Chance me--Northwestern ED

glblhealthnerd
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:00:14 +0000

Applying to SESP, hoping to major in social policy

-UW GPA: 3.95
-W GPA: 5.15
-Class rank: top 5%
-ACT: 34C (35R, 35W, 34S, 30M)
-Subject tests: still need to take
-APs already taken: AP World History, AP Environmental Science, AP Statistics, AP Language & Comp, AP US History
-Senior year courses: AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, AP French, AP Literature, Honors Journalism II-Newspaper, Healthful Living (I had an injury freshman year, so I have to take this course as a senior)

-Interned for seven months at global health nonprofit. I created my own internship to fill the needs of the organization, and I interviewed over 120 local students for research
-Earned an A in a 200-level college course at UNC-Chapel Hill. The course was on the role of public opinion in policy
-Co-Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper. I co-led the transition to online, and I created social media pages in addition to my work writing, editing, and doing layout
-Steering Committee of Global Health Club. Co-led fundraisers, all of which have raised at least $10,000
-President of French Club
-National French Honors Society (VP at my school)
-Volunteered at hospital daycare for roughly fifty hours total
-Part-time hostess at local restaurant

-School: smallish (~850 students), public HS in North Carolina
-Race: White
-Gender: Female
-My dad is an alum, but I don’t know if that matters

Also applying to: UNC, Tufts, Emory, Georgetown, McGill