<p>music makes a nice essay, or if you have something more important to write about, make it the 150 worder on the common app and succinctly describe how much it means to you in 2-3 sentences</p>
<p>id like to take this opportunity to elaborate on one of my e.c.s: obsessing over harry potter and rereading the books 30 times in anticipation for the premier on tuesday night. if you can think of an hp trivia question that can stump me i will call admissions offices telling them to accept you</p>
<p>But even with the music supplement and everything it’ll only be like 40% chance? Damn I was hoping for at least like…well 50%. How about if I write some reeeaaaally good essays lol?
And I already wrote the 150 worder about my volunteering at the hospital, how it made me connect with people, how I’ll never forget any of the people I talked with (which is true), finding a way to help people, etc. ><em>> You think music would make a better topic?
My personal essay is all about how I lost was basically neurologically emotionless for a while and was all like whacked out and couldn’t believe anything was real but now it’s over and I appreciate life and try my hardest and etc. Either they’ll think I’m awesome or I’m ****ing nuts. ></em>></p>
<p>bumpppppppp</p>
<p>sat: 2210, CR 750, M 660, W 800
sat ii: lit 750
ap: euro 5, lang 5
gpa cumulative: 4.052<only blemishes: one B for one semester each in geometry and chemistry
nmsf very likely
excellent recs and essay
half middle eastern from OK to be theatre major (disregard audition aspect obviously)</p>
<p>major ecs:
- DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA (school, community, club. very big commitment and leadership)
- speech and debate (see awards, plus leadership position)
- emergency infant services, local non profit, treasurer of junior board of directors, likely pres or vp this year
- 2 internships (one at local private college’s film and theatre departments, other at international literary magazine)
- random work: actress in local indie films and nat’l commercials plus nannying</p>
<p>awards/honors:
nat’l semi finalist in shakespeare monologue competition (lincoln center performance)
nat’l qualifier in dramatic interp
local branch of executive women international scholarship winner (we’ll see how i do at internat’l competition)
multiple regional and state awards for speech and debate
two published poetry pieces
smith college book award
national council of english teacher’s nominee (chosen by school as top writer, actual placing tba)
tons of school academic awards</p>
<p>schools: nyu, fordham, northwestern, columbia, swarthmore, vassar, macalester, american, emerson</p>
<p>thank you, thank you!</p>
<p>GPA (approx.): 3.8/4.25
SAT: 800 CR, 790 W, 700 M
SAT II: 800 US History, 800 Literature
ACT: 34
Class Rank: Somewhere in the top 10%, class size about 375.</p>
<p>APs:
Euro: 5
US History: 4
English Lit: 5
English Language: 5
Psychology: 4/5…haven’t gotten it back yet!</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (a little disjointed, due to moving…I think they’re the weakest bit.):
Model UN (9, 10)
German Club, President (9, 10, 11)
Environmental Club (9, 10, 11)
Young Democrats (11)
Rotary Exchange Student to Austria (12)</p>
<p>I have about a hundred volunteer hours, mostly tutoring younger kids in German and helping out with a local peer mentoring program. I don’t think they’re on my transcript, but I might write about it for an essay.</p>
<p>Other stuff:
Should be a NMSF, recs will be good, essays <em>should</em> be good. I’ve won several local (county and state) writing contests and a German language contest at our state university, but nothing national. My English teacher last year submitted some of my writing to a national contest last year, but I won’t know on that till October.</p>
<p>Colleges:
U. Chicago
Wesleyan
Reed
Carleton
Williams</p>
<p>Thanks so much for doing this!</p>
<p>ingette:
-off the bat i have to say the best schools on that list for you are vassar and nyu. they just seem to fit you perfectly in every way, and on the plus side i think you can get into both
- i might consider joining a club that is not affiliated with theatre/forensics, ie a community service club or academic club or something of that nature
- i would consider taking a math/sci subject test, because that side of your application doesnt really show much as of right now
