Chance me please! Will chance back!

BlakeGrhymes
Thu, 20 Nov 2014 02:59:07 +0000

Generally going for Texas A&M University.

Male
Caucasian
First generation student
Low income-father is a 100% disabled veteran(used this is one of my essays)

GPA: 3.81 unweighted, 4.0+ weighted.
Rank: 69/430(16%)
Dual enrollment at my local university(TAMUCC)

College classes taken:
English 1301
English 1302
US History 1301
US History 1302
Chem 1
Chem 2
Quantum Chemistry(next semester)
Calculus 1
Economics
US Government
State and local government(next semester)
Statistics(next semester, made the mistake is signing up for this, don’t even need it for my major)
Should graduate with 50 transferable hours

SAT: not even going to mention my first attempt in January, did exceptionally well in Math, awful in CR and WR. I retook the SAT on November and shooting for a 1900(780~math, 500-600 Cr and Wr)

EC:
Varsity Tennis, ranked 11th in state(team). Regional qualifier, 3 district championships.
National Honors Society
UPHS Relay For Life
UP Senate(Student council)
Junior Achievement-teaching underprivileged children

Volunteering:
Toys for Tots-delivering toys to the needy
Assisting teachers before the school year
Giving tours to oncoming freshmen to the high school
Bark for Life-raising cancer awareness and a sponsored “dog event”
Junior Achievement(classified as volunteering and EC)
Peewee football-running their concession stand
Extra Life- online streaming for St. Judes children hospitals.
Taking ID pictures for Staff members over the summer.

Employment:
White Stripe Catering-highend catering company, rated the best in all of South Texas, employed for 2 years
Century 16- Movie theater usher, employed for the summer.

Essays:
A. Wrote about teaching underprivileged kids at Zavala Elementary for 6 weeks through Junior Achievement. Main idea was about how they changed my view of the potential of underprivileged kids.
B. Wrote about overcoming anorexia
C.(optional) Wrote about how my fathers disability helped me make contants with hospital officials and engineers and NASA(going for aerospace engineering or biomedical engineering)