School of ILR

aurieme
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:42:17 +0000

These are my stats. I hope they are helpful to someone.

Class rank: 1 out of 88
GPA: 4.778 (weighted)

SATs:

1. M650 W680 CR670

2. M630 W710 CR700

SAT Subject Tests:
Math Level II-620
U.S. History-640
Literature-640

AP Tests:
English Composition-3
U.S. History-3

ECs and etc:
National Forensic League - 1st place Islandwide in Original Oratory and Extemporaneous Speaking, competed in Nationals in 2005
Student Council - chairperson of Publicity Committee (05-06), chairperson of Social Committee (06-07)
Guam Youth Congress - school representative (04-06)
National Honor Society (05-07)
Academic Challenge Bowl (06-07)
Junior Statesmen of America - full scholarship to JSA summer program at Yale (05)
Catholic Religious Education - teacher’s aide/subsitute teacher (03-07)
University of Guam - took summer classes (Freshman Composition and Finite Mathematics) (Summer 06)
150+ hours of community service
And other awards

Subjective:
Essays: 1) first slow dance (commonapp); showed how I changed from being shy and awkward to being outgoing and loud 2) related my love of news and extemporaneous speaking to my interest in ILR (supplement); amusing and showed a lot of personality
Teacher recs: 1) English teacher-wrote about how I was a good creative writer and how I had a lot of school spirit. It was personal. 2) Chemistry teacher-didn’t read it
Counselor rec: didn’t read it

Location/Person:
State or Country: Guam, USA
School type: All-girls Catholic school
Ethnicity: Pacific Islander
Gender: Female

Other factors:
My sister graduated from Cornell in 2005, was reported on in the Cornell Chronicle several times (outstanding senior in '05), and was a member of the Sphinx Head Senior Honor Society. I’m sure that had something to do with my acceptance to ILR, even if she was in Human Ecology.