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Old 07-03-2007, 05:21 PM   #1
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Chance me at Ball State

Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
School: Thomas S. Wootton High School
Rockville, Maryland

EDUCATION:

• I am currently a senior at Thomas S. Wootton High School with cumulative grade point
Average of 3.38 Unweighted and 3.65 weighted. I received a score of 1500 on the SAT; a 470 on math, a 500 on verbal and a 530 on writing.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• 190 hours of community service

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:

• Film Club: 11, 12
• Two years on the student newspaper: 11, 12
o One year as only a staff Writer
o One year as business manager and a staff writer
• Handy work for the football team (Filming games, uploading games onto the computer, helping kids get recruited) 10, 11, 12
• Coach for my graduating class in the Women’s football league (Also know as Powder-puff Football League) 9, 10, 11, 12
• Referee for the student-staff basketball game series: 11, 12

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:

• Four and a half years in B’nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO,) As a member of the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) Jewish fraternity as a member of Melech AZA #2461
• One year as chapter newspaper editor
• One year as chapter secretary
• Three years as chapter website editor
• Four years as chapter basketball and football coach

COMMUNITY RELATED ACTIVITIES:

• Two years as a CIT at Temple Beth Ami Nursery School Pre-School camp
• Two years as a CIT at a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome
• 189 community service hours

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES:

• Summer Camps
o Kallah East-This was a month long experience that got me in-touch with my Judaism and my spiritual side of life
o Chapter Leadership Training Conference-This was a two week journey that taught me how to be a leader in my AZA chapter and the community

WORK EXPERIENCE:
  • Ourlads NFL Scouting Services-Two years
  • Senior year internship with a prominent sports agency in the Washington D.C. area
Throughout my tenure with these two jobs; I have evaluated football players in the 2006, 2007 and currently the 2008 NFL Draft. My work with Ourlads has been published in the Ourlads annual draft review publication.
o Contributor to Athlon Sports Annual magazines NFL Draft preview magazine; This magazine has been featured in stores like Border and Barnes & Nobles
o One Television appearance on
o Four Radio appearances (ESPN National (The Doug Gottlieb show), ESPN Baltimore (The Anita Marks; Two times), KBZZ Reno, Nevada) When I apply I will be sending in a portfolio of my appearances

• NFL Draft Forecast (nfldraftforecast.com)-Two years
• Several years of a babysitting for an autistic boy in my neighborhood

OTHER:

• I have Tourette syndrome-While in media and popular culture, it is portrayed as a negative aspect of life; Tourette syndrome has been one of the most positive influences in my life. It has been something to overcome and an aspect of my life that I shared with others with the same disorder. During the two years I spent as a CIT at a Tourette syndrome camp, I was looked up to by campers as someone who is succeeding with Tourette syndrome.

Last edited by Andale; 07-31-2007 at 04:59 PM.
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Old 07-07-2007, 07:51 PM   #2
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In my opinion, I think you'll get in. You fall into the average range of SAT scores (use collegeboard) and you have great extracurriculars and you could totally write a stellar essay on your Tourette's and how it's affected you.
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