Harvey Mudd College for Engineering?

sashai
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 04:13:12 +0000

Hello I’m a rising senior who is extremely interested in Harvey Mudd College, in fact I will likely apply ED.
Thanks for any responses, I really appreciate it!

GPA (W): 4.26
SAT: M 730, CR 720, W 680 (retaking soon)
SAT Sub: Math II 780, Physics 770 (retaking)
IB Diploma Candidate

AP:
US History 4
MacroEcon 4
Physics B 4
Calc AB 5 (only two people scored 5s)

IB:
Economics 6

Senior Schedule
IB Lit HL
IB Math HL
IB History HL
IB Chinese SL
IB Bio HL
AP Comp Sci

Other Relevant Coursework:
AP Physics B, Honors Chem, Honors Bio (unfortunately not many high level science classes are offered at my school)

Extracurriculars:
Math Club, Vice President then President
Newspaper (top 5 in nation), Editor-in-Chief
Speech and Debate, Varsity
Varsity Volleyball
Varsity Swim
Volunteer: Soup Kitchen and Local Community Center
Lab Assistant at local university’s environmental engineering lab

Honors/Accolades:
National History Day, 2012 State Champion, National Finalist
National History Day, 2014 State Finalist
JEA/NSPA 4th Place Best of Show 2013, 2014 (Newspaper awards)
Honor Guard

Gender: Female
Race: White, Ethnic Jew

Even though I am a pretty well rounded student, I am seriously passionate about science and math. My teacher recs should be pretty good and so will my essays.

Thanks for any responses :)