Questions about Swarthmore...

<p>Stats:
-1 of 87 at a highly competitive prep school
-3.96 UW, 4.61 W
-white female
-math/physics major
-770 V, 780 M, 1550 SAT 1
-800 Math IIC, 800 Biology (M), 760 Writing
ECs:
-research @ UCLA in cognitive science, 11th & 12th
-debate, 9-12th, a bunch of regional awards, coach for 7/8th grade team in 11-12th grade

  • Model United Nations, a couple of awards at UCB competition
  • Piano/music ensemble 9-12th
  • math team, 10th-12th
  • community service, 10-12th
  • varsity badminton 10th
  • philosophy club 10th - 12th </p>

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<li>I’ll have really great recs, and I’m still working on the essay… I might use my Stanford extended essay that I really like about how my friends and I talk a lot about academic-ish stuff, like make math/physics puns all the time and stuff, it’s cute and my english teacher thinks it’s pretty original</li>
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<p>Summer Programs:
-CTY Psychology 2001, Biology 2002

  • A community service/ language immersion program in Paris where I studied french and took an art/architecture class in french, 2003
  • Stanford University Math Camp, studied advanced math (selected topics from Topology, a class most math majors don’t take until soph/junior year of college), 2004 </p>

<p>I think I really am a good match for the school. I really LOVE to learn. Many of the Quaker ideals really match my philosophy on life. To me, hanging out with friends and working together on a Calculus problem set sounds like it has the potential for being really fun. I also love the idea of getting to know my professors, as this year many of my teachers would consider me to be a friend.</p>