<p>hi, im a senior this year…at a competative HS in Fairfax county…
i posted for Upenn…but i guess i can accept a rejection…id like to major in history, and i felt my chanes were still close to none at cornell…but theyre theyre i hop
i have a 2.8…because i had a 2.4 9th and 10th grade, at an international school i attended in South Africa. i had a 3.6 my junior year, taking 3 IB classes all HL ( English, History, Biology)…this year im taking 5 classes doin even better…(eng , bio, chem, business, history)…
to Take IB chem II withouth ib chem 1 required me to do alot of Shizz…i had to get all this stuff signed because i nearly failed basic chem…im doin well now…i had my only C + in that class…but 2nd quarter im hoping for at least a B…will my upward trend help out?</p>
<p>EC’s: a bunch…MUN won 2 1st place, 1 3rd place award…Science olympiad…Soweto Aids orphanage volunteer in south africa, JV volleyball captin(9th and 10th), im treasurer of muslim students association, co-founder of the sudanese cultural club at my school. i also volunteered at omdurman hospital this summer, in sudan.</p>
<p>work exp:i worked with my dad at the IMF office in south africa, and held a job this summer in sudan as a librarian at imam alhadi college, and taught three sessions of english ( substitute)</p>
<p>SAT: i got 1050 1st time( assume thats my score when evaluating), my SAT II’s are all 600+…i hope to retake an dget into the 700 range
- im hoping for Solid recs.</p>
<p>i wanna show Cornell that im very interested…i plan to major in history, and theres a strong correlation between my HS and wt i wanna do.,…im currently taking IB History 2…and have an A.
im also black and from Sudan if that helps…im a permanent resident of the US…i know i suck…and thank you for reading…feedback would be very appreciated…( and i plan to adress upward trend, etc in my essays)</p>