I recently got rejected from my number one, Barnard, was wondering what reaches to apply to. I want to go into International Relations or Poli Sci. For me location and price don’t matter.
SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t Take
ACT (breakdown): 31 C(33 English, 35 Reading, 25 Math, 31 Science)
SAT II: Took US and am taking Chinese in November
Weighted GPA (out of 5.0): 3.7232
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not release
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP United States History (5), AP Enviro (4), AP Psych (3), AP Micro (3), and AP Macro (3)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NSLI-Y scholarship ( awarded to study Chinese in Shanghai), AP Scholar
Extracurricular activities (place leadership in parenthesis):
Speech and Debate (Vice President, Captain of Congress): Ranked number one in the state. 9-12
International Concerns Club (Treasurer and Fundraising Director 2017-2018) 9-12
Girl Up (Public Relations Officer) 10-12
Summer: Have done NSLI-Y, AMP Global Youth and Johns Hopkins CTY
Extracurriculars out of school:
My Senators Youth Advisory Council
Intern for my vocal governors election
Run a debate camp
Volunteer at a local elderly home and play piano there.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major : Political Science
Domestic or International (state or country in parenthesis): U.S.
Classes in High School
Freshman Year
- English 9 Enriched: (A-)
- World Hist/Cult Enriched ( A )
- Algebra I ( B+ )
- Biology Enriched ( B+ )
- Mandarin I ( B+ )
- Business Law ( B )
- International Business ( B+ )
Sophomore Year - English 10 Enriched: (A-)
- U.S. History I Honors: (A-)
- Sociology: (A)
- Geometry: (A)
- Chemistry Enriched( B )
- Mandarin Chinese III (teacher thought I showed enough talent to skip a level): (A)
- Accounting I Honors: (A)
Junior Year - English 11 Honors ( B+ )
- AP Psychology ( C+ )
- AP U.S. History ( B )
- AP Economics: ( A- )
- Algebra II Enriched ( C )
- AP Environmental Science ( B+ )
- Mandarin Chinese IV Honors: A-
Senior Year (this is what I will be taking next year) - Pre-Calculus
- AP American Government & Politics
- AP Human Geography
- Anatomy and Physiology
- English 12 Honors
- Mandarin Chinese V Honors
- AP European History