<p>I am currently a Junior and will be graduating in 2012, and I’m going through the college admissions process and need some outside opinion on my chances at Cornell, College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>Country: Spain (Moved here at the end of 9th Grade from Connecticut)
School: American School of Madrid
Citizenship: Mexican/Hispanic (Minority at Cornell University)
Resident Status in the USA: Will apply for a Student Visa
TOEFL: Waived because of 11 years spent living in USA/England.
Have lives: Mexico (Age 0-1), England (Age 1-6), Connecticut (6-15 (Middle School and Freshman Year)), Spain (15-18 (Sophomore-Senior Year))</p>
<p>GPA: 3.71 (Unweighted)
Weighted GPA: 3.71, because my school does not count IB (International Baccalaureate) classes as weighted classes unless they are HL (which, at my school, can only be taken during senior year.
SAT I: 740M 680CR 670W
SAT II: 710 Biology M (in Freshman Year), and I have yet to take the other two which will be French and Math II.
AP/IB: Full IB-Diploma Student
Junior Course-load: IB English, IB Spanish IV, IB Theory of Knowledge, Model United Nations, Instrumental Music, IB Chemistry, IB Mathematics HL, IB French IV, IB History (and IB Biology (a junior class) that I took during Sophomore year)
Senior Course-load: IB English HL, IB Spanish IV, IB Theory of Knowledge, IB Biology HL, IB Chemistry HL, IB Mathematics HL, IB French IV SL, IB History SL.</p>
<p>EC:
Advanced Saxophone Level-Classes throughout Middle School and my High School Career. Have done things such as class concerts and the Pit Orchestra for the Musical.
Two Plays: The first was a minor role, and the second was supporting actor (Secondary Role)
Student Government: Treasurer of the Junior Class (Junior Year) and Executive Treasurer (Senior Year)
School Help: Embajador (School Helper) for three years. Currently I help the school put on events, welcome new students, and have a year-round job grading Physics quizzes
Model United Nations: Delegate at the THIMUN convention in The Hague, one of the biggest High School MUNs.
3-week Language Immersion Program in France the summer of Freshman Year.
Math Team Participant and went to the American School of Paris Math Competition
Throughout Ninth Grade I participated in my town’s EMS Service which was staffed entirely by high school students. It was the whole year and I had about three 24 hours duties where I was on the ambulance crew and about 2 6-hour duties were I worked in the Radio Room. There were also meetings, work parties, training sessions, first aid class and training for the ambulance, as well as the occasional 4 day duty which was second response. Website: [Welcome</a> to Post 53](<a href=“http://www.post53.info/]Welcome”>http://www.post53.info/)
I won an award in 9th Grade for a state-wide French Contest where I placed 2nd Place. </p>
<p>Sports:
Junior Varsity Cross Country in Fall of Freshman Year. Team was Region 3rd Place Winners
Varsity Ski Team in the Winter of Freshman Year.
Varsity Tennis at a local Club throughout Junior and Senior Year
Sports Work Experience: Certified Connecticut Referee from 7th grade to 9th grade. </p>
<p>Essay: Unfinished, but an essay about my ambulance experience, being Mexican, or living in Spain could turn out very fruitful.
Recs: Guidance Counselor-Very good English Teacher-Amazing (A+ in her class, she comes over to my house for dinner) Bio or Chemistry Teacher (Undecided): Pretty good</p>
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