Whoa, this is so exciting man!

Emp
Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:13:25 +0000

Female
Location: Florida
I’M A SENIOR!!!
High School: Nationally recognized competitive Public school
Will apply for financial aid: I applied!!!
Major: International Relations and History.

The boring but important stuff:
GPA - Unweighted: 3.36
GPA - Weighted: 4.2
Class Rank: 44/504

I have taken 11 AP classes total;

Senior Courses: With semester grades!
Ap World History-B+
Ap Macroeconomics-C+ (Gag me now)
Ap Environmental Science-B
Debate 4 honors-A
Gifted Studies-A
Ap English Literature-A
Probability and Statistics honors-B

Scores:
ACT
Composite-27
It’s terrible, I know. I’ve tried re-taking it and only did worse so please save me from the “re-take it!” I’m a senior and am done applying!!!

Extracurriculars/Leadership positions:
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[]Treasurer of the Debate Team
[]Oratory Squad Leader of the Debate Team
[]Vice President of Rely for Life
[]Treasurer and Founding Member of Young Democrats
[]President and Founder of The History Club (currently making it into an honors society but I guess colleges will no see that.)
[]Vice President and Founding Member of National English Honors Society
[li]Vice President (for four years) of my temple’s youth group. [/li][/ul]



Volunteer/Service Work:

I have volunteered at a hospital in the Peds department for 4 summers. I have worked at a drama summer camp for five years.

]Honors and Awards:

->Won National History Day at my school (historical paper), placed 2nd in county, went to states.
->Quarterfinal and semi-finalist national debate tournaments
->1st place in Oratory at Flying-L Invitational
->Ap Scholar
->National Honors Society Membership
->National English Honors Society Membership

College Summer programs:

The summer before my senior year I took a two week long leadership course at Brown University.

Colleges I’m applying to: CHANCE ME PLEASE; I’LL CHANCE YOU!

American University
Brown University (had interview, still not getting in, I know)
UF (double legacy, in state)
Johns Hopkins (not happening, I know :()
Gettysburg College (had interview with admissions rep)
Lafayette College
Union College, NY (with interview and on-campus visit, does that help?)

Just to get a feel: I’ve already been accepted to UVermont, FSU, Tulane, SUNY Binghamton, and SUNY New Paltz.

Any helpful comments would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Final thoughts: My uw GPA is low, I know. So i’ve written some very good essays that really show my personality and have asked two teachers to write my recs, both who think very highly of me so i’m sure they are nothing short of amazing. I’ve had some family illnesses that have affected my grades and my GC mentioned it.