Since the applications will be going out soon, I just wanted to see what schools will be a decent shot. I figure I want to make sure they're not all a pipe dream before I start writing my supplement essays. Majoring in international relations.
Schools: Columbia, Georgetown Walsh School EA, Tufts, NYU, USC, Brown, Boston U, Bentley, Arcadia, UCSD
GPA: 3.6/4.0 (I'm really guessing here, my school doesn't do UW GPA, so I'm thinking it's in this area)
SAT I: 2170 (taking it one more time in Oct., but since I'm applying EA, this is what is currently it)
SAT II: World History 770, US History 740, Taking Lit in November
APs Already Taken: US History 5, Comparative Government 5, US Gov't 4 (self-studied), AP Lang 5, AP Stat (didn't take test)
Other classes: all honors, except for junior year physics and sophomore year pre-calc
Senior Year Courseload: AP Human Demographics, AP Econ (Macro/Micro), AP French, AP Lit, AP Calc AB, Hnrs Research Methods
AWARDS
AP Scholar with Honor
LANGUAGES
fluent in Mandarin, conversational in French, learning Spanish on my own
EXTRACURRICULARS
- competitive swimmer, club national level swimmer, 4 year varsity letter, top conference finishes, led team to state playoffs, etc.
- SADD, French club, NHS, etc... one in school club leadership position
- swim teacher & lifeguard summer job
- current affairs blogger on a well-known blog
- magazine editorial assistant
- national director of operations of outside society
- editor-in-chief of local newspaper
VOLUNTEER
- Special Olympics swim team coach for 5 years -- once a week for almost the whole year
- volunteered abroad twice, saved my own money for trips
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
- my father died a few years back, I was suicidal and had serious depression for a couple years (hurt my freshman & sophomore year grades)
- I have a rare heart condition that could lead to sudden death without warning -- had to deal with the possibility of death etc (found it in 8th grade/early freshman year -- contributed to low GPA in freshman year)
- daughter of a widow
That's basically exactly what I'll be sending to schools... with slightly more detail of course. Please let me know if I have an outside chance, haha, I know they're competitive. I don't have my heart set on one "dream" school, I'd actually be pretty content at all of them, although I would say my top choice is likely between Columbia/Georgetown.
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