<p>Decision: Accepted to Steinhardt for Studio Art</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 28
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit, AP Art History, AP Art 4, AP Psychology, Yearbook, Government/Economics, Food Science
[</em>] Major Awards: 3rd place feature category of NSPA Picture of the Year (1 of 6 finalists; 1,100 applicants) // 2010-2011 All-State Journalist // overall 25 awards on regional, state, national levels. have been in 7 art exhibitions.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Yearbook - Photo Editor (11, 12), Section Editor (12), Social Network Manager (12), Head Photographer (11), Assistant Photographer (10) // Visual Arts Scholastic Event (9, 10, 11, 12) // Memory Club (has to do with art/community service) (12) // Literary Arts Magazine Editorial Board (11) // Drum student (9, 10)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Food pantry volunteer (10, 11, 12) // volunteering at local art museums, some other minimal things. in total I have about 100 hours.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Pre-college program at School of the Art Institute of Chicago (earned 3 college creds), Pre-college program at Parsons the New School for Design (earned 4 college creds)
[</em>] Essays: very honest and open, definitely a unique topic. no problems whatsoever with organization/grammar/spelling.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec: very good
[<em>] Additional Rec: amazing, from my Yearbook advisor who is like my second mother.
[</em>] Interview: not an official interview, but I did meet with Steinhardt’s studio art admissions director who took the time to go over my portfolio and was very enthusiastic about my work.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: studio art
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Texas
[<em>] School Type: public, 2,600 students, top public high school in the state
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection:[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: involvement in yearbook, awards, essay & supplements, portfolio & artist statement (Steinhardt supplement).
[</em>] Weaknesses: ACT score, course load (I don’t take all APs).
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: I think it was clear in my application that I’ve been dedicated to my major (studio art) throughout all of high school. this definitely made up for anything I was lacking in academically (for example, my ACT score or my course load).
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I only applied to NYU.</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: couldn’t be happier.</p>