Chance Me : Duke ED

streetking18
Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:19:50 +0000

Academics
GPA Weighted: 5.14 Junior year, 4.86 Sophomore year, 4.71 freshman year
Class Rank: 5-6 of 250 at a strong academic prep school
SAT score: Taken once, 700 CR, 790 Math, 780 Writing (2270 Comp)
SAT II: Bio: 780 World History: 700 Math Level II: will take in October
AP Classes
World History: 5 English Lang : 5 APES : 5 BIO : 4
220 PSAT NJ, definitely will be commended maybe semi-finalist
High Honors List
National Honors Society
Will take AP Calc, AP Stat, AP Eng, and AP Art History next yr

Academic Awards/ Achievements
2011- Won regional essay contest about favorite teacher and earned recognition at local libraries and book store
2010 – Won award from my towns Human Relations Commission for an essay honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs. Birthday
Currently working on publishing a collaborative biological paper with other interns at a large genomics company

Work Experience
Month long Internship at nearby hospital in Department of pathology.
2-week internship at genomics company
Assistant coach for a competitive youth soccer team
Babysit12 year old with autism
Soccer Referee

Other Volunteer Work
Weekly volunteer for local Special Olympics swim team. Will be assistant coach this season.
National Special Olympics games volunteer. Coordinator for soccer events as a team liason.

Athletics
4 year soccer player at very good prep school, 2 years vars (ranked at top 10 in country last year)
Club soccer for very good club team for 3 years with several tournaments won

Extracurriculars and other honors
Autism big brothers club
Italian club – likely president next yr
Wounded warrior project
In 2014 inducted into the hall of fame of nearby school for kids with autism after volunteering consistently with kids with autism
American cancer society relay for life team
Made my own website for SAT Prep
Started my own club dedicated to improving the care of patients at a nearby hospital

P.S.- I have a younger brother with autism and my essay will be about him and how he has changed my perspective. Much of my extra-circulars center around this and at Duke I would like to do similar volunteer work with DukeEngage.