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Political ScientistClass of 20213.8+1500+/34+socsci
Political Science Applicant
Female · White · mountain west · public
🏷️ underrepresented state
Income: 100k - 150k
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
4 (UW)
ACT
35
AP Courses
9
Honors
7
AP Exams Taken
AP MacroAPUSHAP WorldAP Lang
Extracurricular Activities
- President of Young Democratsdid a lot of civic engagement projects
- Founder/President of Model UN
- Co-Captain of Speech/Debatewon a few regional tournaments but nothing national
- Peer counselor/intern on 7Cupsover 200 hours counseling, received awards
- Intern at local federal courtoversaw the second COVID era jury trial in the nation
- Campaign assistant for state representativeinvolved in political organization
- Legislative page to state housefull time job on top of school
- Marching bandtwo time state winners
- Purveyor of deep fried poultry for a multi-million dollar companyworked at Chick-fil-A as a summer job
- Bernie volunteertext team
Awards & Honors
- ★Selected to represent my state at the national Youth in Government conference
- ★Poetry published in some state publication
- ★NHS
- ★Superior rating at solo/ensemble festival
- ★Varsity letter in debate
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
anecdote about investigating a prostitution ring while doing voter registration, ties into ideals of bravery and persistence
Interview Experiences
- Denison University
- Performance/Outcome: average, good conversation
- Carleton Univerity
- Performance/Outcome: went really well, fun and relaxed
- Oxy
- Performance/Outcome: did not click with interviewer
- Middlebury College
- Performance/Outcome: went amazingly, clicked with interviewer
- Princeton University
- Performance/Outcome: felt good, enthusiastic interviewer
Letters of Recommendation
Counselor
close, decent letter
AP Lang teacher
friendly, writing used as example
AP Macro teacher
generic, nice
State Representative
very personal, 10/10
College Decisions
Accepted (13)
Indiana University BloomingtonUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontUniversity of RichmondUniversity of VirginiaDenison UniversityGrinnell CollegeBates CollegeCarleton CollegeColby CollegeOccidental CollegeMiddlebury CollegeCornell University
Waitlisted (3)
Bowdoin CollegeVanderbilt UniversityAmherst College
Rejected (3)
University of ChicagoYale UniversityPrinceton University
Profile Tags
ResearchDebateModel UNLeadershipPresidentClubCultural ClubVolunteeringCommunity ServiceInternshipPolitical OrganizationWriting & PublicationsCreative Writing