I am currently a junior, and I am Asian-American. I would like to major in linguistics as i am genuinely passionate about the field and I have strong skills for languages/English in general.
Freshman year:
Honors English: A
PE/Child Development (nothing else offered): A
Algebra II: A
Spanish 2/3 (was moved up to 3 in the second semester): A
Biology: A
Honors Ancient Civilizations: A
Sophomore year:
First Aid/Information Tech: A
AP Spanish: A (received 5 on the exam)
Chemistry: A
Honors English: A
AP World History: A (4 on the exam)
Precalculus: A
Junior year (first semester):
Japanese: A
AP Calc AB: B (so close)
US History: A
TA: A
AP Chem: A
AP Lang: A
Current rank: 4 (with weighted GPA)
used to be 2 with weighted but the B brought me down…is this possible to bring up in senior year?
Senior year I am planning to take APs for Lit, Stats, Bio (debating) , Gov/Econ, Psychology, and Japanese
I am confident I can get all As for the second semester of junior year and for my senior year.
Extracurriculars:
VP of Recycling Club
NHS (ran for office but was not elected)
AP Spanish State Declamation 2nd Place
(will be competing in state declamation this year for Japanese)
Varsity for basketball and football cheer
Youth group president and leader of the praise team (spent many hours volunteering at the church)
Altar service at the church
AFS Exchange Program volunteer
AFS Spain summer exchange
I am going to South Korea this summer to teach North Korean refugees English/raise money for the organization
I am fluent in English and Korean, and highly proficient in Spanish.
I will be receiving two seals of biliteracy on my diploma because I received a certain score on the STAMP evaluations as a freshman for Spanish, and I know I will pass the test for Japanese this year
Silver Key Award for poetry on the National Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards
Many academic achievement awards within my school
ACT:
33 on the first try, but I am going to try to raise my score…
English: 34
Reading: 32 (ran out of time)
Science: 33
Math: 31
Essay: 9 (D:)
I will be taking the Spanish and Literature SAT Subject tests (I wanted to take Japanese, but I am thinking of applying early decision so the dates wouldn’t match up)
I know that I will have glowing recommendation letters from my language teachers, and I will be asking for a supplementary letter from a prominent civil figure in South Korea who is also a Harvard alumni.
I have a compelling story about teaching my immigrant grandmother English as a child (humorous too! I just have to execute it well…)
I know it’s a reach…could anyone give me any additional advice or other extracurriculars I should look into? Because I know that at this point, what matters most is standing out. Thank you!