<p>yeah, that sounds awesome! go for ittt, make that your “passion”. =]
&& yeaahh not going to lie, my gpa is not great at all. I wish I could aim for higher schools, but I doubt that would work out…maybe a couple reaches. I am a bit worried about Northeastern however…I heard it is becoming very competitive? not even just talking about the pharmd program…haha the school in general! &Thanks for the encouragement!! Good luck with showing your passion to these schools; I’m sure you’ll be fine, considering your amazing stats and extra curriculars!!=]</p>
<p>Hello, I’m a junior from the northeast. I am looking primarily at LAC’s with strong creative writing programs. Additionally, I am interested in Art History and Gender Studies. </p>
<p>GENDER: Female
RACE: Caucasian
SCHOOL: Private Prep School
LOCATION: NY</p>
<p>RANK: School doesn’t rank
GPA: School doesn’t give out GPA’s </p>
<p>ACT: 32
SAT: N/A
PSAT: </p>
<p>APs (junior): - N/A-School doesn’t offer them.
APs (senior): -
POST SECONDARY: - </p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
-Creative Writing
-Theater
-Community Service (Teen Advisory Board)
-Horseback rider (dressage)
-Will work at a children’s performing arts camp from June '09-July '09</p>
<p>SERVICE:
- Teen Advisory Board (Plan events for less fortunate teens etc.)</p>
<p>BONUSES/HOOKS:
-Will be submitting creative writing portfolio in addition to an annotated bibliography per suggestion of my college advisor.</p>
<p>My List
- Skidmore College
- Connecticut College
- Colby College
- Bard College
- Kenyon College
- Bates College
- Brandeis University
- Wheaton College (MA)</p>
<p>GENDER: Male
RACE: Caucasian and African American (Bi-Racial)
SCHOOL: Public High School
LOCATION: NY</p>
<p>RANK: In the top 10 of class ( I think I am 9/600)
GPA: Unweighted, 3.8 Weighted, No idea</p>
<p>ACT: N/A
SAT: N/A- Taking this May. Studying with Barrons and BB
SAT IIs: Chem:620,
PSAT: 165- I got lazy, I could have done much better.</p>
<p>International Baccalaureate Full Diploma Candidate
HL: Design Technology, English A1, History of The Americas
SL: Music, Spanish B, Math Methods, Physics
and of course, the Extended Essay, Creativity Action Service and Theory Of Knowledge. </p>
<p>My only non-IB Classes: Orchestra, AP Calculus AB (next year)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
-Youth Orchestra,Cello, Piano (8 years on both)
-Spanish Club (treasurer)
-Science and Technology Entry Program (5 or so years)
-Yoga</p>
<p>SERVICE:
- Change for Children In Ghana (an IB Project for CAS, we are supporting a school in Ghana)
-Roots and Wisdom- Volunteering in a local organic garden
-Grounds Work at the Public library
Will be doing Global Youth Service Day, and volunteering at a fair for young peoples. - Helped Write a grant for a program with the Youth Orchestra
-Re-painted a bathroom at my old middle school, as outlined in an essay contest</p>
<p>BONUSES/HOOKS:
- I have completed the LeaderSpark program,
- I won 3rd Place at this years Science and Technology Entry Program Conference
- High School Achiever of Color (UAlbany)
- Will be doing a Senior Research Program with the Science and Tech. Program, meaning further research on what I presented this year
</p>
<p>MY LIST (might change after I visit schools)
SUNY Buffalo
Rochester Inst. Of Tech.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.
MIT
Columbia University
Northeastern
Johns Hopkins
Carnegie Mellon
Illinois Institute of Tech.
Case Western University
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>My list:
- VANDERBILT
- VANDERBILT
- VANDERBILT!</p>
<p>Gender: Female
Grade: Upcoming Junior, Class of 2011
Race: Caucasian
High School: Public
Location: TN</p>
<p>Class Size: 170
Rank: Top 5 for sure, don’t know exact yet.
GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>ACT: 31
English-33
Math-31
Reading-32
Science-26
Combined English/Writing-31
Writing subscore-9
SAT: N/A</p>
<p>APs(junior): I don’t know if this counts, but College Comp. 1
APs(senior): Calculus AB, College Comp. 2</p>
<p>EC’s:
-Varsity Basketball 4 years
-Varsity Volleyball 4 years
-Class treasurer freshman year(probably more)
-FCCLA
-Community Volunteer Work
-Very Active in my Youth Group
-more to come…</p>
<p>Bonuses:
-WAVU(Weekend at Vanderbilt University) sophomore year
-I plan to attend SAVU(Summer Academy at Vanderbilt University) the summer after my junior year</p>
<p>Chance me, please?</p>