<p>Hi Everyone, </p>
<p>I am a senior in the midst of the college application process. I am currently in the process of adding/deleting schools to my list, and I would really appreciate your help! I am looking for a smaller (liberal arts or research based) school that has a very creative curriculum/atmosphere. I am also looking for a campus that isn’t as focused on athletics (not my style). I am undecided at this point, but I am steering clear of any specific math and science majors. I am probably thinking about going into business or cognitive science or something (very up in the air). Any ideas for majors based on my activities would be cool too 
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<p>So, first and foremost, stats: </p>
<p>-GPA: 3.73 (UW- My school doesn’t do weighted grades)
-Class Rank: Top 16% (Again, school doesn’t weight grades which didn’t work out in my favor)
-ACT: Comp: 30, Writing 10
G: Female
E: South Asian </p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Theatre- 7 productions at school, in a traveling show as well<br>
-Speech (2012-present) - Webmaster-- Participated in Prose and Duo and have 18 speech related awards including 1st at sections and 5th at state.<br>
-DECA (2012-present) – Member
-Link Crew (2013- Present) – Member<br>
-National Honor Society Member (2013-present)- senior member. </p>
<p>Out of School activities:
-District Curriculum Advisory Committee (DCAC) (2013-Present)- Student representative on the local area DCAC. Provide student insight to help increase student achievement by planning and approving instruction and curriculum.<br>
-Professional Development for Teachers (2013)- Helped lead professional development for teachers at the request of the principal by creating a student panel to talk to the staff about cultural competency in the classroom.<br>
-Teacher Fellowship Program (2013-2014)- Participant in the Teacher Fellowship Program and co-taught a Drama Class with other teacher fellows. Directed a one-act and led various theatre and musical exercises under the guidance of a supervising teacher.
-Nex-Gen (2012-present)- Minority youth entrepreneurship network focused on building leadership and entrepreneurial skills through hands on experience and work on building own companies.
-Fidgety Fairy Tales, Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health (2009- Present) – Acted in five different Fidgety Fairy Productions which traveled around Minnesota to spread awareness and reduce stigma towards mental health disorders through fairy tales.<br>
-Muslim Journeys Series, National Endowment for the Humanities (2014) – Participated with a panel of college students from local university discussing Fatima Mernissi’s book, Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood.
-Sunday School Teacher (2012-2013)- Volunteer</p>
<p>Research Work:</p>
<p>-Benefit Corporations Research Project (2014)– Completed a research brief on Benefit and B Corporations for professor in China.
-Ethnic Market Series- Photography Project (2013-2014) - Photographs on ethnic art, business and culture used in the following reports in Minnesota: Black Heritage Capital in Minnesota (Council on Black Minnesotans); Economic -Contributions of Immigrants in Minnesota (Minnesota Chamber of Commerce); Little Africa Launch at Snelling Café, St Paul and video broadcasted on local cable.<br>
-Student researcher in The Whiteness Project: a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR), Theatrical Inquiry into Whiteness (2012-2013)- Discussed whiteness in collaborative settings, participated in playbuilding sequence, and performed in the production.
-“The Transformation of University Avenue by Immigrant Entrepreneurs (1980-2012)”. (2012) –Did primary fieldwork by collecting data on immigrant entrepreneurs along University Avenue. </p>
<p>Work Experience:
-President, CEO - iPerform Theatre Company. 7/2010 to present.: Started my own theatre company with my friend-- We have summer theatre camps for kids through parks and rec in the summer. We use theatre to build community in our neighborhood and boost interest in the fine arts.
-Intern, Minnesota Department of Transportation. 10/2014- Present</p>
<p>Recs: </p>
<p>-Drama/English/Research teacher: I will be getting a rec from the teacher that facilitated the work with ‘The Whiteness Project’ and that I did a teacher fellowship with. He knows me extremely well and should write a really good recommendation.
-English Teacher: Had this teacher for about two years, knows me well. Should be a good rec.
-Counselor: Don’t know him very well, but he knows a lot about my work with the school as well as my small business so it should be good.
Supp Rec from parent of child that has participated in my theatre camps since it was created (5 years). </p>
<p>Courses:
(Taken any AP’s available except AP Sciences and maths (no room))
Sophomore: Honors World History
Junior: AP US History (3), AP Lang and Comp (4), AP Psych (5)
Senior Schedule: AP Micro, AP Gov, AP Lit and Comp, Discrete Math (Couldn’t fit AP Stats in schedule, only available math class), Art of Film, Drama Lit, Physics</p>
<p>Schools I’m considering: </p>
<p>Macalester College
American University
Babson College
Fordham University
Lewis and Clark
Reed
Puget Sound
Vassar
Brown (mega reach)
UPenn (mega reach)</p>
<p>Again, if you can let me know if there are any smaller schools that are known for their creative curriculum/atmosphere that are within my range (or out of it). I appreciate any help you can give me!! If you need any more info let me know. Thanks so much </p>