education, ethnic studies Applicant
Female · Black · suburbs in Georgia · public
🏷️ URM
Income: complicated but I rely mostly on my mom who makes 12-15k per year
- summer engineering program at local universityCollaborated with Professors and mentors to build innovative engineering projects. (Grade 12, 40 hours/week for 4 weeks)
- volunteered at family clinicShadowed doctors during surgeries, learned to medically bill, measured and charted patients' medical history, gained medical experience. (Grade 9-12, 16 hours/week year-round)
- Vice President of student governmentOrganized global fund and raised hundreds for tsunami relief in Minaminsanriku, Japan. Participated in yearly food bank Halloween drive. (Grade 10-12, 1 hour a week for school year)
- kakehashi jice programCoordinated with Japanese Govt Officials, immersed in Japanese culture and values, visited Minamisanriku. (Grade 10, February)
- self taught ArabicUsing YouTube, apps, articles, and my local mosque, I've taught myself how to read and write classical Arabic fluently and Arabic conversationally. (Grade 9-12)
- global discussion club/debate club founderCo-founded the club which met weekly at lunch to discuss and debate contemporary politics and global issues. (Grade 11-12, 1hr/week, school year)
- jazz and concert choirPerformed in local concerts, as well as national and international competitions. Won gold in Whistler provincial music festival. (Grade 10-12, 4 hr/week, school year)
- blog + Instagram to advertiseMy personal blog delving into the intersectional issues plaguing all POC, while centering on Black women in particular, has some regular readers.
- ★Schulich scholar
- ★highest academic average in grade 9
Essay Topics
My common app was really good probably an 8/10, it was about being stuck on a mountain for a few hours and kind of how the fear there resembled the anxiety I had all throughout high school.
- Northwestern University
- Performance/Outcome: Very awkward, she asked a lot of questions like she was going through a checklist but didn't really make attempts to have an actual conversation 5/10.
- Georgetown University
- Performance/Outcome: It was awesome, she was extremely sweet, and we talked for quite a while. 8/10.
Counselor
Probably 2/10. Extremely unwilling because she didn't really understand the American process.
music teacher
8/10, pretty close relationship, I've known her forever and I tried pretty hard in choir.
English teacher
Probably 6/10, amazing writer but I didn't know her that well unfortunately.
humanities teacher
7/10, great writer but I only had him for one year but I spent a lot of time talking to him about social studies at breaks/lunch.
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