ED w/ merit money

Sen.Someguy
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:28:32 +0000

Hey Kids!

Yesterday I went to the open house at the deis, decided it was the place for me, and am now applying ED1 to the school (it was a top choice of my mine but now I really want to go there). The people there seemed so down to earth and friendly.

BIG HAPPY STATS TIME:
Competitive Public HS
GPA: 4.42 (Weighted)
Rank: 1 out of 327
SAT: W- 650, M- 670, W- 680 (taking again Saturday, second times usually the charm so maybe raise those)
SATII: Chem: 750, US History: 730, Biology: 700
AP English Lang: 3

AP Classes this year:
AP Physics
AP BC Calc
AP Eng Lit (I have taken the hardest couseload my high school offers)

ECs:
President of Model Congress
President of Model UN
Captain of As Schools Match Wits (which now is called Trivia Club but I’ll get to that)
Volunteer at Public Access Station All 4 years (I do the weather oddly enough though I have hosted some shows about local politics and net neutrality)
Volunteer in my State Reps Office
Advisory Board to School Commitee
Opinions Writer for the Paper
NHS

Awards:
2nd place AIC Model Congress
Boys State
Harvard Book Award (goes to #1 of the class at my hs)
Several Dept. awards (History and Computer Science
American Citizenship Award (Freshman and Junior Year)
Superintendants Award
A couple other service awards

Recs: 3 teachers, my French teacher will explain that I couldn’t fit in AP French to my schedule. I hope they are good.

One thing:
As Schools Match Wits (our local quizbowl) got cancelled this year thanks to network management changes. I took charge and created a petition to bring it back, and I am writing my essay about the work I have done for that (and relating it back to me the person). <promotion> If you are from the western mass area and somehow knew about As Schools Match Wits, message me. I will link you to the petition. </promotion>

So now that I’ve done a lot of bragging on the internets, I’d like to know my chances with the 'Deis. Along with this, do I have a shot at merit money. Brandeis is my number one choice and I would still want to go without it. But to not have to pay all of that 42,000 because I got merit money would rock a lot.

Also, is it too late to get an interview in time for ED1.