u/InvestigatorLazy7806

**Demographics**: Asian Female, TX, small public magnet school running on a semester system (courses are 1 semester rather than 2)

**Intended major:** Political Science/ Government with a minor in economics

**SAT:** 1450 (planning to take ACT)

**UW GPA:** 4.0

**W GPA:** 4.7 **Rank:** 6/199

**Hooks**: FGLI

**Coursework:** Freshman: AP Human (5), Sophomore: AP Psych (4), Junior: APUSH, AP Physics 1, AP Lang, AP Stats (Pending). Senior: AP Lit, AP Gov, AP macro (next year). Dual credit: Sociology, Public Speaking, College Algebra, Art Appreciation, TX government. Honors anatomy.

**Awards:** Hamilton Scholar, Questbridge College Prep Scholar, 4x Congressionally recognized, 2x County Recognition, City Recognition, Some journalism awards for newspaper (UIL, Best in Texas, TAJE - Superior, 2nd place, 1st place)

**Extracurricular:**

\- Mentor club president - paired 500+ students +organized monthly mixers

\- Co-editor-in-chief of Newspaper

\- Director of events for local voting non-profit - 200+ attendees per event, $10,000 in grants, partnered with city, congress, and county representatives

\- Founder of a policy pitch competition fellowship for non-profit - led over 50 students and connected with winners to continue policy pitch. Distinguished fellow in same org, produced policy brief + proposal for immigration reform.

\- Vice Chair of Mayor's Youth Council - organized city-wide workshops + fireside chats.

\- Federal policy fellow - Drafting a bill and going to DC to lobby my bill about civic education.

\- Criminal Law & Trial Intern - Interned at DC for a week and helped with witness prep for a felony trial, worked with defendant

\- International Intern - Conducted a workshop in Nigeria focused on civic engagement and importance of voting

**Essays**: I would say pretty strong. I enjoy writing essays about myself lol and I've lived through a lot.

**LOR:** Kinda weak. Teachers at my school don't really care as we only have them as a teacher for one semester. I did have one of my teachers write me LOR for Hamilton Scholars and I got in.

**Other:** Immigrant with pending asylum status.

**Schools:** Applying through Questbridge.

Please chance me for Ivies + Ivy pluses + T20

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