Please Chance Me! I Need it!

juriya
Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:18:54 +0000

Hello everyone, I’m an incoming senior and need some college advice. I want to double major in English and Political Science. My family makes around 100K a year and I’m the first one to attend college in the U.S. from my family.

Academics:
3.8 Unweighted 4.3 Weighted
ACT Score 34
Straight 5s on AP Tests
4APs Next Year and Full Honors Course Load the Other 3 Years
Top 15% of Class

Extracurriculars:
Speech and Debate Club Officer 4 Years
Speech and Debate Club VP
Winning Varsity Debater
Two Years on County Finalist Mock Trial Team
DECA State Level Finalist (Top 8)
International Career Development Conference - Leadership Academy Graduate
California Scholarship Federation Treasurer
Spanish Club Fundraising Commissioner
Founder/President of Young Politicians of America Chapter
Trained in Classical Indian Violin
Graduate of Nation’s first Telugu Sschool (Telugu is an Indian Language)
Local Rotary Club Speech 3rd Place (2 Years)

Jobs/Internships:
Assistant Telugu Teacher
Assistant Teacher at Summer School for Disabled Children
Intern for Ro Khanna - Congressional Candidate for CA District
Elementary School Speech Student Teacher

Colleges in Mind:
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, LA
University of Virginia
University of Chicago
University of Washington in St. Louis
University of Pennsylvania
Carleton College
NYU
Carnegie Mellon
Emory
Princeton
Brown

Please chance me! If you have any suggestions of things I could do over summer to improve my application, please share. Overall, tell me if I’m overshooting and if I am can you suggest any safety schools? Thanks a ton :)

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