Chance me plz?

JimtheBoy
Fri, 07 Nov 2014 00:37:34 +0000

Hi

I’m looking at: Cornell, Brown, BU, NYU, Rochester, Williams, Carnegie, UVA, Tufts, UMass Amherst, WPI, Northeastern, UIUC. Looking to do something with math as of right now… Applying to the Arts and Sciences (Liberal Arts) colleges for most of these schools.

I attend a well-renowed, private Catholic HS in MA

3.69 GPA unweighted
2160 SAT - 690 CR, 720 MATH, 750 WRITING, 31 ACT - TAKING THE SAT ONCE MORE AND MY SECOND ACT RESULTS ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED

SAT SUBJECT TESTS:
750 MATH II
670 PHYSICS
660 US HISTORY

AP Scholar with Honor - 9 AP classes
National Honor Society
Honor Roll

Varsity Rower - Winner of a team trophy, a bronze medal, and a silver medal (Hoping this helps)
National Honor Society
Varsity Math Team
105 Hospital Volunteer Hours and another 20 from the Library
I work at Kumon - I have teaching/tutoring experience in Math and English
Investment Club -Co-Founder
Chess Club
I play guitar and piano
I raised money and participated in a Boston Heart Walk this fall
I attended a leadership institute, I led retreats for underclassmen and I helped incoming freshman adjust to life in HS

My writing skills are well above par; I’ve been told that my essay is very good so I’m not too worried about that aspect of my resume. I’m getting recommendations from my Calc teacher and a teacher of mine who was a BU Trustee Scholar.

I’m hoping my successes in crew and relatively solid test scores can help shadow my GPA a bit… Although I’ll have taken 9 APs and this GPA is unweighted… I have a quirky essay that I think will be memorable to most. Likely not to receive financial aid…