-nyu, fordham, vassar, macalester, american, and emerson should all be ins
-northwestern is a low/mid reach, columbia is a high reach
-swarthmore is actually going to be a high reach i think, because you seem to be mostly focused on the humanities and it is an engineering school for the most part</p>
<p>mcscruff:
-try and join some more clubs in your new school, go for leadership positions if possible
-you might consider the sat II german
that said:
in at wesleyan and carleton
match/lowish reach at reed
reaching for williams and u chicago</p>
<p>i am basing this off of the assumption that you live in the US. am i right?</p>
<p>Yes, Kansas. But I will be in Austria next year starting in early August, so no more chances for clubs. Anyway, thanks!</p>
<p>well then try and get in as many interviews as possible before you leave and make all the arrangements with your school for recommendations and transcript/score release before you go</p>
<p>thanks so much!</p>
<p>what sort of score should i shoot for if i took math i (the only math/sci subject test i could do relatively well on?) which score would you consider too low to send?</p>
<p>for math 1, shoot for 720 which is ~90th percentile
if you’re better at math, go for math 2 and aim for a 750</p>
<p>But even with the music supplement and everything it’ll only be like 40% chance? Damn I was hoping for at least like…well 50%. How about if I write some reeeaaaally good essays lol?
And I already wrote the 150 worder about my volunteering at the hospital, how it made me connect with people, how I’ll never forget any of the people I talked with (which is true), finding a way to help people, etc. ><em>> You think music would make a better topic?
My personal essay is all about how I lost was basically neurologically emotionless for a while and was all like whacked out and couldn’t believe anything was real but now it’s over and I appreciate life and try my hardest and etc. Either they’ll think I’m awesome or I’m ****ing nuts. ></em>></p>
<p>i dont know how well an essay about a mental breakdown would play out, if you can make yourself seem victimized and now stronger as a result, it could work. otherwise you might do better with a tamer subject like music, or perhaps connecting the two by showing how music helps heal the mind</p>
<p>Location: FL
College Class Year: 2014
High School: Private
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: no
Ethnicity: Hispanic</p>
<p>Academics: (took hardest schedule available)</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.00
GPA - Weighted: N/A
Class Rank: 1
Class Size: 100</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT: 710 M, 800 CR, 800 W
SAT II’s: 790 U.S. History, 790 English Lit, 740 Math II
ACT: 34</p>
<p>Academic Activity & Awards:
Nat. Merit Scholar: should make finalist
National Hispanic Scholar
High Honor Roll (4 years)
Book Awards: Dartmouth College 2009; Wellesley College 2008
Honors Societies:National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society; Mu Alpha Theta
Medallion Awards (Highest Grade in Course): 9
Certificate Awards (Second Highest Grade in Course): 3
Dartmouth Bound (free fly-up and weekend at the school)</p>
<p>Other Awards:
several local art awards, school music awards (guitar)
varsity softball: county-wide recognition</p>
<p>Leadership:
SGA 4 years (class VP junior and senior years)
School Center for Writing: tutor 3 years, President junior/senior year
Interact Community Service Club: co-founder, secretary, treasurer, president (2 years)
Peer Counselor (2 years)
Co-founder and editor of school literary magazine</p>
<p>Community Service:
4 years, over 300 hrs throughout highschool
over 100 hrs junior year
softball coach at local community center
Special Project:
- headed book drive
- raised over $1200 and 2300 books</p>
<p>Sports - varsity softball 4 years</p>
<p>Job Experience - internship at auction house</p>
<p>APs: (I have taken as many as possible up to this point)
Euro - 5
US History - 5
English Lang - 5
I will take 5 next year (my school limits the number of APs by year)</p>
<p>Schools I will be applying to:
yale
harvard
princeton
stanford
dartmouth
columbia
georgetown
davidson
BC (safety)</p>
<p>THANKS!</p>
<p>bubblegnome:
-those scores would be relatively ordinary extraordinariness, but the fact that you’re a hispanic female makes a big difference
- are you being recruited for softball?
