Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino (Puerto Rican)
GPA: 3.9/4.0 unweighted (I think…?)
SAT: 2010 (CR 670 M 660 W 680) (was forced to send in - sent in SAT IIs with them 
)
SAT II: Lit 580 (yikes) USH 670 (meh)
ACT: 32 (E 35 W 35 M 30 S 26)
APUSH exam: 5
(No other AP classes were offered prior to senior year…)
Current Courses:
Philosophy H
UCONN ECE English
AP Gov
UCONN ECE Environmental Science
AP Calculus
AP Physics
Humanities H
Online Health/Gym (totally overstuffed my schedule so I had to stay after school once a week for 2 hours to finish)
Honors:
Bausch & Lomb Science Award
National Merit Scholar Commended
Spanish Natl. Honor Society
National Hispanic Scholar
CT Boys State Award
Writing Competition Winner (on CT shoreline, so regional award?)
National History Bowl State Semi-Finalist (team qualified for nationals, but we couldn’t go)
Extracurriculars:
Quiz Bowl (9-12 grade, captain 11-12)
JV Soccer (9)
Mock Trial - Prosecuting Lawyer (12)
CT Boys State Program over summer
Boxes for Soldiers: ~100 hours packing boxes for soldiers overseas
Lector at mass/Supervisor for church trips: ~60 hours
Essays were fantastic (at least my teachers thought so)
Recommendations were probably really good, too (didn’t see them - thx Naviance)
I know my SAT IIs are abysmal, and my SATs aren’t great, either. I had to take SAT IIs last minute because I completely forgot about them…But I really want to go to Cornell for its American Studies program and Environmental Science (I’m torn). I wasn’t too confident with myself, but my teachers pushed me to apply so I took a long shot here! Although, my extracurricular could’ve been better, but I had to keep an eye on my brother and sister at home because of my parents’ conflicting shifts (I did not note this on my application, even though I KNOW I should have…)
I also applied to Duke and University of Rochester. I feel pretty confident about Rochester, but Cornell and Duke I’m really nervous about (especially with all of the other stellar applicants that always seem to post on CC…!). What are my chances of getting into those schools?