<p>Let me first give you some background</p>
<p>African-American male
South side of Chicago
Parents both went to college</p>
<p>Academics:
-GPA: 4.08 (on a 4.0 scale) weighted, but school only gives the weighted GPA (top 10%)
started with a 3.5 freshman year. And my last semester GPA was a 4.6
-Junior Classes: English 3, Precalc H, AP Chemistry, AP Macro, Religion 3 (i go to catholic school), AP Spanish
-Senior Classes: creative writing 1 H, college writing H, AP BC Calc, AP Bio, AP Phys B, Religion 4, AP Span Lit
-PSAT: 229
-SAT: 2210
-ACT: 34</p>
<p>Career Aspirations: Chemical Engineer or PreMed</p>
<p>Honors:
-Honor Roll all 6 semesters
- Nat. Merit Scholar (hopefully!)
-Nation Honor Society
-National Spanish Honor Society (elected senior president)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
-Varsity Swimming (was an all-Conference champ in sophomore year, as well as a member of the sectional and state team junior year)
-Math Team (elected to be on exec. Board in senior year)
-Science Olympiad</p>
<p>Volunteer:
-Volunteered in the ER- communicated in spanish to spanish-speaking patients
-Read at an underprivileged school, got a really close bond with a kid and helped boost his reading score 12 points!</p>
<p>Work:
-Teach swim lessons</p>
<p>Teacher Recs:
-both great</p>
<p>Pending my essays. Do you think i stand a chance at any of those schools?</p>