I need your help!!!

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Alright guys… admission/rejection letters are right around the corner, and i’m getting nervous!!! Please give you opinions, I’d really appreciate it!!!</p>

<p>APPLIED TO: University of Southern California, UCLA, UCDavis</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
10/2002-03/2005 Kumon Math and Reading Center
4 hrs/week, tutor
average 15hrs/week, shift manager</p>

<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
9th-12th Contra Costa Children’s Chorus 5 hrs/week
11th-12th Contra Costa Children’s Honors Ensemble 2 hrs/week
10th-11th Prom Committee 1 hr/week
10th Sophomore Class Vice President 2 hrs/week
11th Cornerstone Church Youth Leadership 1 hr/week
11th Junior Class Historian 3 hrs/week
12th Senior Class President 5 hrs/week</p>

<p>HONORS & AWARDS
9th Bronze Awards for academic achievement in: Modern World History, Spanish II, Honors Geometry, Bible I
• (A bronze award is awarded once each year and is given to a student who has earned a 94% in his/her respective class for the first three quarters of the school year.)
11th Gold Awards for academic achievement in: AP US History, Honors PreCalculus
• (A gold award is awarded once each year and is given to the student with the highest grade in a subject.)
11th National Consortium of Rare Lung Diseases, Invited Speaker
11th-12th National Honor Society (NHS) Member
12th National Merit Commended Scholar</p>

<p>TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
10th Traveled Spain with NETC’s Educational Outreach Program
11th Traveled to Washington, D.C. with Close-Up Program
11th Toured Italy with Contra Costa Children’s Chorus
performed at various venues across Italy, including the Vatican</p>

<p>GPA:3.8 (cumulative unweighted), 4.0 (10th and 11th unweighted), 4.3 (10th and 11th weighted)
(this will go up with when i send in my updated transcript… I have received a 4.4 (All A’s) for my first semester of senior year)</p>

<p>SCORES: SAT: 2280 (Math 730, CR 750, W 800)
SAT 2: 760 (Math2), 730 (Lit), 710 (US History)</p>

<p>POSSIBLE HOOK: i was diagnosed with a rare (and sometimes fatal) lung disease called Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis in Fall 2004… of course i made sure to slip that into all of my essays (overcoming obstacles, perseverence, etc etc)</p>

<p>I was also invited to UCDavis’s Scholars Day.</p>

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<p>sarahjhansen:</p>

<p>UCLA: Safe Match
UCD: Safety</p>

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<p>Im not really familiar w/ those schools but those are some great scores, tons of leadership, plus that hook… id say you have a good shot anywhere you apply.</p>