How are these ECs?

Vaeliant
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:13:39 +0000

Hey peeps! Now that sophomore year is done, I figured I would post my ECs to see what I need to do in the future. My academics are solid enough for the schools I’m aiming for, so I think it’ll come down to ECs and essays.

Rank: 3/150ish
SAT: 2120 (taken in 9th grade as a bet. A practice exam I took yesterday was 2350, so hopefully I’ll get something in that range)
PSAT: 231
UW GPA: 3.98
9 APs and 3 IBs by the end of Junior year, 12 APs and 6 IBs in total
IB Diploma candidate
I’ve taken 4 APs now:
APWH (5), I’m pretty sure I got a 5 on these too: AP Comp Sci A, AP Calc AB,
AP Physics C Mechanics

ECs:
Debate:
4th in State in Extemporaneous Speaking (2008, 2009) [I got jipped so badly this year. &gt;_&gt;]
I double qualified to nationals in Public Forum Debate (2nd) and International Extemp. (1st) this year.
Semi-finalist (top 12) in Impromptu at Wake Forest Earlybird, Blue Key, Laird Lewis (Myers Park)
Semi-finalist (top 12) in Extemp at Emory
6th place at Laird Lewis in Extemp

I’m a public speaking chair (in charge of training of novices) in the debate team right now, pretty sure I’ll get captain my senior year.

Youth in Government (YIG):
Attended like 16 conferences
Attendee of the Conference on National Affairs (CONA) this year (2009). Delegation of 20 from each state get selected to go.
Chosen as a Premier Presider for the 2009 SC conference.
I’m running for Speaker of the House this year, and it looks like I’ll win :D

SGA:
Freshmen Year: class VP
Sophomore Year: class VP
Junior Year: Student Body Secretary

Tiger Ambassadors:
30ish kids get selected each year to represent the school in various functions. eg. wear a suit and direct people around the school during parent nights. We also get to go talk to middle schoolers about the IB program.

Math:
SC All-State math team (08-09)
Mu Alpha Theta (07-08). The teacher left so it died this year. I’m trying to get it restarted next year.
AMC 10 school winner (x2).
AIME qualifier (failed it. badly)
SC ARML team (09)

Fundraising Club:
My friend and I also started a club this year to raise money for various school organizations. Some sort of financial mishap happened, to where our school doesn’t have enough paper anymore. We hope to raise 8-10k over the summer. We’ll see how that goes.

USAPO:
Founding a club for it next year. I’m not sure how I’ll do or how it will go in general, so don’t really consider this. Just wanted to put it down.

Varsity Tennis (2007-2009)

Other stuff is fairly insignificant. The debate/speaking stuff should continue to improve, and I hope to final at a couple of national tourneys next year, with the assistance of forensics camp. Math and fundraising will probably also continue.

I’m interested in:
Yale
MIT
Caltech
Duke
UC Berkeley
Stanford
JHU
The rest are safeties