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Social AdvocateClass of 20213.2+1400+/31+art/hum
Theatre, Political Science, Business Applicant
Female · Black · NJ · A Very Good Boarding School in NJ not far from Princeton
🏷️ URM, First-Gen
Income: Middle Class
Academic Profile
GPA (UW/W)
3.3 (UW)
SAT
1430
Honors
5
Extracurricular Activities
- Summer social justice camp for two yearsVolunteer work, serving on youth council
- Barnard's pre-college programStudied prison reform and abolition
- Dorm president last year and prefect this yearResident Assistant
- President of a Black women affinity group junior year
- Community service mentoring program for three years
- Eight theatre productions throughout high school
- Mission trip to Haiti
- Ropes course instructor for two yearsLead freshman orientation and trained to belay people on the course
- Serves on school's honor councilVotes on disciplinary responses
- Head tour guide
Awards & Honors
- ★Poetry Out Loud State Finalist
- ★School award for service and leadership
- ★Dean's List
Essay Topics
Common App Essay
Journey with performing poetry and influence of uncle as a father figure
Interview Experiences
- Barnard College
- Performance/Outcome: Personal favorite, discussed class on Jewish History and Palestinian conflict
- Swarthmore College
- Performance/Outcome: Not particularly memorable, mentioned personal connection
- Occidental College
- Performance/Outcome: Bonded over wanting to go to University of Southern California
- Emory University
- Performance/Outcome: Interviewer was nice and wrote a long email saying would be a great fit
- Wellesley College
- Performance/Outcome: Thought it was the worst, had technical issues during the interview
- University of Pennsylvania
- Performance/Outcome: Lacked connection, shared laughs about feeling like failures
Letters of Recommendation
English Teacher
Only taught for two terms, loves acting, may have mentioned personal writing experience
History Teacher
Liked a lot, did well in class
College Counselor
Likes a lot, has seen involvement in extracurriculars
College Decisions
Accepted (7)
Wellesley CollegeBoston CollegeHoward UniversityOccidental CollegeLoyola Marymount UniversityRutgers UniversityDrew University
Waitlisted (4)
University of RichmondTrinity CollegeWesleyan UniversityDavidson College
Rejected (9)
Skidmore CollegeSwarthmore CollegeEmory UniversitySmith CollegeGeorge Washington UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaBarnard CollegeYale UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania
Profile Tags
ResearchVolunteeringCommunity ServiceActivismLeadershipPresidentClubTheaterCreative WritingPublic SpeakingSustainability Projects