Chance me? would i survive???

yellowbird
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:27:29 +0000

Regular Decision 2014
White Female
Very competitive school in NW Florida (hence the would i survive, its colddd up there! haha :p)
Unweighted GPA 3.7, weighted 4.4 (lots of honors and ap lol)
ACT 33
very good recs, good senior grades

senior schedule:
Latin IV
AP Chemestry
AP Calculus BC (independent study, not offered at my school)
AP Literature
Psychology (independent study AP, not offered at my school)
AP Micro/Macro Economics
First quarter grades are all a’s.

Past AP Classes:
AP Government (3) - soph year
AP Biology (2) - soph year (bad i know, ha)
AP US History (3) - jr year
AP Language (4) - jr year
AP Calculus AB (5) - jr year
Plan on taking AP exams for Chem, Calc, Lit, Psych, Micro and Macro this year.

Took all honors freshman year, maxed out all classes.

Resume:
Academic Extras
• 2 years of FL Virtual School Spanish
• AP Calculus BC (FL Virtual School) – not offered at GBHS
• AP Psychology (independent study) – not offered at GBHS
• Immediate Scholarship Reserve for Navy ROTC. Scholarship awarded pending medical/physical examination.
• AP Scholar (Score a 3 or higher on 3 or more AP exams)
• History Fair (school and county): 1st place at school History Fair, Honorable Mention at County History Fair(11th)

Sports
• Competitive Equestrian: three day eventing (all 4 years)
• JV Basketball (11th grade)

Clubs
• Latin Club: member (all 4 years)
• ABC Club: founder/president (11th and 12th)
• Swing Dancing Club: member (10th)
• Student Government: Senator/class representative (11th and 12th)

Academics
• Latin Competition (9th)
• Calculus Team (11th, intend to participate 12th grade year)
• Math Competition (11th)

Volunteering
• Office Aid at school (11th and 12th)
• Over 100 hours with ABC Club (11th, intend to participate the same amount 12th grade year)
• Math and Chemistry tutoring (11th and 12th)

Jobs
• TCBY (03/08-07/08); approximately 20 hours a week.
• Babysitting (all 4 years); approximately 5 hours a week.
• Nanny (06/09-08/09); approximately 35 hours a week.

Honor Societies
• Spanish Honor Society: Member (10th-12th)
• Latin Honor Society: Member (11th and 12th)
• National Honor Society: Member (11th and 12th)
• Rho Kappa- History Honor Society: Founding year member (12th)

Miscellaneous
• National Leadership Forum – Harding University: Scholarship from Civitan Club of Pensacola (11th summer)
• Nominated for National Forum on Medicine (all 4 years)

Elaboration on Important Events
• Equestrian: Three day eventing all four years; Participated in 3 major rated events at nationally renowned facilities such as Poplar Place (GA), River Glen (TN) and Rocking Horse (FL); participated in schooling events in three day eventing, hunter/jumper and stadium jumping; was a working student for Angela Gotler in 11th grade; invested 10-15 hours a week in the sport.
• ABC Club: founded in 11th grade year; president both 11th and 12th grade; raised $2000 for American Cancer Society; organized Guitar Hero Tournament; collected over 200 bags of necessities for patients families at the Ronald McDonald House.
• Student Government: served on homecoming court committee; served on prom court committee; served on member motivation committee.

Essay was very good (reviewed by many people), on losing a house to a hurricane, and how to overcome such a tragedy.

Anything else? Thanks so much, honest opinions please (=