yale hopeful

sudaneya4ever
Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:05:18 +0000

State or Country: VA
School Type: Large, Public
Ethnicity: Sudanese (African-American) but US citizen
Gender: F

SAT I: 690 M 710 V 730 W
SAT IIs: 680 Biology 670 French 720 Lit
GPA: 3.7 UW, (All grades are A’s and B+'s with the exception of 2 B’s)
Rank: School doesn’t rank

All Classes have been AP/Honors since freshman year
In addition, I am taking a french literature course at George Mason University (dual-enrollment) because I have finished all the french courses available at my school
I am fluent in Arabic (wanted to take an SAT II in that but too bad they dont even offer it!!)

Extracuriculars:

I Co-founded a not-for profit organization for human rights called Teens 4 Peace

Under Teens 4 Peace I was able to help organize a huge rally in order to stop the genocide occuring in Darfur, Sudan. It was a huge success, mostly becuase it was organized in Washington D.C.'s popular Dupont Circle. I worked with Amnesty International, Save Darfur, STAND, and the Genocide Intervention Fund

STAND (students taking action now: darfur), International High School Coordinator
-STAND Education Outreach Committee, Executive Board Memeber

INOVA Fairfax Hospital’s Blood Bank, intern

Time Kaine’s Campaign for Governor 2005, Volunteer

Public Library, Volunteer

I attended the Boston Area Darfur Activism Conference at Harvard University last Winter

I taught English after school to high school girls in Sudan while I was there last summer (My aunt is the headmistress of an all girl’s school there)

I shaddowed a member of the Sudanese Parliament for two weeks this summer

Sudanese Youth Group, president

French Honor Society, president

People Around the World, officer

Young Democrats, president

I plan on making my work and passion for the Crisis in Darfur the main point of my essays/personal statements and how I have realized that I want to spend my life doing humanitarian work. I will also be writing about how I first got involved in it… which is a long story that traces back to my first ever trip to Sudan… way before the disaster even began.

I hope I am not aiming to high, I know others have higher stats than me but I really do think I will be a great member to the class of 2011 because I really am passionate about what I do and I love getting others involved in it (i.e. the rally, reaching out to international high schools). I will make sure to show that in my interview and personal statement. I also realize that its not all about the stats… its about personality and dedication, two things I know I have.

Thank you in advance!