<p>Academics:</p>
<p>Attend an Elite New England Prep School (one of the 10 Schools Association Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Hotchkiss, …)</p>
<p>SAT: 2270
CR: 740
Math: 760
Writing: 770</p>
<p>G.P.A. : Roughly 3.7 (10.00 on an 11.00 scale) over 3 years (Ranged from 10.33 to 9.00 in a given semester)
Taking most challenging courses I can:
Junior Year:
AP Chemistry
AP English
Calculus
Spanish 3
Environmental Ethics/ Biomedical Ethics (Semester Courses)
Senior Year:
Honors English
AP Statistics
AP Computer Science
AP Biology
Holocaust/Existentialism* (Could be switched out for Spanish 4)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars in School:</p>
<p>3 Years Varsity Water Polo (Best at this Sport)
-All New England Team (Honor - 10 in NE)
-High Scorer on team (60+ goals in 11 games)
-Team Captain</p>
<p>3 Years Varsity Swimming
-All League Swimming Award
-All New England Swimming Award
-Underclassman MVP Award
-Team Captain
- Numerous League Top 3/ All New England Top 8 Finishes</p>
<p>2 Years Varsity Sailing/ 1 JV
-Captain’s Choice Award</p>
<p>Founded Rocketry Club/ Head of Rocketry Club
-Grew Club to 25+ members
-Have built a Rocket over 10’ tall
-Have sent a Rocket over 15000’
-Currently working on pico-satellite which will launch into Low Earth Orbit in Spring of Next Year (Launch Date Confirmed) – when completed my partners and I will become the first high school students to ever have built and launched their own satellite independently/ Leader of first high school student team to build and launch a satellite</p>
<p>3 Years Head of Computer Club
3 Years Economics Club Member
2 Years Debate Team Member</p>
<p>One of Four Members of JETS Science Team (Normally a 6 person team – even with 4 people our team still finished 30 out of 300 schools)</p>
<p>Extracurriculars Outside of School:</p>
<p>-5x National Surf Lifesaving Champion (National Champion in Five Different Events)
-1x National Surf Lifesaving Runner-up
-Member of Team USA Lifesaving (travelled to Australia to compete in the World Lifesaving Championships – finished 4th overall in 3 events)
-3x Pool Lifesaving National Champion
-Employee of Local Ocean Rescue Team
-Local Junior Guard Instructor (Teaching Kids 8-15 Surf Lifeguarding Basics)
-Local Mini-Guard Instructor (Teaching Kids 4-7 Ocean Safety/ Surf Basics)</p>
<p>-100+ Hours of Community Service at Local Hospital (direct patient involvement)
-Traveled to Uganda with a Professor from Harvard Medical School (just the two of us went) to work in a rural Hospital – teaching Neurosurgery methods to the doctors, working on research (as to the effectiveness of the program) – actually was brought in on over 10 surgeries where I was allowed to participate (one whole Summer)
-Worked on Medical Research with another Professor from Harvard Medical School into Myocardial Dysfunction in Sepsis (one whole Summer)</p>
<p>-Numerous Open Water Swimming Victories (4th Overall in 10 Mile Kingdom Swim/ 1st U20 Great Chesapeake Bay 5 Mile Swim/ 2nd Overall Mashpee 5K Super Swim)</p>
<p>Other Things That Make Me Interesting:</p>
<p>-Ran a Full Marathon at age 13 (4 hours give or take)
-Have read over 3000+ books ( I am a voracious reader)
-Am a (relatively) accomplished surfer (won/finals in local competitions)
-Am 1/16th Native American (No tribal ID…yet – I am very involved in researching my family’s genealogy)</p>
<p>Possibly Important Things:</p>
<p>-Mother was first in family to get a college degree, to finish middle school
- Half-brother (see Brother) attended Yale, Colombia Med School, is a Professor at Harvard Med School</p>
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<p>I would like to know, given the information above, what you think my chances are at (any or all of) the schools I am looking at (listed below). Alternatively, do you think these schools are realistic?</p>
<p>Princeton University
Harvard College
Cornell University
Caltech
Colombia University
Johns Hopkins University
Georgetown University
University of Chicago
Yale University
Brown University
UC Berkeley
Amherst College
University of Michigan
US Naval Academy (Attended Summer Seminar)
Georgia Tech
Dartmouth College
MIT
Stanford</p>
<p>*** Yes I know I have not yet taken my SAT II’s (I am studying for them over the summer – I plan to take Chemistry, Literature, Math II) ***</p>
<p>Thank You for your time and consideration!</p>