adrianne.o,
Yale
B.A., International Studies
I am an incoming student at Yale from Arkansas who is passionate about music, theater, history, and women's rights!
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Hometown
Little Rock, Arkansas
GenderFemale
EthnicityWhite Non-Hispanic
AdmissionRegular Decision
Class of2020
First Gen College StudentNo
English First Language
Yes
Other Language(s) Spoken
French
Results, Essays, and Advice
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Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Applied for a B.A. in International Studies
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Allow me to preface this by explaining that I have grown up in the theater. I have been hit with pangs of tragic reality and swept away by fantastical tales in black boxes more times than I can count. I love stepping out of my own mind for a short hour and a half or so to be immersed in the complex stories of other personalities and perspectives to work out my own inquiries about the human experience. When I...Read more...Supplemental Essay769 WordsMy name is Adrianne Owings. Your first inclination may be to make a Rocky reference—trust me, it’s not original. Or maybe, because you adhere to more intellectual instincts, you’re going to start waxing poetic with the likes of Adrienne Rich. I hate to inform you that, in both situations, you’re still several letters off. My name has never been spelled correctly—neither first nor last. Over the years, my family has lovingly referred to me as â€...Read more...Supplemental Essay “Why us” school essay101 WordsAfter an explanation to my father about the meaning of Lux et veritas, we walked out of the visitor's center down Elm, gave a nod to Harkness, and enjoyed the cool air of New Haven in the fall. The students, one group engrossed in a debate about the merits of technology, stood in stark contrast to the quaint charm of Old Campus. Suddenly, I saw myself, black tea in hand, humming a tune from the last Out of the Blue...Read more...Additional Essay Details35 WordsPlease have several eyes on your essay before you click submit! Other people caught things that I never would've seen. Get to the point where most people generally give your essay(s) a thumbs up.Read more...General Admissions Advice
What set me apart from other applicants72 WordsI was originally deferred from Yale's Early Action pool, and I decided to visit my admissions counselor in February to make my...Read more...List of schools I interviewed with and my interview experience107 WordsI interviewed with most of my schools (Yale, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Brown, UPenn especially), and the best advice I can give is not to stress and to be yourself. These interviews can...Read more...High School Performance
Weighted GPA4.42RankTop 1%
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Highest ACT34ACT Score Details
Highest SAT1490on 1600 scaleHighest SAT2150SAT Score Details
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ActivitiesCommunity or summer theater/plays, Debate Club/Team, French Club, Nonprofit, NGO or Charitable Organization, School Choir, School Theater/Plays
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