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Old 09-27-2012, 09:48 PM   #1
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Syracuse, Northwester, Maryland, Missouri, Ithaca, Elon, and St. Bonaventure Chances

Please Chance me for the Following schools and their Journalism/Comm Schools (In parentheses if applicable)

Syracuse University (Newhouse)
Northwestern University (Medill) ------Massive Stretch
University of Maryland (Merrill)
University of Missouri (Missouri School of Journalism) ------Get in easily imo
Ithaca College (Roy H. Parks School of Communications)
Elon University
St. Bonaventure ------Safe School



Location: Maryland
School: Very competitive Catholic school (about 850 kids, 100% college acceptance)
Race: White
Gender: Male

GPA: 3.505 Weighted, 3.28 Unweighted (Mostly As and Bs with a few Cs in high level maths and sciences
Rank: 70/226
Courses: All honors and AP When offered


Senior year AP courses I am taking:
AP Stats
AP Psych
AP English Literature

ACT: 29 C; 29 E; 27 M; 32 R; 29 S; 7 essay (I think My essay was awful)
SAT: 610 M, 630 CR, 670 W

I plan on taking both the SAT and ACT one more time

Extra Curriculars:
National Honor society
National English Honor Society
Tri- M
Moreau Honor society (Honor society at my school) - Sergeant at Arms
Aviation Club
Media Club
Stock Market Club- Vice President
Sports Editor for School Paper
Field Reporter for School TV Station
300+ service hours over past 3 years

My real strength in all of this is the experience that I already have in journalism (specifically sports journalism)

I have had/ am currently having work published professionally for:

USA Today High School Sports (I cover Washington, DC area HS Sports for them currently)
The Washington Post (several high school sports articles and a multimedia production on Fan's hype over RGIII)
Rivals.com (I currently am a Football Recruiting analyst for Terrapin Times, a rivals site that focuses on UMD)
W*USA 9- DC Area CBS Affiliate (Several High school sports reports and recruiting news)
Marylandhoops.net- Up and coming Maryland prep basketball site (Write for them currently)
DCSportsFan- DC Area sports site (First professional work I did, stepping-stone to bigger publications)

I have several connections in the industry including many sports writers and broadcasters like the Washington Nationals beat reporter for the Washington Post and multiple television and radio personalities.

Thanks for your time
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Old 09-29-2012, 01:00 AM   #2
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Old 09-29-2012, 01:48 AM   #3
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My opinions....

Syracuse; yes
Northwestern; maybe
University of Maryland; yes
University of Missouri; yes
Ithaca College; yes
Elon University; probably
St. Bonaventure; yes
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:24 AM   #4
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Thanks. Can others chance me too
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