Tufts, Wesleyan, USC

stressedgirl7
Thu, 23 Jul 2015 07:34:00 +0000

Hello! I am a rising senior and any comments/criticism/jokes/rants will be very much appreciated!

My top choices for regular universities are Tufts, Wesleyan, and USC (highest to lowest preference)

I go to a very selective, competitive arts high school in the city for visual arts–that means I am an artist. My school is known for sending students to the top performing and visual art colleges. (5 admitted to cooper union this year)

My school does not offer a lot of AP’s and I am taking all of them except for AP gov. Also, half the day is for academics and the other half is for art classes so my school ends relatively later than others. I take around 10 different classes per semester.

GPA: weighted ~ 4.2, unweighted ~ 3.8

SAT: 2080

SAT II: will be taking bio, lit and korean this year

-According to my counseler, I am in the top 9% of my class but I am not sure exactly where I stand (out of 150 students)

-4 APs total (bio, calc, lit, lang), 5 max for my school
-art classes: drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, fashion, graphic design, experimental video, figure drawing, etc.

EC:
-animal shelter (3 years)
-volunteered at a non-profit store that emphasizes third-world crafts (2 years)
-volunteered at an organization for children with down syndrome (2 years)
-organized a xmas card fundraiser for a residential community that houses adults with down syndrome (3 years)
-some sort of fashion club hosted by nordstrom
-part of school’s fashion show (2 years)

Clubs:
-cult film club
-joining the school newspaper this year
(not many clubs at our school, none are very serious since everyone lives so far away from each other and the school, no one is really in clubs at all in my school)

Awards:
-Scholastics honorable mentions (2) and silver key awards (2)
-first place winner for a local earth month essay contest
-school awards for high academic achievement

Summer:
-admitted to a free, selective art program hosted by cal arts.
-just a lot of traveling (good for essays?)

Notes:
-I understand my application is not very impressive, but I am hoping my second focus in various types of art media will portray me as a well-rounded student.
-I also hope that colleges will understand the depth of my volunteer activities, rather than breadth.
-I plan to double major in business and art.
-For tufts I plan to express my love of culture, for wesleyan I plan to emphasize my openness and well-roundedness, and I plan to apply as a studio art major for USC (thus my art portfolio will be heavily considered).
-In all, I’m heavily depending on my art supplement, art background in general, and essays.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all you delicious cupcakes for reading this!!! Please help!