rwc00613

white male from MA, low income family, parents are separated, current junior
Stats:
SAT: 2000 will retake
SAT II: Bio 800
Math II: havent taken yet
Chemistry: havent taken yet
Class Rank: 2/250
GPA: nonweighted 95%
weighted not calculated until senior year
Classes:
Freshman Year
Honors Biology B+
Honors World History A-
Honors English B+
Jazz Band A
Freshman Seminar A
Geometry C+
Spanish II B

Sophomore Year
Honors Algebra II B+
Honors Chemistry A-
Honors English II A
Honors US History A
Jazz Band A
Piano Lab A
Computer Tech. internship A (independent study on network administration and PC Repair)

Junior Year
AP Physics B A+
AP US A
AP English Lang. A
AP Biology A-
Pre Calc A-
AP Biology Independent Research A+
Science Mentor A+ (teachers aide for a middle school general science course)

Senior Year
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
AP Lit
AP Chem
Jazz Band
Senior Project
AP Music Theory

ECs

Job: Currently working as a Physical Science Technician with the US Geological Survey (2 years), hands on lab experience performing analysis on sediment and civil engineering tests; gave 1 lecture to visiting Doctors of Geology and Geophysics over the past summer

Music (Sax)
Lead Alto sax player for jazz society
1st chair Alto Sax player for concert and jazz band (high school)
2nd Chair District Jazz Festival (2008)
4th Chair District Jazz Festival (2007)
4th Chair District Concert Festival (2008)
Been playing for 10 years
Currently have 3 private lessons a week on Classical Theory, Jazz Improv, and Sax lessons
Currently have own quartet that plays paying gigs
Drum Major for marching band school year 06-07, 07-08, and 08-09

Athletics
2 black belts in Tzu Jan Kun Do Kung fu and Wah Lum Kung Fu
Been doing it for 13 years
Countless district and state awards from when I was younger

Misc Clubs:
National Honor Society
Environmental Club
Gay Straight Alliance
Cape Cod Jazz Society
Concert Band
Jazz Band
200+ community service hrs tutoring and aiding the network administrator repair and maintain school computers, designed school website

Awards:
Service Above Self Award
House B Recognition Ward
Chemistry Merit Award
Honors English II Achievement Award
some others

i also work with one of the professors of geophysics i think at MIT, carolyn ruppel i dont know her enough for a rec but idk if that matters

PiperXP

Well, you have the grades and the activities, definitely, so you're in the running.

But what gets you in is your passion. I can't really read that from a list of activities (and neither will admissions), but I can imagine you have some sort of passion for music and martial arts that you can write your essays on. Hopefully with all your hard work you've gotten close to some teachers who know you well and can write a nice recommendation =D