Applied EA, can't wait till decision. Chances anyone?

pedrossi
Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:36:31 +0000

I would say my essays were pretty good, but not necessarily stellar.

-ethnic background: Brazilian (moved to TX in late 2001)
-gender: male
-SAT I: 2050/2400 (CR 650, W 710, M 690)
-SAT II: Math II 740, Physics 800, U.S. History 650
-ACT: 31 (34 math, 31 science, 29 writing, 28 reading, 10 essay)
-GPA: 3.74 UW, ~3.9 weighted
-Rank: 7 out of 144

9th GPA: 92.94
10th GPA: 94.55
11th GPA: 99.16
12th GPA: So far, over 100

I’m taking the most rigorous classes available, and I go to a highly competitive magnet school in South Texas. It’s been a top 10 high school on Newsweek a few times in the past few years, as highly ranked as 4.

ECs/Activities/Etc:
Taught myself HTML, PHP, SQL, ActionScript, couple other languages
Worked as freelance programmer/web designer since 9th grade, received excellent reviews and ratings
Did a lot of summer research at a local Texas A&M research lab
Co-authored a scientific paper
Worked as a lab technician last summer, excellent letter of rec from a leading scientist
Designed webpage for a local ophthalmologist, excellent letter of rec from him
A lot of community service
Worked as a volunteer programmer for LifeNets (non-profit working to end genocide in Africa)
Ran a very successful campaign for LifeNets, collected over 300 letters from concerned citizens to Senators, invited to attend meeting with Senators (unfortunately I could not afford the plane ticket)

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