<p>I’m sure everyone’s terribly bored of these, but I’d really appreciate if you could give me some bearing. : )</p>
<p>I’m a white female; I don’t designate my race on my app, but I’m sure they’ll be able to guess by the end of reading it all. </p>
<p>I go to a large public high school (3000+ students) in the south suburbs of Chicago known for its excellence(…as a public school.) </p>
<p>SAT: 1340 / 2040
Math- 650
Verbal- 690
Writing- 700</p>
<p>ACT:
27, then a 28, and finally a 31.</p>
<p>APs:
European history 5
U.S. history 4
This year I’m taking Spanish Language, Macro Econ, Micro Econ, and English Literature. </p>
<p>GPA: 3.76.</p>
<p>Amazing alumna interview. She lives in the neighboring town, and we keep in touch a lot and she helps me with my writing. </p>
<p>One of my recommendations I’ve read and I find it to not be insightful enough. I just don’t think he put very much effort into it (from my APUSH teacher). The other one I haven’t read but I talked to him about it and it sounds like the letter was amazing (from my Honors Physics teacher). </p>
<p>ECs:
hmmm, um.
I bust my ass for school. It doesn’t really show… I have all As with 3 Bs for the first 4 semesters of high school, and then Junior year things got harder and I had one C and about 4 Bs. This year I work on homework constantly and I don’t think it will pay off very well. sigh.
anyway.
I started playing co-ed club lacrosse last year. I may or may not continue this year.
My biggest investment is my horse. I got her January of my Junior year completely untrained and untouched and over the course of 9 months I’ve trained her to be a beautiful high-functioning amazing and sassy mare.
I can’t count the hours I’ve spent on that, I can’t show the amount of work it was, the amount of tears I’ve shed, the amount of joy I’ve received. The only numbers I have is that I’ve spent probably $3500 on her which has depleted my savings and it’s worth every penny. </p>
<p>I hope to show through my essays why I’m applying. I’m not financially stable enough to apply ED, otherwise I would. I feel like a Carl already. (I know I probably don’t sound like it right now, though. Extenuating circumstances are causing my writing to tense up : ) ) I’ve visited and I love that Carl-thing. Completely intangible and subtle (unlike the university of chicago’s), but shockingly discernable.
I love what I know Carleton will do for me more than any of my other schools (and I love all of them). I simply feel more at home at Carleton than anywhere else I’ve been. </p>
<p>Wow…is that too much? I feel like I didn’t really put anything in there. Any clarifying questions, just holla.
Thank you so much for reading!</p>
<p>-eliza.</p>