<p>Female.
White/Native Hawaiian
First Generation college student
Low income/raised by a single mom
Major: Poli sci/government</p>
<p>High School: Mixed bag. Very low GPA but this was over 10 years ago. However, several standardized test subject honors, and EC’s. It’s sort of like the Jekyll and Hyde of transcripts. Not a lot of gray areas there.</p>
<p>Standardized tests: Never took 'em. Every place I intend to apply has waived this requirement for people in my situation. Is there any indication that they would be worth it to take at this late moment in time?</p>
<p>Work: Living History Instructor in an educational Non-Profit + Tall Ship Crew member
-Write curriculum for programs set to california classroom standards</p>
<p>TA For the Business Honors department</p>
<p>College: 3.68 GPA (4.0 last several semesters) and 3.72 at transfer.
The transcript reflects some coursework which is over 10 years old.
19 units of honors coursework
3.8 Major GPA</p>
<p>Hooks/honors/other stuff:
Non Traditional
Honors
Honors List
President’s List
Won: Exceptional Student Leader award
Won: Public Policy Award and Scholarship
Won: Waltmar Foundation Award for academics and leadership.
Presenter UC Berkeley Honors Conference and publication in their annual.
Presenter UCI Honors Conference.
Last year alone, I donated 1400 hours to various service and leadership activities. </p>
<p>EC’s</p>
<p>Women’s Crew
Sailing team
Student executive board
Instructional Planning Committee (faculty committee)
Regional Delegate (state-wide student government)
Chair of the student advocacy committee (participates in state and local lobbying activities)
VP Honors Student Council
VP/founding member Poli Sci Honor Society
Chapter co-founder/VP Non-Traditional Honor Society
Alpha Gamma Sigma (Active member)
Phi Theta Kappa (active member)
Newspaper
International Business advisory committee (Faculty committee)</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community Service:</p>
<p>Docent at a non-profit historical home and garden in their education department
Big Sister in BB-BS Program
Volunteer at local PBS affiliate
Assistant to the director at a local educational kids theatre non prof
Consulting for Troy Historical Village in Troy Mi
Friends Of Freethought</p>
<p>Internships:
Lead social Media Intern for congressional primary candidate
Jr Intern for congressional candidate during general elections</p>
<p>Letters of Rec: I have pretty incredible references from the Dean of Student Services, Instructors, Advisors and Classified Staff. </p>
<p>Essays: My ace in the hole has always been my ability to write (this post completely notwithstanding)</p>