<p>Basics:
Gender–Male
From–Suburban Chicago public school
Financial aid–Yes
Ethnicity–Hispanic
LD/ADHD–Yes, not diagnosed/treated until end of junior year</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA–3.02 unweighted, 3.88 weighted (see ADHD/LD)
Class rigor–All honors/AP
AP schedule–English Lang., US His. (jun.); Calc. AB, Biology, US Gov’t, English Lit., Economics (sen.)
Class Rank: Surprisingly enough, top 15% (class of ~650)</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT–2220 cold (just for NM)
ACT–35 composite (36 R, E; 35 M; 33 S) <== only took the test once
AP–English Lang. (5), US History (5)
SAT Subj.–US History (760), Literature (Nov.)</p>
<p>Leadership/extracurricular activities:
Varsity scholastic bowl–Co-captain (9-12); MVP (9-11); top scorer (9-10, but only because my coach liked pulling me out of tournaments for falling asleep)
Jeopardy!–Finalist, invited to and completed audition in Kansas City. I’ll hopefully be on the show in December
School newspaper–Copy editor (established position, 12); production editor (11); staff writer (10)
Blogger–I spend, and this is a pure guesstimation, about 15 hours per week researching, interviewing, and writing for two incredibly popular hip-hop/music/fashion blogs
Chicago Tribune–Staff writer for teen newspaper (11-12)
Varsity baseball–Hurt junior year, but came back during summer (LHP, 10-12)
Travel baseball–Co-captain/member (LHP/OF, 10-12)
Freshmen swim team–Member (9)
Wind symphony–1st chair, alto sax (9-10)
Jazz band–Alto sax (9-10)
Marching band–Alto sax (9-10)
Saxophone lessons–Alto/tenor sax (9-10)
Parish volunteer–Eucharistic minister/misc. volunteer (9-12)
Assistant teacher–Surprisingly selective program for a summer job (only 40 applicants were picked out of a pool of around 150, 11-12)
French Club–Member (9-10)
Italian Club–Member (11-12)</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (223 PSAT)
National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
Tri-M Music Honors Society
Northwestern Midwest Academic Talent Search Award Winner (36 ACT R/E, presented freshman year)
Honor roll member every semester</p>
<p>Chances? I’ve got a pretty difficult senior schedule, and I’m pulling off all A’s right now… hopefully that’ll help for RD.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>