<p>Hey everbody, I’m currently looking at a pretty wide range of schools, some of them medium-large universities and some of them liberal-arts colleges that either already have a good science department or are looking into developing their science department more. </p>
<p>Universities
-UVM
-Drexel
-UofRochester
-CaseWesternReserve
-George Washington U</p>
<p>Liberal-Arts
-Middlebury
-Trinity
-Haverford</p>
<p><em>Basic Stats</em></p>
<p>Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Filipino Immigrant - Born in the Philippines and moved to United States the Spring of 2003
Prospective Major: Chemistry</p>
<p><em>GPA’s, Rankings, SAT’s and other statistics</em></p>
<p>I go to a very academically rigorous private high school in MA that doesn’t have a GPA system, nor does it rank. My class size is only 40 or so kids so…</p>
<p>Letter Average: B-/B, upward trend since freshman year, going from some D’s and C’s</p>
<p>My Course List:
-English 9-12
-Spanish 9-11
-Math 9-12
–Algebra 1- did well enough to get moved up to the “A track”
–Geometry A, Algebra 2A, Calculus - preps for the AB
-Sciences:
–Biology 1, Chem 1
–Chem 2- prepped for AP
–Physics 1 - will prep for AP
-History 9-11</p>
<p>-Senior Year Electives:
–Economics - preps for AP
–Statistics
–Rise and Fall of Communism</p>
<p>-Arts:
–Acting 9-10
–Ceramics 10-11
–Photography 9-11
–Printmaking 12
–Drawing and Painting 12</p>
<p>SAT:
-Composite w/ Writing: 2100
-Composite w/o Writing: 1420
–Math: 720
–CR: 700
–Writing: 680</p>
<p>SATII will be taken in the Fall</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Chem - 4
Will take Economics, Physics and Calculus, but only for college credit.</p>
<p><em>Extra Curriculars</em>
Sailing:
-Involvement:
–After school, MWF, 2.5 hrs/day
–Fall of '08, '07, '06, '05
-Achievements:
–Co-Captain for Fall of '07 and '08</p>
<p>Theater/Drama/Acting:
-Acted in:
–The Importance of Being Earnest, Ms. Prism, fall of sophomore year
–Arcadia, Mr. Noakes, fall of junior year
–Much Ado About Nothing, Margaret, winter of junior year
–The Breakfast Club (student directed), Allison a.k.a. The Basket Case, spring of junior year
-Tech:
–Ubu Roi - House Manager, winter of freshman year
–Hayavadana - Head of Make-up, Backstage Manager, winter of sophomore year
–All in the Timing (student directed)- Tech Crew
–Also did minor makeup for IoBE, Arcadia, Much Ado, Breakfast Club</p>
<p>Volunteer Youth Instructor at Bikes Not Bombs ([Bikes</a> not Bombs](<a href=“http://www.bikesnotbombs.org%5DBikes”>http://www.bikesnotbombs.org))
Involvement:
-Summer before Freshman Year - ~90 hours andSummer before Sophomre Year - ~60 hours (
-Spring of Sophomore Year ~20
(see employment job desc, please.</p>
<p><em>Employment</em>
-Employer: Bikes Not Bombs
–Position: Earn-A-Bike Lead Instructor
–Job Desc: Promote Safe Bicycling through safety lessons, take on leadership role on bike rides, leading the bike safety rodeo, mapping out bike routes for youth programs and assisting in planning special events. Lead basic mechanics lessons.
–Dates and Hours: July 2007 to August 2007, 25 hours/week</p>
<p>–Position: EAB Youth Instructor Trainer
–Job Desc: In addition to desc above: Assist in training junior EAB instructors, lead bike rides without the presence of program coordinators, lead more complicated mechanics lessons, help develop curriculum for program participants that engages and interests them and that promotes Bikes Not Bomb’s mission of lasting peace and social justice through sustainable resources
–Dates and Hours: July 2008 to August 2008, 25 hours/week</p>
<p>–Position: Girls In Action Youth Instructor
–Job Desc: Taugh basic mechanics and bike safety in addition to promoting gender equality and girl empowerment in a mostly male setting (i.e. in the field of bike mechanics)
–Dates and Hours: Sept-Novemeber of 2007 and 2008, 3 hours/week</p>
<p>-Employer: Spontaneous Celebrations
–Position: Youth Collaborator
–Job Desc: I collaborated with other youth from my community and organized a rally to raise awareness about the violence in our town and to inform the community about the meeting we set up with our city councellor. What we looked to gain from that meeting was an agreement to work towards a higher allotment within the city budget for youth jobs.
–Dates and Hours: July-August 2008, 12 hours/week</p>
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<p>And yeah, I think that’s that… Thanks a bunch for anyone who replies!
If y’all think I should have anything else up here / want more information please ask.</p>
<p>M’thinks I’ve written too much… ah well… Thanks again!</p>