<p>(Just a note. Part of the reason why I’m posting this thread is that I’m specifically looking at scholarship opportunities at some of these schools. I know I could just look at median numbers for getting in, but with some of the scholarships it gets a little more difficult to find info, thus my turning to CC) </p>
<p>Please chance me for:
-Schreyers Honors College at Penn State University
- Honors Program/Chancellors Scholarship at University of Pittsburgh
- Admission/Dean’s Honor Scholarship/Community Service Scholarship at Tulane
- Admission/Robertson Scholarship/Morehead-Cain Scholarship at UNC Chapel Hill
- Admission/Johnson Scholarship at Washington and Lee
- Admission/General Scholarship $ at Washington University of St. Louis
- Admission at Williams
- Admission at Cornell
- Admission at Duke</p>
<p>** Academic Info: **
- Un-weighted GPA: 3.92
- Weighted GPA (advanced/honors/AP are all out of 5 points): 4.61
- Have completed 5 AP courses so far, will have completed 5 more by graduation.
-All core classes have been advanced or honors through all of high school; only a few electives werent advanced/honors/AP</p>
<p>-SAT: 790 CR, 790 M, 740 Wr.
-SAT IIs- US History- 780; Literature 770; Math II 720
-5s on all APs taken so far (English Language, US History, US Govt, AB Calc, Comparative Govt)</p>
<p>**Extra-curriculars/ Experiences/ Community Service **
-Leo Club
-> Treasury in 11th grade
-> President in 12th grade
-School Publications
-> Editor of Freshman Section in Yearbook (9th grade)
-> Editor of Features Section in Newspaper (10th grade)
-> Editor of Mini Mag Section in Yearbook (11th grade)
->Editor of Opinion Section in Newspaper (12th grade)
- Youth and Government
-> Member of PA House for 2 years, member of PA Senate this year
-> Committee Chair Candidate from State College last year
-> Chief Parliamentarian of State College club 12th grade
-Active member of Girl Scouts for 4 years (helping with a lot of community projects in this context
-Volunteered 80+ hours for Obama Presidential campaign in 2009
-Founded a non-profit organization, Janis Angels, to deliver gift baskets to cancer patients during the Christmas season. Weve given about 100 baskets a year to patients over the last 5 years. - Individually designed and sold a calendar to benefit the non-profit advocacy and charity group The HP Alliance raised about $700 last year and have begun to sell the second version of the calendar I designed for 2010
- Traveled as a People to People Student Ambassador to Australia the summer before 9th grade</p>
<p>** Work Experience **
- Worked as a busser at a breakfast restaurant for a year before offered a more desirable job as
- A cashier at the local grocery store, where Ive been working for almost 2 years now. For the past year or so Ive worked between 15 and 22 hours per week. </p>
<p>Honors/Awards
-Selected by NCTE in 8th grade as a Promising Young Writer and in 11th grade for the Writing Achievement Award. In both cases I was only one of 4-5 nominated out of a class of 700, and in the latter I was one of 712 chosen nationally out of ~1800 nominated.
-Selected as the only one out of my sophomore class to attend HOBY (Hugh OBrien Youth Leadership Seminar)
- Bronze Pen award- given to the best writer out of the class in 9th grade
-Won Kohls Kids Who Care award for work with aforementioned Janis Angels
-Reached state level in American Legion Oratorical Contest (11th grade) and won state level for American Legion Essay Contest
-Recognized and asked to read a piece Id written for the PSU African American Write-in in 10th grade - Won the Carnegie Science Fair in Behavioral Science division in 8th grade.
-National Merit Commended Scholar
-Youngest female to finish 4.4 mile Chesapeake Bay Swim in 2008 (at age of 15) </p>
<p>Recs/Essays/Etc/
-Very good recs, I think, but everyone probably thinks that, so who really knows?
-Everyone who has read my essays so far has loved them, and I still think theyre sorely lacking, but youre your own worst critic, arent you?
- The head of the LE/Gifted Department asked me if she could please personally write my counselor recommendations after reading something I wrote, so I think that will be a fantastic rec since she was so excited about getting to write it</p>
<p>My family income situation is complicated, and I really cant count on getting as much financial aid as Ill need, which is why Im so focused on finding merit scholarships for myself. </p>
<p>Thanks so much in advance to everyone who responds!</p>