Official ED Results Thread

<p>Statistics

  • SAT: CR 740, M 620, W 720
  • GPA: unweighted 3.7, weighted 5.015
  • Other Tests: AP Euro History (4), AP Language & Comp (4), AP US History (4), AP Enviromental (5)</p>

<p>Subjective

  • Essay: On the development of my aspirations to change the world for better, (it sounds less cheesy in the essay :)) changes realized through a post-AP exam “Whale Wars” marathon with friends.
  • Teacher Recs: From the infamously intense AP Enviro teacher and the sweet AP Lang teacher. Both love me.
  • Counselor Rec: I gave her a giant profile of all of my extracurriculars (with pictures!). She loves me.
  • Supplementary Material: Dance Supplement. Video of myself taking ballet class. I’ll be dancing at Carleton!
  • Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Legacy (father went), Rec letter from his best guy friend and my “uncle” who happens to donate lots of money, serious ballet dancer.</p>

<p>Personal

  • Location: Miami, FL. That should probably go in the “hook” section. Thank goodness for geographic diversity!
  • High School Type: Overcrowded public, super competitive within the top 25%.
  • Ethnicity: Hispanic
  • Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other

  • Extracurriculars: Ballet- annual productions of the Nutcracker; Board member, recording sec., President, recording sec. of the Junior Opera Guild (fund-raising philanthropic organization, I don’t sing opera); Historian of school dance team- performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for Disney World theme park, and in tons of school shows; Sunday school teacher to mentally challenged children with homosexual parents; founded a grant-driven youth environmental awareness club in middle school
  • Awards: AP Scholar with Honor
  • Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: Can’t wait for Carleton! Will anyone else be dancing?</p>