<p>Hello all c: I’m a senior from a small Catholic school in PA, Filipino, and a girl. Chance me, please?</p>
<p>[ Plans ]</p>
<p>Major: Chemistry
Minor or Double Major: Computer Science
Career: Scientific researcher or some kind of doctor</p>
<p>[ Stats ]</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 4.103
Unweighted GPA: not exactly sure, estimated to be 3.7 or 3.8
Rank: 3/187
SAT: 610 CR, 690 Math, 700 Writing
SAT II’s: taking in December, but practice tests approximate 780 Math II and 710 Chem</p>
<p>[ Classes ]</p>
<p>In my 4 years of HS:
5 classes in sciences
4 classes in math (5 if including 8th grade, I took H. Alg I in my public HS)
4 classes in English
4 classes in Spanish
3 classes in history/social studies
3 classes in theology (4 if including Dual Enrollment at DeSales U for a Catholic theology class)
2 electives - Health (1 year), Band (4 years)</p>
<ul>
<li>all Honors, except for Spanish I (freshman year)</li>
<li>4 AP Classes (out of 8 offered)</li>
<li>3 college courses, dual enrollment</li>
</ul>
<p>Senior schedule:
- Band
- AP Chem
- AP Lit
- H. Bio II
- AP Calc BC
- AP Spanish
- CS105: Fundamentals to CS (at Moravian College)
- TH109: Introduction to Catholic Theology (at DeSales U)
- CS121: Intro to Computer Science (at Desales U)</p>
<p>[ EC’s ]</p>
<p>Band (4 years): President; Alto-saxophone; 8 years of experience; 3 years of professional lessons; 3 years of 1st chair status </p>
<p>Technical Theater Club (4 years): light board operator and designer; 9 productions; 2 productions as technical director</p>
<p>Pro-Life Club (4 years): President, by unanimous vote; retreat planning committee for 3 years</p>
<p>Key Club (4 years): webmaster for junior year (I gave that up to run for President and I lost… >:C); 30+ hours of service (recorded, at least)</p>
<p>Spanish Club (4 years)
Choir (3 years)
Debate Team (3 years)
Science Olympiad (2 years)
PJAS Science Fair (1 year)</p>
<p>[ Service ]</p>
<p>Spirit Builders (June 25 - 30, 2010; 37 hrs total) - traveled to Charleston, West Virginia to be a witness to her faith and help repair the homes of struggling members of St. Anthonys parish</p>
<p>Junior volunteer at Warren Hospital (December 2009 - April 2010; 20 hrs) </p>
<p>Junior volunteer at Lehigh Valley Hospital Muhlenberg (October 2008 - February 2009; 60 hrs) </p>
<p>Key Club (2007-2011; 30 hrs recorded)</p>
<p>[ Awards/Recognition ]</p>
<p>National Honor Society - inducted October 2010
National Merit Program, Commended Student - September 2010
Winner of Best Video Commercial, and Best Overall Advertisement in the Diocesan Multi-Media Contest with a 30-second hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation - January 2009
Certificates of Honor - given to the student(s) with the highest grade in the course, in recognition of outstanding academic achievement
- June 2008, Freshman year: Spanish I
- June 2009,Sophomore year: Honors Spanish II, Honors Chemistry
- June 2010, Junior year: Honors Theology 12 (a senior class)
Warren County Junior Solar Sprints, 1st place in innovation, and Inter-County Junior Solar Sprint, 3rd place in innovation, for a solar and propeller-powered vehicle - May 2006</p>
<p>[ Etc ] </p>
<p>Fluent in English, Tagalog, and practically Spanish
Guitar for 6 years, self taught
Piano for 4 years, self taught
Ukulele for 2 years, self taught</p>
<p>I am also working on a personal flash-based website to showcase my musical passions, elaborate on my service, and demonstrate my proficiency at web design (I am studying web and graphic design independently with books from the old computer science teacher).</p>
<p>So, what do you think? CMU is my dream school and I plan on doing an overnight visit there as well as an interview. I ranked MCS as my first choice and the computer science school (the name escapes me) as my second on the application.
I am also applying to Lehigh, BC, and Rice; Pitt, Rutgers, and DeSales are my safties.
Thanks in advanced :]</p>