<p>So my first choice school has been changing quite frequently. Every week a new college obsession, but that all changed when I discovered the University of Chicago. After looking at the school’s website, reading student publications, and reading through the scavenger hunt rules and similar things something just clicked. I just got the feeling that this was the college for me. The people are like me, they have the same sense of humor, I want to take a broad range of classes, I want a challenging course load, and I loving learning for the sake learning and knowing. I’m going to visit this summer and apply early action (this is off tangent, but are there any statistics detailing the number of early applicants accepted each year?).</p>
<p>Basics: I am a gay (diversity points? 
), white non-Hispanic male from New York. I go to a fairly respectable high school with a stable elite school acceptance rate (last year #12(in rank) got accepted into Brown, #11 to Columbia, #7 & and some other number to Yale and this year #s9 & 10 were accepted into UPENN, #7 to MIT, and #s 5 & 6 to Harvard).</p>
<p>Academics: I have a 97 average for the three eighth grade classes that I got high school credit for, a 93 gpa in ninth grade (I slacked off that year :|), a 96 in tenth, and a 98 this year. I will be somewhere between 9 & 11 in the rank. I’ve taken the hardest courses my school offers (next year I will be taking Wind Ensemble, Health, Gym, Honors Physics, AP Environmental Science, AP Government and Politics, AP Literature and Composition, and AP Calculus). I’m going to be an English major and English has always been my best class (I have 100 average in my AP Language and Composition class this year), so that’s good.</p>
<p>Testing: I took the SAT I in May and got a 2140 (CR: 690, Math: 710, Writing: 740). I will be re-taking it in October. I took three SAT IIs on Saturday a my projected scores are: Molecular Biology: 750-800, U.S. History: 780-800, Math I: 690-720. I also have the ACTs this Saturday. </p>
<p>Extra-Curricular: My school has a prominent music program (there are three high school bands and the two upper ones have never received less than 1st place at any music competition and never earned less than a gold/gold at NYSSMA Majors. The Wind Ensemble was invited to play at the Beijing Olympics, but the school and the students couldn’t afford to go). I’ve been in band since the forth grade. I play the saxophone and I have taught myself the trumpet, clarinet, and bassoon. I’m in the Jazz Band, Jazz Ensemble, and “Pep” Band. I have been selected for NYSCAME (all-county band) and the All-State honor band based on my performance at the NYSMMA solo festival. I am the senior treasurer of my school’s chapter of the National Honor Society and the president and former executive board member of the Foreign Language Honor Society. I’m also secretary of the Math Club and member of the Quiz Bowl team. My school was selected to participate in The Challenge: Long Island (a cablevision high school trivia competition) and if we are invited again next year I will be on the team, so hopefully I have that chance. I also have community service: volunteering at a food pantry for three hours a week, cleaning the highway, tutoring, and Relay for Life</p>
<p>Your help is much appreciated.</p>