Demographics
- US Citizen
- New Jersey
- Small private school
- Other special factors: Prolly not
Cost Constraints / Budget
- There’s no restrictions nor need for financial aid
Intended Major(s)
- English with a dual degree/minor in something else (Graphic Design, Business, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, etc)
ik i’m a sophomore but i was curious !
GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
- Unweighted HS GPA: Straight A minuses, so I think that’s a 3.7?
- Weighted HS GPA: Yeah don’t know, but school doesn’t offer APs until junior/senior year with not many options for honors
- Class Rank: School doesn’t offer
- ACT: 32 (31M 31S 33E 34R) first try, but retaking until 34
List your HS coursework
- English: English 9, English 10 [no honors until 11th, AP is in 12th)
- Math: Honors Geometry, Honors Precalculus
- Science: Honors Physics First, Honors Chemistry First
- History and social studies: Introduction to Historical Methods, 19th Century History [no honors/AP until junior year]
- Spanish: Spanish 2, Honors Spanish 3
- Visual or performing arts: Prolly not
- Other academic courses: Don’t think so?
Awards
- Scholastic Gold Key in Critical Essay, Honorable Mention in Poetry
- Publications in smaller literary magazines (will be doing a lot of this)
- Dunno if this counts but probably doing a Ted Talk this Nov related to spike
Extracurriculars (ordered by importance kinda)
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Passion Project Business thing (not tryna doxx myself but it’s heavily related/a core part of my spike) ~15hrs/week, since Jan 2025, will probably be high impact by the time I’m a senior + it’s pretty unique
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Executive Editor for pretty large teen-run literary magazine, 3-6hrs/wk, will probably advance to EIC (or the rank one below it), since Aug 2024
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Resuscitator and Lead Poetry Editor (90% likely future EIC) of school’s literary magazine, ~1hr/wk if averaged, since mid-Freshman year, award winning before it died during Covid and subsequent issues will be submitted for awards
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Creative Writing, varies a lot but ~5-10hrs/wk, since 8th grade, writing a poetry collection (poems also will be submitted to mag) + novella (for passion project) —both’ll be self-published and I’ll probably try to get them in independent bookstores/libraries
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Model UN, ~3-4hrs/wk if averaged, since Freshman year, lowk suck at it so no awards and I didn’t have confidence for leadership, only did it to break out of my shell and get better at public speaking
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Clarinet, ~3hrs/wk, since 7th grade, in school ensemble (we don’t have chairs) and will be joining the advanced band next year once it’s created, really just a hobby
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Calligraphy/Lettering, since 5th grade, 10hrs/wk (don’t judge), basically have mastered it and tryna make it more high-impact because I love it (maybe sign painting?),
Essays/LORs/Other
- Essay will probably be on my phonophobia for the sound doors make? And relating that to writing? Idk
- Have a couple options for LOR but it’s between my advisor who’s my Chemistry teacher (had for 2 years), my English teacher who’s the lit mag advisor (will have for 3-4 years), and my History teacher who’s my MUN advisor (had for 1 year in history, will be 4 years in MUN)
Schools
- Not that many in specific but hopefully some top schools —will also probably apply to some LACs