RahulKShah

HI, GUYS! Less than a month and a half until ED decisions come out! I am going out of my mind. A chance thread will really calm my nerves. /sarcasm

I applied ED to the Duke's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.

Objective Data:

• SAT Reasoning: 2360 (790W, 800CR, 770M)
• SAT Subject Tests: Chemistry - 800, Math Level 2 - 800, US History - 800
• GPA: 4.0 Unweighted
• Rank: 2/309
• AP Exams: Government 5, Psychology (self-study) 5, Human Geography (self-study) 5, Language 5, US History 5, Comparative Government (self-study) 5, European History 4... Chemistry 4...
• Senior Year Courseload: AP Physics, AP World, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Bio, AP Calc

Subjective Data: (I'll add a brief snippet of my impact/contribution as I was active in everything I did)

• Interact Club - President
  Organized services events and fundraisers for the entire school. $700 to the Ronald McDonald House. $200 for a breast cancer event. Dozens of other service projects. Coordinated service projects with the president of county Rotary Club.
• Beta Club - President
  Similarly, organized service projects. Raised $2000 for the Red Cross by a candy sale fundraiser I organized.
• Math Team - Captain and Coordinator
  Organized tournaments, practices, and teams. Won a few tournaments and awards.
• Debate Team - Vice President
  Won tournaments and awards. Competed in national qualifier. Taught newer members of debate. Organized fundraisers and currently organizing debate tournament hosted at my school.
• National Honor Society
  Most active member. Over 400 hours. Organized school events with school counselors like freshmen orientation and presented there.
• Math Honor Society
  Coordinated meetings. Was most active tutor, and thus won "Math Honor Society Student of the Year."
• Science Bowl - Team Captain
  Lead my team in practices. Teach science lessons to team.
• Teenage Democrats - Founder and President
  (I'm in Georgia. Cut me some slack) Head writer and editor of monthly political newsletter distributed in school.
• Other: Spanish Honor Society - Executive Member (Organize fundraisers and cultural events), Tutor - I work with the graduation counselor at my school and help struggling students, Violin (>4 years), Guitar (>4 years), Tennis.

Work Experience

• Mathnasium Math Instructor
  Work everyday 3 hours after school. (This is pretty tolling on me because I have to do homework after...) Helped set up and run math tournament for elementary schoolers.
• Computer Repair - Self-Employed
  Made over $3000 in the past 3 years.
• Convenience Stores
  I worked around a day a week at convenience stories, sometimes as a cashier, other times as someone managing stockrooms, etc.

Summer

• School Volunteer
  300 hours over 2 summers. Worked with administration to help them set up for next school year.
• Trinity Hospital of Augusta
  3 summers. 300 hours.
• G5!@ Goizetta at Emory University
  Business program hosted at Emory. 300 students selected from applicants in Georgia.
• Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
  Leadership program. Chosen by county Rotary Club. Part of $500 scholarship

Service

• Most of my service is derived from Interact/Beta Club. Hundreds of hours of actual volunteering and also coordinating events.
• Ronald McDonald House Volunteer
  50 hours
• Relay for Life
  Raised $200 dollars. Participated in event for 2 years in past. This year, I'm on the Executive Committee so I'm actually planning the county-wide event and fundraisers.
• Various Honor Society Activities (NHS, SHS, NTHS, MHS)
  Over 500 hours total of tutoring, service, etc.

Awards

• 1st Place Essay - United States Achievement Academy Spring Essay Contest
• Gold Level - President's Volunteer Service Award
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• National Merit Commended
• Winner - Cruming.com Essay Contest
• 5 math competition awards (2nd, 2nd, 4th, 2nd, 2nd)
• 3 debate awards (1st, 1st, national qualifier)
• Local Honoree - Prudential Spirit of Community Award
• 2nd Place Essay - Regional Comcast Young Writers Essay Contest
• School awards: MHS Student of the Year, AP Euro Student of the Year, AP Gov Student of the Year

RahulKShah

Shameless bump.

Catria

That's competitive for just about any "reach-for-anyone" school, including Duke Trinity.

But this is a file that, in ED, is a high match.

RahulKShah

These get buried in the forums way too easily. Last bump.

ugapugs

high match!! I think you'll get in. chance me?