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stats
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3.82 uw /4.4w (context all b’s but 2 from grade 9, the 2 b’s in yr 11 were 1st sem. Ap stat, ap lang
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1510 (720 r/790 m) ( school avg: 1050)
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URM
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Qualified for the intercontinental round of the Econ Olympiad. Junior year (top 100 out of 2k students, flew us out to Guatemala)
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Autistic respite care employee beginning of junior year
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Math tutor since grade 9
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Rho Kappa, Lead Tutor, Junior Year
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Soccer at club and /V levels (G9-10)
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Raised 500 dollars for school to make a microcredit fund in Ethiopia, helping over 3 vendors start businesses
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AP scholar with distinction
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AP African American Scholar
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RA for an econ. PhD student (got on dissertation)
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Internship with my state senator
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Ethiopian-Eritrean student association treasurer
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AP/DE Courses (Total)
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CALC BC (5)
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LANG (5)
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WORLD (5)
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MACRO (CC)
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MICRO (CC)
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ARABIC I (CC)
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GOV (4)
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CSP (not submitted)
12th grade (registered courses)
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linear algebra (CC) (A)
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MV Calc (A)
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Comp Gov (A)
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Lit (A)
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Diff eqs (CC) (A)
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Arabic 101 (C)
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PRIORITIES
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SAT
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ESSAYS
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CODING
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lol mb
for tips this sounds basic, but it worked for me: I did all 8 bluebook practice tests and spent hours analyzing my specific mistakes and redoing the problems i got wrong, then reinforced weak points by doing Khan Academy practices! The value is not extracted from the hours of work you put in, but from how many mistakes you STOP making.