<p>Gender: F
Location: Chicago, IL
College Class Year: 2012
High School Type: rarely sends grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.75
Class Rank: top 5%</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>ACT: 29</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Phi Theta Kappa - Community College Honor Society
Leadership positions: Phi Theta Kappa- Vice President of Fellowship, Vice President of Leadership concurrent, Habitat for Humanity Global Village Team Leader
Volunteer/Service Work: Community Work through Phi Theta Kappa (Helping homeless, cancer awareness campaign), Habitat for Humanity Global Village Leader initiating campus team to Africa, Lead campus and community food drive
Honors and Awards: Presidents Honors List Student, Possible Summa Cum Laude Associate’s Graduate w/ 2 Associate’s, Dean’s List, USA TODAY ALL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEAM 2010 NOMINEE</p>
<p>This semester</p>
<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>
<p>College: Yale University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: Mount Holyoke College, Choice #: 2, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending
College: Brown University, Choice #: 3, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
College: University of Chicago, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/ Interview Pending
College: University of Pennsylvania, Choice #: 4, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied
College: Johns Hopkins University, Choice #: 6, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied
College: Stanford University, Choice #: 7, ED/EA: No, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied</p>
<p>Phi Theta Kappa
PTK Vice President of Fellowship
VP of Leadership
USA TODAY ALL ACADEMIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE TEAM NOMINEE
CocaCola Scholarship Nominee</p>
<p>Nominated Chicago Woman of the Year Impact Award
Habitat for Humanity Global Village Leader… planning a PTK trip including worldwide collaboration to form a group building homes in a third world country, leader and organizer including secureing $30,000 in fundraising to make trip possible
Created a Homeless Campaign in community that raised money and food for a local homeless shelter…
Created a support group for exceptional students encouraging them to apply to selective schools/ assisting in transfer preparation…</p>
<p>Hook: Left hs to take care of father, father died of prostate cancer while waiting for available appointment at county hospital… left destitute… travelled to europe in search of surviving family… struggled, gained family support… returned to school in a dual enrollment program completing hs and as concurrently. Worked as a grant writer for an engineering firm and worked full time for a plastic surgeon as an assistant… Enrolled in scholars program</p>