My chances at Stanford!

ecnerwalc3321
Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:52:21 +0000

Hey, do I stand a chance at Duke?

I am probably going to apply for thier engineering school or school of arts and science.

SAT I: 780 math
640 verbal (1420 combined)
SAT II: 760 writing. 740 math iic, 730 chemistry
ACT: 30

Description-(sorry for format, I copy and pasted from Commonapp.org)
Award/Honor-Description
School Awards:
Highest Academic Average(1/grade/year): Physiology, Biology, Geometry, Spanish II, Chemistry(H); Precalculus(H), Fine Arts, Spanish III(H)
Most Conscientious Student(1/grade/year): English 10, Algebra II, Spanish I, English11. Government/Economics(H)

Science Bowl third place in state (9), team captain (12); Astro Bowl- advanced to semifinals at state competition (11); Writers Bowl -2nd in story writing, 3rd best overall team (2003), team captain(12); Spanish National Honor Society (10-12); National Honor Society(11, 12); Tri-M (10-12) organized first annual Donoho Bluegrass Festival (2004); Mu Alpha Theta (10, 11, 12); DAR Chapter winner (10); National Honor Roll (10, 11); Who’s Who Among American High School Students (11); Piano-Played for 13 years; play at semiannual community recital since 7th grade; double “O” (outstanding) in districts and state competition for Alabama Music Festival Auditions (2001 (9th), 2004 (11th)); National Commended Scholar 2004, Jacksonville State University Holocaust first place essay winner (11); Furman University Scholar (11); Tri-M Music National Honor Society- treasurer(organized first annual music festival at our school); Journalism-editor; Student Honor Council- Vice president

Volunteer and outside activities: Tech Crew for Knox Concert Series (11, 12)-Unload, load equipment, sell refreshments, set props 3hr/wk; 5wks/yr; Volunteer for local museum (9, 10)-Volunteer helper at museum Fun Days; Tutor students in school (11, 12)-1hr/wk; 26wks/year; Intern at local pharmacy (10)-Received honors report, worked as a clerk; 35hrs/wk; 2wks/yr; Intern at local hospital (11)-Helped nurses and doctors; 35hrs/wk; 2wks/yr; Youth writer for local newspaper (Anniston Star) (10)- wrote articles various articles during 10th grade summer

Other Extracirrcular activities:
Choir (11); Spanish Club (9, 10, 11, 12); Literary Seminar (11, 12); Science Club(9, 10, 11, 12); play ping pong for 4 years and pool at community center
Attended Chinese Culture School (9-10) Trilingual-(Chinese, English, Spanish)

Summer Activities:
9th grade: Visited relatives in Taiwan for entire summer vacation
10th grade: Attended SITE(Student Introduction to Engineering) at University of Alabama for one week. Attended Summer School of Truth in Atlanta for two weeks.
11th: Rural Health Science Scholar for six weeks at University of Alabama. Attended Summer School of Truth in Atlanta for two weeks.

Courses taken during summer:
Introduction to Biology -3hrs earned
Biology Lab- 1hr earned
Creative Writing- 3hrs earned

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