ivies and similar???

jasmine7
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 22:44:03 +0000

okay so if anyone has any thoughts on my eligibility for the following schools, it would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

columbia (maybe ED)
northwestern
u of chicago
claremont mckenna
brown
princeton
u penn
georgetown
george washington
american
cornell
haravrd

race/gender: white (middle eastern) female
state: ohio
school type: fairly large public (suburbs)
income bracket: highest

SAT: 2230 (800CR, 750W, 680M)
SAT II: 710 Math II, 710 Chem, 720 Lit
^^first try for everything w/o studying. retaking reasoning to up math. hoping for superscored of around 2300.

GPA: 4.0 (unweighted) 4.7 (weighted)
rank: 1/~400

freshman and sophomore year course load all honors. one AP.
APUSH (5)

junior year course load:
AP chem (4)
AP french (4)
AP eng lang (5)
AP psych (5)
AP euro (5)
AP stats (4)
accelerated pre calc

senior year course load:
AP bio
AP calc BC
AP eng lit
AP gov
AP econ
AP physics

awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit semifinalist (results pending)
National Forensics League degree of Superior Distinction
First degree black belt in Karate

summer activities:
traveled to middle east, learned arabic, tutored in english/french.
job in medical records/office administrators assistant.
volunteer hours at local nursing home.
assistant martial arts instructor.

extra currics:
forensics (spirit officer, president, 4 academic letters)
piano (10 years)
martial arts (7 years)
student ambassadors club (president)
french club (treasurer)
NHS (2 years)
freshman mentor
weekly arabic lessons (8 years–conversationally fluent)

i think i want to focus on my international experiences and multicultural background for my esssay. it might sounds cliche here, but i love to write and i think that a lot of those schools (esp Columbia–my top choice) would be receptive to something about diversity like that.

sooo any thoughts? esp if you’ve been accepted to any of those schools. thank you!!!