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Year: Rising Senior
School/ High School Reputation: Freshman Year: Large, Suburban High School, one of the tops in Illinois
Soph-Junior-Senior Year: Illinois Math and Science Academy (a public boarding school for gifted kids, that is not ranked with high schools because it accepts people based on their merits; as one of my teachers said, "We're so good they can't rank us.")
Ethnicity: white male
income: upper middle class


ACT: 33

SAT II's: need to take (Going to do Math and Chemistry, I'm expecting scores of 700-750 on both).

Academics/ECs

Freshman year
Debate I/II: A/A
Public Speaking: A
Honors English: A-/A
Honors History: A-/A
Honors Geometry: A-/A
Honors Biology: A/A
Honors Spanish I: A/A

ECs:
Freshman Council
Freshman Honor Society
Debate Team
Shakepare/theatre club
Freshman Baseball team
20-hour Biology internship w/ a physician

Sophomore year
Honors algebra/trig: B/A
Honors Integrated Science: A-/A
American studies (technically college-level): A-/A
Honors Soph. English: A-/B+
Honors Spanish II: A/A

ECs:
Sophomore Officer of Young Democrats Executive Board
Oasis (Christian Youth Group)
Theatre (1 production)
Discussion Classics (literature discussion group)
Environmental Club
Kid's Institute (summer camp counselor for science camp)
Campus Workservice
Mu Alpha Theta

Junior Year 1st semster
Honors Precalculus: B
AP Chem: B
Honors Junior English: B+
Honors Microbiology: B+
Honors Spanish III: B+
Honors World History (technically college level): A-

Junior Year 2nd semester
AP Calculus BC: B+
AP Chem: B+
Honors Modern Physics: A
Honors World History: A
Honors Spanish III: A
Honors Junior English: A-

EC's
Junior officer in Young Democrats
Inquiry Project (self-designed, self directed research project)
Discussion Classics
Kid's Institute Summer Program
Oasis
Campus Work Service (Math department)
Mu Alpha Theta
67 hours of community service
private guitar lessons

Summer: Nortwestern University classes
History of Rock Music
Personality Psychology

Classes for senior year

AP BC Calculus
AP Physics C
AP Bio
AP Political Theory
AP Psychology
AP English
AP Spanish IV
Photography

Overall GPA thus far (unweighted): 3.73 (I'm just worried about 1st semester junior year, the only semester I didn't have an A average)

Rank: My school doesn't rank, and it's really impossible to guess.
Hook: That research project took a ton of time and commitment. I'm continuing it next year. I'm getting a nice rec from my advisor. Research is my passion (that's why Colgate is high on my list), and I can definitely communicate that.

Recs: Amazing (1 teacher was head of English education in the education department).
Essays: Amazing

Intended Major: Neuroscience