<p>2010/Asian/Female </p>
<p>School: Middle class school in Arizona; rarely sends kids to top-tier schools but I think it’s more because of apathy than lack of intelligence.
GPA: 3.9-4.0ish UW (One B last semester); 4.6 W
Rank: 1/700ish
Courseload: Most difficult, all academic classes are AP/honors. I’ve taken a course entitled “AP Spanish” but refused to take the test because the course content was <i>obviously</i> mismatched with the title. I don’t know how much that will hurt me.</p>
<p>APs: 10th - World History (4); 11th - Chem, English Language, Calc BC, US History (Hoping for 5s and I’m pretty confident that I got at least 4s); 12th - Gov, Econ, English Lit, Biology, Physics. Also Calculus III at local Community College.</p>
<p>SAT I: CR 690 M 790 W 700 Total 2180 (Will either retake for CR in the fall or the ACT)
SAT II: Chinese 790 Math I 780 Math II 800 Chem 800</p>
<p>Awards:
NM Semifinalist, if the rumored cutoffs are correct
Arizona State U Asian LEAD Academy - Top LEADer
Golden Scholar - Academic Letter, basically</p>
<p>EC:
Orchestra - 9 10 11 12 (Concertmaster and section coach 12; Letter all 4 years)
Regional Orchestra member - 9 10 11 (hopefully 12)
All-state Orchestra member - 11 (hopefully 12)</p>
<p>Anytown Club - 9 10 11 12 (Treasurer 11 President 12)
Anytown Camp Delegate - 10
Anytown Camp Counselor - 11 (hopefully 12)
Anti-Defamation League Peer Trainer - 10 11 12</p>
<p>NJHS/NHS - 9 10 11 12</p>
<p>Volunteer at Phone Friend, a local warm line for children in the area - 9 10 11 12</p>
<p>(Summer)
CTD’s Civic Leadership Institute - 10
Asian LEAD Academy - 12
Carleton SWP - 12</p>
<p>Work:
Mathnasium Learning Center (Instructor) - 12</p>
<p>A little more about ECs, myself, so forth (feel free to skip at your pleasure - this probably just stuff that I would cover in essays/interviews):</p>
<p>Orchestra - I’ve devoted a lot of myself to Orchestra over the past 6 years, because making music in an ensemble gives me some kind of inner joy that I can’t really explain. I play with a program at my school called Strolling Strings, which does various gigs at RV parks around the area. I’ve also played in the Pit Orchestra of our school musical last year, despite many people telling me that the experience wasn’t worth it, the actors would all be divas, etc. and it turned out that it was probably one of the most fun experiences I’ve ever had with music. I’ve been in the regional orchestra for the last 3 years, the all-state last year, and auditioned for National High School Honor Orchestra this past summer. I will be concertmaster and a section coach for one of the younger orchestras next year as well. </p>
<p>Anytown/Anytown camp - The diversity club on campus. Anytown has actually become almost a religion to me, where I do everything possible to keep the club active on campus and raise money. We fundraise to pay for the school’s Anytown camp, where we bring about 60 students from my school as delegates together for a weekend to build community and learn about diversity. Every time that I’ve gone, I’ve come out with a different perspective about the world, which is why I am so adamant about raising money so the camp can continue; we ensure that all attendees - delegates, counselors, staff - only have to pay what they can and given the socioeconomic diversity, we end up covering quite a bit. Outside of the camp, I really want to reach out to the school and the community - which, given the intolerance in our society, is a pretty big agenda. I hope for us to accept and be accepted one day, just like every pageant queen. Instead of trying to cure the world of racism, though, I emphasize starting with our own relationships, because that’s what the world truly boils down to. I may not have conducted my own research or started an NPO, but every day I make a conscious effort to make my tiny bubble a little bit brighter, kinder, bigger.</p>
<p>I want college to be a true learning experience for me - in the formal education in classes that I don’t have the chance to take in high school, the informal education of being in the real world, and most of all synthesizing the two together. I know, that with my personality, I will make the best of my experience wherever I go, but I really have my heart set on Swarthmore. I was originally planning to apply ED, and either go or attend my in-state school, but I worry about financial aid and the hideous rumors that ED students don’t get as good of packages (after all, your need is determined by the school, not you.) and my family is the middle class just about where we get screwed over for financial aid unless it’s say, HYP.</p>
<p>Schools: Yale (possible SCEA), Swarthmore (possible ED), Wellesley, Princeton, UNC-Chapel Hill, Cornell, in-state honors college (obvious safety)</p>
<p>I’m looking to major in Peace and Conflict Studies or Global/International Studies with an Economics concentration. Also, since most if not all of my schools are reaches, could anyone suggest possible matches? I would like smaller, liberal arts schools but others would be fine, too. Apologies for the long-windedness. Thank you!</p>