<p>Already in at Tulane and over 50% sure I’m going there (honors+great scholarship= I’m really excited). Still, I really like William and Mary and before receiving my offer from Tulane, it was definitely my number one school. Nevertheless, I didn’t go ED because of financial aid reprucussions and advice from my counselor to just do regular. </p>
<p>Prospective Major: Political Science/Government/American Politics
Prospective Minor: Spanish or Chinese (maybe political communications)
School Profile
Private
Location: Tulsa, OKlahoma
Size: About 90 other students in my grade
Curriculum: We’re in the process of scrapping APs in favor of equally rigorous (if not more so) honors courses designed by faculty. Few APs in math and science will remain (AP Calc AB and BC and Physics C among a few others maybe).</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA: 3.906
Top 10% (might drop our after this semester)
Cum Laude Society
Chinese Honor Society
Honor Roll Every Semester except first semster junior year
I’ve been my school’s most challanging track in every area but science where I’m just getting by with fulfilling my requimrements. Honors Spanish every year, Chinese since my sophomore year and I’ve excelled in the humanities. Math has been a struggle and I’m doing poorly in Calc AB right now. Statistics went better last year and I managed to pull out a B+ for the year. </p>
<p>AP Tests:
Statistics: 3
English Language: 4</p>
<p>Test Scores (Hopefully W & M doesn’t put too much credence into these)
Reading: 670 Math: 640 Writing: 690 Essay: 11</p>
<p>Subject Tests
US History: 770
Math II: 600
Spanish: 570</p>
<p>ECs
Community Service Board President… 12
United Way Teens’ Way Member…10-12
S.T.A.N.D. (Student’s Taking Action Now Darfur) President…11-12
Varsity Cross Country…9-12
Cross Country Captain…12
Varsity Track… 9-11 (will run this spring, too)
Lettered in Track and Cross Country Every Year I’ve Participated
Academic Bowl… 9-12
Academic Bowl Captain…12
Competetive Speech and Debate…10
Alan Gentges for Congress volunteer…11
Found of Young Democrats Club at School…12
Tulsa World Sattellite Section Correspondent (youth oriented of local paper)…12
Elected Class President…9
Elected to Student Honor Council (makes disciplinary decesions, comprised of two students from each grade and a group of faculty members) … 10
Search Committee for New Head of Upper School…10
Active participant in the left-wing blogosphere and an engaged member of Dailykos.com
United Way Commitment to Service Award</p>
<p>Recs
My school “strongly encourages” that students sign a waiver that forbids us from reading our recs. In other words, we can’t see our recs. My counselor, however, said they are “glowing” and I’m confident that my recs will be the strongest component of my application.</p>
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<p>I hate obsessing about college, I really do. I think anyone can get a solid education anywhere but I can’t help myself but want to get in at William and Mary. Tulane’s looking better and better by the day but William and Mary is still very much in the picture and I’d love to hear everyone’s candid feedback. </p>
<p>BTW, I havn’t applied yet.</p>