Presidential Scholarship

dd55
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:04:17 +0000

Do I have a shot of getting the Presidential Scholarship?

I’m a white male from Nebraska.

ACT: English 35
Math 35
Reading 35
Science 31
Writing 11
Composite: 34

Class Rank: 7/318
W GPA: 4.161
UW GPA: 3.954

I have taken all of the honors classes offered by my school and all but one AP class.

EC’s: President of FBLA, Junior VP of DECA, VP of Science Club. I am a member of a variety of other clubs, but I am not an officer in any of them.

Awards: 1st in state Finance Challenge (senior year), 2nd in state Finance Challenge (Junior Year), 4th in state Economics Challenge (junior year), selected as the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership representative for my school, and some other minor awards.

Other: Held a part-time job for three years.
Started my own computer services business.

Volunteering: I have been volunteering for Big Brothers Big Sisters for three years now, with a total of about 125 hours. I volunteer for the American Red Cross when possible (125 or so hours) and helped in a Congressman’s campaign for re-election during my sophomore year (75 hours as well). In addition, I tutor for NHS and tutor another student from my high school, with a total of about 50 hours.