<p>General Information:
Age When Graduating: 17
Graduating Class Size: ~250
School Prestige: supposedly well-known; relatively prestigious public school in suburban Detroit
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Location: metro-Detroit, MI
Hooks: female applying for engineering
Income: ~$175,000 (but dad is retired and mom is a substitute teacher)</p>
<p>Statistics:
SAT: haven’t taken yet; aiming for 2100+
SAT II: will take Math II and Physics come spring; aiming for 700+
GPA: 3.7 UW, 4.3 W
Class Rank: school does not rank</p>
<p>Courses Taken:</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
English 9 Team (Honors 2nd term; not available for 1st)
Honors Biology
French 2
Honors Debate
World History
PE
Art
Foods & Nutrition
Honors Geometry
Computer Technology</p>
<p>Sophomore Year:
Honors Chemistry
AP US History
Yearbook
Choir
Honors American Literature
Earth Science
French 3
Honors Algebra 2
Lifeguard Training</p>
<p>Junior Year:
AP Language & Composition
Yearbook
Honors Precalculus
Honors French 4 (Honors unavailable for 2 or 3)
AP European History
Honors Physics
Health
Economics</p>
<p>Senior Year Courseload:
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics
AP Western Literature
AP US Government
AP French
Yearbook</p>
<p>Extra-Curricular Activities:
-Co-Editor in Chief of school yearbook (has won state-level awards) [11, 12 - staff member during 10th]
-Varsity Forensics team (Broadcasting) [10, 11, 12]
-FIRST Robotics team [11, 12]
-Varsity tennis team [11, 12]/JV tennis team [9, 10]
-National Honor Society [11, 12]</p>
<p>Volunteer/Work Experience:
-co-founder of a Haiti relief club at my school (President) [plan to make trip this summer]
-Detroit relief work during summers '10 & '11
-day camp counselor during summer '10
-Safety Town instructor during summers '08 & '09
-sporadic food bank/farmer’s market help (total community service: 300+ hours)
-babysitting (since 2006)
-lifeguard (certified 2010; began work 2011)
-summer 2011 engineering internship</p>
<p>The Rest of It:</p>
<p>-week-long summers '10 & '11 Michigan Interscholastic Press Association camp at Michigan State University (for yearbook)
-will ask Honors Precalc & Honors as well as AP Physics teachers for teacher recs; both like me so they should be good
-counselor just moved here this year (junior year), so who knows how good hers will be? Probably generic.
-will ask yearbook advisor/AP Gov teacher for additional rec letter; should be great
- I’m a good writer, so I should be able to write great essays. Probably about Haiti experience for CommonApp; dual interest in engineering/journalism for NU supplement and how they are unique in that they have top-notch programs for both areas
- I will apply for financial aid, but I may not receive any</p>
<p>The Schools:</p>
<p>USA Schools:
-Northwestern (ED)
-University of Michigan
-Johns Hopkins
-University of Chicago
-Duke
-Carnegie Mellon
-MIT
-Harvard</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any input! I’ll chance you back too</p>