier

4. State Qualifier in Cross country- 9th

5. Ranked top 10 in state for Literary Event (sorry about vagueness)

6. Finals at some national tournaments

Extracurriculars

1. Research with Department Head of T20 Classics-11- 12
Sole research assistant them. Analyzed Latin texts for book under contract (Cambridge Press).

2. Speech and Debate- 9-12
Generated $3,000+ sponsorships with local businesses. National qualifier in Event. .

3. Research at Princeton- 10th
One of 15 students to author a comparative research paper with Princeton PhDs about Mansfield’s short story “Garden Party,” using psychoanalytic lens.

4. Business internship 10th
Assisted in audit work: assets and bank reconciliation. Organized and filed meeting notes and audit documents. Selectivity of one student per year.
5.Varsity Cross Country:
All-State, All-Region, Academic All-State; One time State Championships qualifier (9th); Regional Qualifier (9th- 10th)

5. NHI Student Leader: Spotlight findings and stories, connecting to NHI fundamentals to provoke international discussion about Latino community

6. Congress Rep Student Lead: Trained volunteers to phone- and text-bank, coordinated volunteers, represented candidate at women’s meetings

7. Book Club, President; Rebuilt a district-wide book club program during COVID; chose books to reflect social themes and create discussion.

8. Led a branch-wide book club; organized literacy fairs and botany fairs for students. Planned county-wide branch activities for 15 libraries.**

9. NEHS helped establish a partnership with library
Updates submitted with LOCI
2nd in state in a certain event
Internship with Princeton Prof in Comp Lit
Subreddit moderator- r/feminism- 300 k members
Help manage an international program for research internships
Essays/LORs/Other
I had incredibly strong essays because I had an essay counselor.
Common App 9/10
Yale supps 10/10
Harvard sups: 9/10 and submitted book list
LORs:
Submitted to all:
Counselor’s LOR: 5/10- large public school so she has a bunch of students
Research mentor’s lor 8/10- she loved me
For Yale:
English teacher eh rec to be honest- 5/10
APUSH teacher- 10/10 loves me, calls me her adopted daughter
For Harvard
APUSH teacher- 10/10 loves me, calls me her adopted daughter
AP Lit teacher- 8/10- knew me well and could write abt my current capabilities

Submissions research- I submitted a research paper centered on art history for Harvard

Interviews were alright, nothing amazing…

Results:
UT Plan II- Full merit ride
Yale Deferred

Waiting on
Harvard