make my day awesome

dittogal88
Fri, 05 May 2006 19:31:42 +0000

-Hispanic Minority (My dad is from Argentina, my mom is from Uruguay)
-3.76 unweighted/4.7 weighted
-Top 8% (978 kids in my class)
-National Merit Semi-Finalist (still waiting to see if I’m a finalist)
-AP Scholar with Honors (by end of senior year, will have taken 8 AP’s)
-one of the toughest course-loads of my year
-Captain Golf Team (one of top 100 players in state)
-2280 SAT
-SAT II: World History- 800, Spanish Language 750, US History: 780 (considering taking some other ones)
-Vice President of Spanish Club
-Volunteered at hospital 250+ hours
-Regular volunteer job at YMCA 200+hours
-Key Club Board of Directors
-National Youth Leadership Conference in Diplomacy
-United Way Teen Council Board Member
-Took a one week course at Brown about Medical affairs abroad
-Volunteered for one month in Africa building new schools, helped in surgery, etc.
-My friend and I started an unofficial shirt company and we make shirts for individual students or schools clubs, and although we’re not technically a “business”, I’ve gotten a ton of cash and recognition.
-National Society of High School Scholars
-National Honors Society
-National English Honors Society
-I was a semi-finalist at two nationally organized essay contests
-I’ve been giving golf lessons at my local country club for about 6 months

ESSAYS
-I wrote one on my experience when volunteering in Africa
-Another one I wrote about my experience living around the world (i’ve lived in 6 countries on 3 continents) and how the difficulties affected me but made me a better person

Last but not least, my main essay will also probably be my hook as I’ll explain how I learned english in the 6th grade when i moved here but I overcame the difficulty to get an A in AP English.

I’ve had all these read by 3 english teachers and they have all told me they’re really good

RECS


great from one teacher, excellent for another


GRADES


the grades above are up until junior year. i’m taking 5 AP’s next year, and i’m pretty sure i’ll do very good on them. my counselor has also told me that if I get all A’s, I’ll mostly likely get into the top 5% maybe even higher. however, i’m probably applying ED to brown so how would i go about sending in these scores, which could significantly increase my GPA/rank?


THE SCHOOLS

-brown (top choice, probably apply ED)
-williams (second choice, i absolutely love this place, only reason it’s not my top choice is because of the drinking i’ve heard of)
-notre dame
-georgetown
-tufts
-emory
-vassar
-wesleyan
-rice
-u virginia
-columbia
-U North Carolina
-Duke

THE PLAN

-either towars doctor or international lawyer. for medicine, any good graduate school will do. as for a lawyer, i’d LOOOVEE to go to yale law!

thanks very much and i appreciate any input!!!