-try and go for some more academically-oriented ecs, maybe some math/sci stuff
given that, i would say</p>
<p>yale: 30%
harvard: 20%
princeton: 20-30%
stanford: 20-30%
dartmouth: 30-40%
columbia: 30-40%
georgetown:40-50%
davidson: in
BC: not a safe enough safety, but still probably in</p>
<p>Please chance for:</p>
<p>Brown
Cornell
UCSD
U of Michigan
U of Miami</p>
<p>Biology (concentration in Marine Biology where available)</p>
<p>ethnicity: White/Female
school: Well regarded public school in far NW New Jersey (top 2 students last year got into Harvard and MIT)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.96/4.30
Ranking: School does not rank except for top 2. I am either #2 or #3 out of 320.
SAT I: 2100 (CR 670 W 740 M 690) Got very sick night before which stunk!
SAT II: Bio 790 Chem 770 Math II 720
AP: Total of 11
Soph:Physics B(4)/U.S. History(4)
Junior: Calc ab(5)/Bio(5)/Lang and Comp(4)/World History(5)
Senior: Chem/Env. Science/Calc bc/Lit and Comp/French
All other classes honors, hardest schedule permitted.
Took College Algebra course at local college btw. 10th and 11th grade to jump ahead in math and got A.</p>
<p>EC:
IDI (Inform Defend Improve) Biology Club
President- grade 12 (9th 10th 11th 12th grade)
Science League (10th 11th 12th grade)
Math League (12th grade)
Mini-MORT (FIRST LEGO Robotics Team) Team Member then Mentor (9th 10th grade)Debate Team (9th 10th 11th 12th grade)
2007 Championships 2nd Place Negative Team
2007 Overall Season 2nd Place Negative Team
Gay-Straight Alliance (11th 12th grade)
Treasurer- grade 12</p>
<p>National Honor Society (11th 12th grade)
Mount Olive World Language Honor Society - French (10th 11th 12th grade)
Tri-M Music Honor Society For Violin and Double Bass (11th 12th grade)
Girl Scouts–Silver Award/Working on Gold Award
Mount Olive Press (9th 10th 11th grade)
Church Choir (Age 6-present)</p>
<p>Mount Olive Swim Team (9th 10th 11th 12th grade) Mt. Olive Varsity Award 06-07,
07-08, 08-09 seasons
Flanders Valley Swim Team (9th 10th 11th 12th grade)</p>
<p>150+ volunteer hours</p>
<p>Awards:
Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award 2009
New Jersey Governor’s School on the Environment 2009
AP Scholar with Distinction Award 2009
SUMO Invitational Orchestra 2009</p>
<p>nooo im not being recruited for softball lol I’m terrible</p>
<p>and about the safety thing, davidson sort of works as a safety for me too because I went to a summer program there and got better grades than anyone else, talked to the admissions officer for my region (who wrote an email to my college counselor), and was offered recommendations by 2 proffessors there. plus they have a big diversity thing going on and being hispanic helps lol</p>
<p>svm(MOM?):</p>
<p>-try a few community service clubs next year
- go for leadership positions on clubs and teams
- retake the SAT, next time take a peptobismol. if it turns out that it wasnt the sickness that caused the score, try the ACT
-if you get 2200+ and or 33+, in at all except low reach at cornell and low/mid reach at brown</p>
<p>Testing your skills.</p>
<p>My D graduated this year and this is all history now and wanted to see how good you are. </p>
<p>You were very accurate.</p>
<p>Here are the results.</p>
<p>In:</p>
<p>UCSD
U of Miami (large merit scholarship)
U of Michigan</p>
<p>Guaranteed transfer for sophomore year:</p>
<p>Cornell</p>
<p>Rejected:</p>
<p>Brown</p>
<p>She is attending the U of Miami and could not be happier as they have a fantastic Marine Bio program.</p>