Sooo nervous. I'll chance back!

sja1202
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:23:42 +0000

I’VE ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI, TEXAS A&M, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, and THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA… hopefully that gives yall an idea about what type of schools I’m capable of getting into.

SO PLEASE JUST COMMENT ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN, THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, and THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA! UVA, UT-AUSTIN, AND UF MY TOP TWO CHOICES SO I REALLY WANT TO GET IN. THANKS!

Here are my stats:
White Male
Florida resident
SAT Math: 640
SAT Reading: 700
SAT Writing: 730
Combined: 2070
ACT: 30
Class Rank: 12/85 (very competitive private school)
Unweighted GPA: 3.86
Weighted GPA: 4.31

School Activities: (I SENT A RESUME TO UT-AUSTIN AND UVA WITH ALL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION)

Respect Life Club- Co-founder, Treasurer, President- 2hrs/wk on and off throughout all 4 years of HS. (9,10,11,12)

Yearbook- Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief- 5 hrs/wk (11,12)

National Honor Society- Member- 1 hr/wk (11,12)

Yearbook Club- Co-founder, President- 1 hr/wk (12)

Newspaper- Co-founder, Editor-in-Chief- 1 hr/wk (12)

Varsity Tennis Team- Member- 10 hr/wk during tennis season (11,12)

Track Team- Member- Member, 10 hr/wk during track season (9)

Florida Young Republicans- Member and Volunteer, 1 hr/wk during summer (11,12)

Science National Honor Society- Member, 1 hr/wk (11,12)

Mu Alpha Theta- Member, 1 hr/wk (11,12)

Spanish Honor Society- 1 hr/wk (12)

Student Ambassador (12)

Volunteer Work:

I completed 807.5 community service hours over my four years of HS. Those hours are documented on my transcript.
I did most of my service hours (about 700) at a summer sports camp for children.

Volunteered for the McCain campaign over the summer and will continue to do so this fall, but the hours I work can’t be counted as service hours.
*I want to major in political science so I’m trying to make an effort to show that I’m doing what I’m passionate about.

Special Nominations and Programs:

Nominee and attended the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine in Houston (July 22-31, 2007)

Nominee and attended the Presidential Classroom: Campaigns and Elections Week (March 23-29, 2008)
*School nominee and nominated to be the Republican Minority Leader during mock Senate sessions. Again, I’m trying to show that I’m making an effort to pursue what I’m passionate about.

Also, I have a recommendation letter that I’m submitting to the University of Virginia from an instructor at this program who attended UVA. He works for the State Department and works in Latvia. Maybe this will give me an edge.

People to People Future Leaders Summit on International Diplomacy at Columbia and George Washington Universities (June 21-30, 2008)
*Representative for Thailand during Model U.N. debates[
Awards and Recognitions: Most Outstanding Student in Marine Science (10)
Most Outstanding Student in English (10)
Most Outstanding Student in World History (10)
Most Outstanding Student in AP English Language and Composition (11)
Most Outstanding Student in Dual Enrollment American History (11)
Most Outstanding Student in Media Production I (11)

The awards above mean that I maintained the highest GPA of all students enrolled in that class regardless of the period. They also indicated that I maintained a positive attitude and excellent behavior.

Individual Excellence in Spanish II (10)
Individual Excellence in Theology (11)

These are pretty self explanatory.

Academic Honor Roll (9,10,11,12)- every quarter/semester
Behavior Honor Roll (10,11,12) all quarters/semesters
Lamps of Knowledge Award (11)

School nominee to attend the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (10)

School nominee to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security (11)

Member of The National Society of High School Scholars

Senior Course Schedule:

1st semester:
Pre-Calculus Honors/ B
Physics Honors/ A
Media Production II/ A
Government Honors/ A
Dual Enrollment English/ A
Dual Enrollment Spanish/ A
Theology/ A
^SUBMITTING MY SENIOR, MID-YEAR GRADES TO UT AND UVA, WHICH IS REQUIRED.


Obviously math isn’t my strongest subject, but I hope colleges will cut me some slack because my intended major is political science, not mathematics or science…


2nd semester:
Pre-Calculus Honors
Physics Honors
Media Production II
Economics Honors
Dual Enrollment English
Dual Enrollment Spanish
Theology

*My school is a small private school with limited funding. It’s a very good school academically (college preparatory), but it offers very few AP courses (3 I think), so I’ve tried to take advantage of most of the Dual Enrollment courses which I consider just as difficult as A courses. Also, at my school, Theology is a required course all 4 years, so that also limits the amount of academic courses I can take.

*My school is EXTREMELY competitive. We have a 100 % college acceptance rate at my school and there’s a lot of pressure to do well.

I’m ranked 12/85 which isn’t great obviously, but the kids above me are pure geniuses.

My GPA: The computer figures above are inaccurate, I’m not sure why.

Let’s see…what else?

My brother-in-law graduated from the UVA School of Business.
I have a 4.31 GPA weighted.

Thanks!