<p>Gender: Female
Location: New Jersey
Religion: Jewish
Age: 17
Grade: Senior</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: about a 3.68 on a 4.5 scale, but shooting upwards
Unweighted GPA: no idea, to be quite honest</p>
<p>ACT: 33 (31 Critical Reading, 32 Math, 33 Writing, 35 Science, 10 on Essay)
SAT: Never took it. I intensely dislike the SAT.
SAT II: Literature, 660</p>
<p>AP: US Government and Politics (5)</p>
<p>Current Classes (MP grades in parentheses): AP Literature (A), AP Statistics (B+), AP Chemistry II (B+), US Issues (required, possibly the stupidest class I’ve ever taken, A), French 5 (A), Print Journalism (A), Health/Phys Ed (A)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Fall Drama - 9, 11 (understudy for lead)
Set Design - 9, 10, 11
Thespian Honor Society - 12
Model United Nations Hershey Conference - 10, 11, 12
Youth and Government - 10, 11, 12
Hi’s Eye (weekly newspaper free from prior review, only one in NJ) - 11, 12
Religious School - 9, 10 (confirmed)
Temple Youth Group - 11, 12</p>
<p>Leadership Positions:
Moderator, Nation Building Committee at MUN (11) - was in charge of Economics and Finance sub-committee of the full NBC committee, also responsible for creating crises and acting as Vice Chair during dual committee
Vice-Chair, Nation Building Committee at MUN (12) - in charge of entire NBC along with Chair, chose topic for this year’s conference (rebuilding the DRC after the Rwandan genocide) helped to create conference along with other officers
Liberal Firm President, YAG (12) - in charge of the Liberal Firm B throughout the duration of the conference, choose and assign clients, work with lobbyists to earn more money than Conservative Firm A, create conference once meetings begin with other officers
Graphics, Arts, and Photography Editor, Hi’s Eye (12) - InDesign and Photoshop expert on staff, in charge of creating and managing the numerous graphics for each week’s paper in addition to writing articles. Also involves staying after school for 2 days each week until 5:30 to work on the paper, as well as remaining in contact with the people who work at the place that prints our paper to make sure that the coloring and graphic quality come out okay</p>
<p>Summer Experiences:
US Performing Arts Camp (10) - spent two weeks in an intense theatre (focus in acting) camp at Hampshire College in MA
TVI Studios Industry Intensive (10) - week-long acting intensive in NYC, culminated with an evaluation by legit and commercial agents
West Coast Connection French Culture Tour (11) - spent four weeks traveling throughout France (Paris, Caen, Dijon, Avignon, Nice) while taking lessons in French Language and culture
Camp Yachad (11) - Worked as a Counselor In Training for a group of 16 second grade girls, also acted as an unpaid bus counselor
Career Explorations/Questex Publications (12) - attended career intensive summer program. Lived in dorm in NYC while working a full-time internship in the Beauty Department at Questex. Jobs included creating a press list of influential beauty editors and bloggers to invite to an upcoming trade show, creating a list of and contacting salons for a VIP list for a trade show, designing sell-sheets and ad-rate sheets that will be used professionally by the company
Travel for Teens Photography Tour (12) - traveled to Italy for a 10-day photography intensive. Taught about photography by an on-trip counselor/photographer while being immersed in Italian culture.</p>
<p>Essays:
Common App Personal Statement - Wrote about finding my place through journalism and design
Common App Short Answer - on Model UN
Why Syracuse - self explanatory
Person You Want to Be - Wrote about my idol, Aoife Wasser (just left TeenVogue where she was the Creative Director) and how her vision for the magazine inspired me to want to be a CD as well
3 Levels - Journalism on campus, in the city (internships), and how the publishing world is not limited to the US </p>
<p>Recommendations:
Journalism 2 Teacher - junior year. My guidance counselor read it and said it was awesome
Chemistry I and AP Chemistry II Teacher - I love him. I’ve had him twice now so he knows me really well, and he’s like my teacher best friend. It’ll also be a great other-side recommendation as I made clear my intentions to be a Comm. major, which pretty much makes me the only student in his AP Chem class not intending to go into a science. Go figure
Guidance Counselor - we’re best friends, no lie. We bring each other chocolate and I hang out in her office for all my free periods. It’s great.</p>
<p>Special Circumstance:
Starting beginning of sophomore year I began have vision problems with optical migraines that caused me to lose sight for short periods of time and then had double vision 24/7. It lasted all through that year and junior year and led me to have some bad grades in school (though in my defense, a bad grade is a B for me and I never received anything below that). I eventually elected to have surgery to have the problem fixed and now senior year I’m back to being a really good student just like freshman year.</p>
<p>School Visit:
Visited for two days at the end of the summer. ADORED Newhouse (Newhouse 3 is seriously the coolest building EVER) and the school itself. </p>
<p>Legacy:
My grandfather went to 'Cuse</p>
<p>In Newhouse:
Planning on majoring in Graphic Design. </p>
<p>Pretty much it. Thanks to anyone who answers!</p>