Chance a Hispanic First Gen

acastila
Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:28:38 +0000

Hey all. I’m looking at Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, UPenn, MIT, Tufts, Northwestern, and University of Maryland.

Thanks!

Objective:
SAT I: Superscore - 2200
Attempt 1 (C 660, M 720, W 710)
Attempt 2 (C 710, M 780, W 680)
SAT II: US History - 770 Literature - 700 Math I - 720 Biology -690
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
Weighted: 4.53
Rank: no ranks, definitely in top 3% though
AP: US History 5 European History 5 English Language 5
IB: NA, will be taking later as I’m in the IB Program

Junior Year Course Load: AP European History, Honors Pre-Calculus, IB World Religions I, AP/IB World Literature and Composition I, IB Biology SL, Theory of Knowledge, Honors Spanish III
Senior Year Course Load: IB Physics SL, AP/IB World Literature and Composition II, IB Twentieth Century History, IB Math SL, Theory of Knowledge, IB Biology HL, IB World Religions II, Honors Spanish IV

Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): well, I was nominated for Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership
Subjective:[list][li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Senior Class Representative in Student Government, Photography Club (President), Sophomore Spirit Leader, Speech and Debate, National Honors Society, St. Mary’s Scholars (an enrichment program in my school), Xaverian Leaders (religious stuf, Freshman Retreat Leader), Student Ambassadors,Varsity Cross Country, Track and Field, Art Club. [/li]
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at the local police station for 50 hours, NHS tutoring, founded an after school SAT Prep Class with some other kids. Will have at least 150 hours by the end of next year.

Summer Activities: Cross Country camp, going to UNC for a two day program in June, job, training for Cross Country everyday…

State: Maryland
Ethnicity: Hispanic (Peru and Spain)
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks: URM, First Generation