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flyingllama
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:42:21 +0000

-GPA 9-12 Academic = 3.66 unweighted; 4.23 non-UC weighted
-junior + senior year only A’s, biiig upward trend
-SAT 2150
-CSF scholarship qualified
-Honor roll
-8 AP couses

I had a rough sophomore year because my family (single mom, father committed suicide many years ago) went through a financial crisis and we were basically undeclared homeless for a while. Sometimes I did my homework in our car full of newspapers, where I would then sleep. Other times we would all have to sleep in a friend’s house for months. this brings my GPA way down, otherwise I have always been a straight A student…

EXTRACURRICULAR

-Cross Country 3 years, “MVP”.
-Track 4 years. 1600m, 800m, long jump.
-Fluent in French. I have Corsican + Persian + American ethnicity
-French club 2 years. (president)
-FBLA club 1 year. (went to nationals)
-Debate Team 1 year. (went to state)

-I educated a 9 year old autistic child during my 10th grade on my own time twice a week. I taught him how to speak correctly, write, think and express himself. Over the year, his family saw improvement, and I am very proud of this. In my essay I want to compare his obsessions with an elaborate train-set he built, to my obsessions of constantly thinking of how I could better teach him during my daily life, and help him “build” himself, and then connect this to my new-found desire to major in cognitive science.

-I single-handedly made a website (e-commerce!) for someone else’s product. you can see it [URL="http://earthcrossroads.com/"]here[/URL] if you like.

-This summer I plan on going to Ghana and helping for a few weeks over there. I will take pictures with my dSLR and create a portfolio/story and maybe get a photography scholarship.

Chances? (match/reach etc)

Also, as a junior, what could I do to increase my chances? (GPA already projected for 9-12)

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