Chance me for Dartmouth ED (Humanities-Art History) and RD for other Ivies and T20s!!

General Info:

• White female
• Highly competitive high school, about 60 people per grade

Intended Major(s):

• Art History, Language (French and/or Italian)

ACT/SAT II:

• ACT: 35 composite
• Bio SAT II: 750, Math SAT II: 800, (I plan on taking Lit in August)

GPA:

• My school doesn't calculate a cumulative GPA, they just give one per year. The GPAs aren't weighted either. 3.9 for both Freshman and Sophmore year, 4.0 for Junior Year. Hard to tell where I stand in my class without rankings, but I think I'm in about the top 5-10% (4.0s are pretty rare at my school).

Coursework:

• My school doesn't offer APs, so there are technically no advanced-level classes to take. I take the most classes one can at my school, but pretty much everyone does so there's not much to say there. I decided to self-study for 3 APs anyways and got a 4 on all three (APUSH, Bio and English Language). Not super great, but hey, at least I got an AP scholar award.

Awards:

• Published in the Concord Review
• Won First Prize in International Essay contest with 13,000 entries from around 100 nations (only one first prize winner), got a $2,000 prize
• Published in The Schola (a humanities academic journal/kind of similar to Concord Review); Awarded Magna
• Silver Medal in Le Grand Concours (National French competition)
• Honorable Mention- Scholastic Art Awards
• Voted League All-Star for the school's Varsity Tennis Team for all three years I've played (other coaches in the league vote)

Extracurriculars:

• President and Founding Member of Art History Club (9-present), initiated a school newspaper column for the club, bring in guest speakers, organize communitive service initiatives for funding for the arts
• Red Door Member (9-present), give school tours to prospective families, sit for panels etc.
• Founder of an indie nail polish business (6- present), make customized nail polish, have generated approximately $9,000 in sales so far, all profits go to ASPCA (have received an ASPCA Business Ambassador Award)
• Intern at Art Dealership (Summer 2019), after sending my resume to over 20 professors and art dealers, an art dealer who specializes in Old Master's paintings finally hired me
• Yale Young Global Scholars - Creative Arts and Media Participant (Summer 2019)
• Intensive Italian Language Study (9-12), I study Italian outside of school once a week for 2 hours
• "Baroque Art" - University of Vermont (Summer 2018), took this college-level course, got an A and some college credits
• Art History - Sotheby's Institute of Art (Summer 2018), graduate-level course, Western Art from antiquity to present
• Renaissance History - British Institute of Florence (Summer 2017), 3-week pre-college program
• Writing the Expository Essay - Brown University (Summer 2017), pre-college program
• Varsity Tennis Team - Captain (9-12), made it to league finals three years in a row
• Upper School Dance Company and Choreography Club (9-12)
• Summer Tennis Camp Counselor (9-12)
• Community Service Club member (9-12)
• Amnesty International Club member (10-12)

Essays

• I think they'll be pretty good

Recs

• 11th Grade History Teacher (Asian Art History and American Art History), also club advisor for Art History Club: I'd say 9/10
• 11th Grade Math Teacher, I did really well in this class so I'll say 8/10
• Possibly an additional rec from Varsity Tennis coach, I'm extremely close with her so hopefully 10/10

Schools:

• Dartmouth (ED), UPenn, Stanford, Cornell, UMich (EA?), UVA (EA?), Wash U, Georgetown (legacy), Trinity College, St. Andrews

Submitted July 27, 2019 at 03:32AM by 11estige https://ift.tt/2K5As1F