<p>If this somewhat reads like a resume, it’s because I basically copied it from mine.</p>
<p>Intended Major: Mathematics
Ethnicity: Half Mexican, half white (National Hispanic Scholar)
GPA: 3.7 Unweighted (Brought down by poor performance in high school classes taken in 7th grade. I’ve done much better since then.)
SAT
[ul][<em>]Reading: 680
[</em>]Math: 770
[<em>]Writing: 670[/ul]
ACT
[ul][li]Composite: 33[/li][</em>]English: 34
[<em>]Math: 36
[</em>]Reading: 33
[<em>]Science: 30[/ul]
SAT 2
[ul][li]Math 2: 800[/li][</em>]Physics: 800
[<em>]Literature: 650[/ul]
AP Exams
[ul][li]Calculus BC: 5[/li][</em>]Physics C Mechanics: 5
[<em>]Physics C E&M: 5
[</em>]English Language: 5
[<em>]European History: 5
[</em>]US History: 4
[<em>]Statistics: 4[/ul]
Current Classes
[ul][li]AP Physics B[/li][</em>]AP Chemistry
[<em>]AP English Literature
[</em>]AP Psychology
[<em>]Honors Spanish 4
[</em>]Honors Mandarin Chinese 2[/ul]
MITES Summer Program (2008)
[ul][<em>]Minority Introduction To Engineering and Science at MIT
[</em>]Studied for six weeks in highly selective program
[<em>]Took courses in multivariable calculus, oscillation and wave physics, chemistry, humanities, and electrical engineering[/ul]
Math team (2006-2009, team captain 2008-2009)
[ul][li]Works with other students to improve their knowledge and understanding of mathematical concepts and applications[/li][</em>]Participates in the City of Chicago Math League, the Illinois Council of Mathematics Teachers League, and the Illinois Math League in addition to participating in the national American Mathematics Competition
[<em>]Individually ranked fourth in CCML and second in ICTM region
[</em>]Team ranked second in CCML and first in ICTM region[/ul]
Robotics team (2008-2009, team co-captain and co-founder)
[ul][<em>]Oversees and participates in design and build process
[</em>]Participated in December 2008 in the FIRST Tech Challenge at IIT
[<em>]Mentored 7th and 8th grade students in robotics at a one-time school event in 2009[/ul]
Roleplaying games club (2007-2009, president 2008-2009)
[ul][li]Plays games such as Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu[/ul][/li]College Applications
[ul][li]MIT (Rejected)[/li][</em>]University of Chicago (Admitted)
[<em>]Caltech (Admitted)
[</em>]University of Illinois (Admitted)
[<em>]Harvard (Pending)
[</em>]Princeton (Pending)
[*]Yale (Pending)[/ul]</p>