can i get in?

saints2009
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:24:24 +0000

-Ethnicity:1/4 Hispanic (Is this enough to only say Hispanic? I think I look somewhat Hispanic, but mostly Asian. Would it be best to just say I’m mixed Filipino and Spanish?)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish
-Weighted GPA: 4.14
-school doesn’t rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I’m a would-be valedictorian.

SAT I’s (I’m retaking this October or November. I will aim for getting as close to perfect as possible.)

Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710

SAT II’s (should I take some more, I’m also applying to 6/8 of the ivies and Stanford as well)
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710

Past AP’s: US Gov and Politics-5
Projected AP scores for this year:
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 4/5
AP Eng. Lang: 4/5

Senior Load

1. AP Calculus BC

2. AP Statistics (is it true stats is not really math, but is more like reading?)

3. AP Biology

4. AP Physics C

5. AP Literature

6. Economics

7. (maybe) Band (if I can fit it in my schedule)

-school doesn’t offer honors classes, but mentions “due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors” in school description.

My only B’s have been graphic design freshman year and AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this)? I got straight A’s junior year.

-will mention Math, Economics, and Chemistry respectively as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice majors. I want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager when I grow up.

EC’s:

Boy Scouts
-Eagle Scout (just did my board of review). My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade, Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects
-raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-going on July 20

Tennis (all 4 years)
-private lesons
-varsity tennis

Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12) (We weren’t able to do much during my junior year, but next year, many more members will be joining, so hopefully I’ll have more honors/awards going for me here by the time I apply.)

I founded and am president of our school’s food critic club. We go to restaurants about once a month and write critiques about them, which are published in the school newspaper.

Trumpet
-private lessons
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school’s open house 10th grade

Piano
-lessons
-invited to play at several concerts

Young Republicans (should i say this? i know prestigious colleges are very liberal?)
-helped a bake sale to fund troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
-helped campaign for John Mccain and senator Saxby Chambliss

Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)

Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)

Hobbies:
-food-trying at restaurants (and even cooking some by myself)
-camping/backpacking

Miscellaneous:
I also volunteer at the library during the summer.
-I’m almost certain my PSAT score will qualify me for semifinalist standing in the NMS search. I didn’t fill out Hispanic in the ethnicity section, so I wont get National Hispanic Recognition Program Honors.

Recommendations: I know several teachers at my school who like me and will probably write well about me.
Essay: 1) talk about perseverance, about how I thought I could accomplish anything after my national record hike (would this sound too trite?)
2) talk about how certain adversity in a trumpet competition didn’t kill my trumpet passions.

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