my chances? intnl affairs.... u chi, penn, johns hopkins...

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p><strong>Hi, I was just wondering from students who currently attend these schools / have qualifications similar to mine / positive feedback or suggestions</strong></p>

<p>I’m currently a senior at one of the most selective and rigorous college prep schools in not only California, but the country as well…
My courses:
AP Statistics
AP World History
AP US Government & Politics
French V
Directed Studies Italian
English IV
Advanced Photography III
…Ending junior year I had a 3.3 but that does not take into account the economics course I took this past summer (or my senior grades either)</p>

<p>College Courses
Economics – Grade: A
(starting next month) Philosophy</p>

<p>My HS extracurriculars:
BLACC (community service/multi-cultural) – 4years, co-chair
BSOO (community service/multi-cultural) – 3 years, co-chair
Youth Ending Hunger (community service) – 2 years, co-chair
Student Alumni Association – 2years, vice-chair
Student Ambassadors Committee – 4years, school ambassador
Photography – 4 years
Jenessee Center (volunteer, domestic violence shelter) – 3 years, volunteer
Los Angeles Cotillion Foundation – 8mnths, debutante</p>

<p>Summer Experience/Activities
2005 – Summer Enrichment Program (community service – summer camp)
2006 – South Africa community service and learning program, volunteered at a domestic violence shelter in the townships, 1month; real estate office, secretary 1month
2007 – worked as a medical assistant at an ENT doctor’s office, 1mnth</p>

<p>ACT scores
Take that in early December, standardized testing usually goes reallly well with me so I’m not that concerned…</p>

<p>Other facts…
-Financial aid, need-based (preferably)
----single parent household
-African-American/Black, female, 16yrs of age
-from Los Angeles</p>

<p>The Schools…
urban environment, strong: study abroad program/international relations, expansive language offerings, DIVERSITY, a real sense of school community; strong liberal arts curriculum </p>

<p>UPenn
NYU
Princeton
U of Chicago
Georgetown
George Washington
Emory
Brown
American
William/Mary
Northwestern
Tufts
Johns Hopkins
Boston University</p>

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<p>Princeton =/= urban. Why not Columbia if you’re looking at NYU?</p>

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<p>idk…for some reason I was really interested in Columbia for two years, then I went on a college tour this spring break… and I was kind of bored…but I just came from a three hour NYU visit & a long plane ride…
I think i will reconsider it… it has a strong intnl relations program ?</p>

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<p>yeah princeton isnt…neither is northwestern…they are exceptions! i fell in love with the campus and the schools when i went on a college tour!</p>

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<p>Penn has the broadest selection of languages, great liberal arts, great school spirit (at least compared to the other schools). On and the IR program is top notch. The wharton school offers several international business/management courses that count towards the IR major. They really broaden your perspective on IR beyond traditional government-centric thinking.</p>

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<p>harvard-westlake?</p>

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<p>yeah…weird how you knew that haha…how did you guess???</p>

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<p>what is the “ON” program??</p>

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<p>I know a girl here at Penn who went there. She had a way of saying how great it was ALL the time. Ever so slightly snobbish ;-)</p>

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<p>haha sounds like a HW girl to me… ha…what are you majoring in at penn?</p>

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<p>I would almost consider Northwestern to be urban, or at least it has the resources of a city readily available. I live in the city and drive to Evanston all the time in like 10 minutes. Evanston itself is fairly densely populated, albeit small.</p>

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<p>yeah same here, its sooo close to the city its practically an “urban” school</p>