<p>I think you have good chances at Swarthmore:</p>
<p>a) Swat has to actively target potential Engineering majors. Female engineering/physics majors are like finding a needle in a haystack. If you successfully communicate your interest in these areas, backed up by the NASA Sharp stuff, you will stand out in the admissions office. Definitely contact (or better yet visit) the Engineering and Physics department chairs. Get them talking you up in admissions!</p>
<p>b) Your TaeKwanDo is a cool extracurricular, especially at the level you are talking about. Write an essay about it. Research the TaeKwanDo scene at Swat or talk about teaching it at Swat. They LOVE student initiated activities in just about anything.</p>
<p>c) Your work with elementary school kids is fantastic. Eugene Lang is Swarthmore’s biggest benefactor (see the Lang Center for Civic Responsibility). He is famous for starting the I Have a Dream Foundation that adopts an entire class of grade school kids, mentors them through high school, and funds their college education. Contact (or better yet visit) the Lang Center in the train station on campus. Learn about the tutoring programs in local grade schools. Tie your experience with how you could continue this sort of thing during your Swat years.</p>
<p>You have the raw materials to put together a fantastic application that will push a lot of good buttons at Swat.</p>