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corretto_joe
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:50:04 +0000

So. Here we go. (I’ll try to make this easy on the eyes.)

APPLYING RD
Asian Female from central NY (sob.)
High income
Came to US when I was five, yay… I speak Chinese but never took the SAT II’s (this, I regret quite a bit.)

GPA: 3.86 unweighted

Classes (including senior year):
Hnrs Earth Science, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics
Hnrs Algebra, Hnrs Geometry, Hnrs Algebra II, Hnrs PreCalc, AP Calc
Hnrs English 10, Hnrs English 11, AP Lit
Global 9, AP World, AP U.S. History, Economics, Participation in Gov’t
Hnrs French III and IV, Hnrs Spanish II, III, and IV, AP French, AP Spanish,
Materials Chemistry, Electronics, Concert Choir, Select Choir

*Generally with my classes, I average mid-high 80’s (Science/Math) to mid-high90’s (English, Foreign Language, History)

Testing
SAT: Math 720, CR 680, Writing 730 - Superscore, 2 tests.December.)
Chem: 640 (Ow.)
Math I: 700
French: 700
Spanish: 700

AP scores:
Chem - 4 (10th)
World - 3 (10th)
US History - 4 (11th)
English Language - 5 (11th)
Biology - 5 (11th)

**EC’s: **
Ballroom dance (Formation Team Dancer)
Karate (Brown/Red-belt, won 1st and 2nd on a DARE competition 2006 as a blue belt against black/brown belts ahaha burrrnnnn.)
NHS (Vice-pres)
Spanish NHS (Vice-pres)
French NHS (mere minion)
Student Senate
Math Team (I’m Asian. It’s a given.)
TATF - Teen AIDS Task Force (President)—we work in conjunction with AIDS Community Resources
Piano (Various awards, recognition whatnots—surprise! Another Asian prerequisite.)
Tai Chi Quan
Volunteering at Loretto Rehab
Yay, I’m your smiling Starbucks barista
Studied Spanish language and culture in Spain for a month in 2006

Awards & Misc:
High honor roll each marking period
AP Scholar w. Distinction
17th in NYS for National Spanish Contest Level 2
85th percentile nationally for Nation Spanish Contest Level 3 - Silver Award
Dual Language Award (School)
Faculty Staff Award (School)

Essay: I’m told it’s “brilliantly written” but perhaps not “college material”… whatever that means.

Teacher Recs: 1st, amazing from my Spanish/French prof. 2nd, very good from my English teacher.
Counselor Rec: She loves me and said she was “excited to write my rec” sooo… I assume really good.

And I forget if I need to include anything else.