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Colleges & Universities University of Michigan
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<p>Pre Info

  1. Gender:Male
  2. Religion: Jewish
  3. School (out of state): 400 students in the class, number one in state</p>

<p>Grades/Test Scores

  1. GPA: 3.6 UW
  2. Class Rank: Top 20%
  3. SAT: 1400/1600 and 2100/2400
  4. AP: US Government and Politics (5), US History (4), World History (4), Enviromental Science (4), Comparative Government (4)</p>

<p>Course Load

  1. All AP/IB/Honors classes, except for math/language in 10th and 11th grade.</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities:
I believe my EC’s are pretty strong and will hopefully counteract my GPA/SAT, I have divided up my interests by field.</p>

<p>A. Law:

  1. Internship at Real Estate Law Firm between 8th and 9th grade summer.
  2. Internship at Insurance Subrogation Law Firm between 9th and 10th grade summer.
  3. Internship at Legal Aid Society between 10th and 11th grade summer.
  4. Founder of an international group that helps administer advice and counsel to students looking at careers in corporate law. I have advised students in Germany, France, India and China. This started in 9th grade, and it is now a network of over 80 people.
  5. Completed 40 classroom hours at Emory University Law School.
  6. Created a non-profit service in 9th grade that helps citizens living below the poverty line find attorneys to help them with their legal issues.
  7. Professor of Coporate Taxation for an International Orginization that aims to teach working adults skills to advance in their jobs and run their own businesses (since 10th grade).
  8. Volunteer Paralegal for the National Campaign for Election Reform. (since 10th grade)
  9. Member of Georgia Paralegal Association
  10. Member of FBLA and compete in the Business Law Division, won various regional tournaments (since 9th grade).
  11. Have a published essay on the death penalty.
  12. Quoted in the New York Times on the foreclosure crisis.</p>

<p>B. Debate:

  1. Captain of Novice Policy Debate team in 9th grade. Captain of JV Policy Team in 10th Grade. Captain of Entire Debate team in 11th and 12th grade.
  2. Top 10 speaker awards at over 10 tournaments.
  3. Semi-Finalist and Finalist at state tournaments every year I debated.
  4. Attended a couple National Debate Institutes.
  5. Intern during 9th grade year at the International Debate Education Association.
  6. Coached Policy Novice, JV, and Varsity debate (since 10th grade)
  7. Varsity Letter</p>

<p>C. Military:

  1. Volunteered for VA hospital (since 10th grade)
  2. Started an awareness project for homeless vets (since 10th grade)
  3. Navy League-Legislative Affairs Volunteer (since 10th grade)
  4. Will be completing my Private Pilot certification in the near future.</p>

<p>D. Cycling:

  1. Have been cycling since 8th grade.
  2. On a semi-pro team that competes nationally, joined in 10th grade. The team is a feeder team for a professional cycling team.
  3. Have won multiple regional races.
  4. Put in atleast 10 hours of training per week for a total of 160 miles a week.</p>

<p>Technology:

  1. Website designer and maintence for two non profit orginzations.
  2. Certified Electrical Inspector
  3. Certified in JavaScript
  4. Certified in C++ programing
  5. Certified Computer Hardware Technician
  6. Do various computer work for neighbors and non-profit orgnizations.
  7. Two Page newspaper spread regarding my work for non-profits.</p>

<p>Additional Volunteering/Certifications/Activities:

  1. Editor of a newsletter and International Correspondant for Refugee Education Sponsorship Program International (since 10th grade)
  2. Board Member for Global Citizens Corps-Awareness and fundraising group (since 10th grade)
  3. Advisor for a Hospital Located in rural India (since 10th grade).
  4. Certified Junior Instructor for Tae Kwon Do. I no longer take lessons (for time reasons), but I am now self taught.
  5. Have been playing golf since the age of 8.
  6. Have been taking guitar lessons since 8th grade.
  7. Certified in Business Writing
  8. Started an Ebay Business in 9th grade that made $900 a month
  9. Comm. Service trip to Israel where I helped repair a town destroyed by Hezbolla attacks
  10. Fluent in Hebrew
    **
    Essay/Teacher Recommendations:**
  11. Very strong recommendation from political science teacher and english teacher.
  12. Recommendations from various military personnel including a colnel in the army for 20 year, spec ops officers in the navy, retired navy vets, etc.
  13. Recommendations from my employers at all the law firms.
  14. My essay (which I think is pretty strong), is about my life long commitment to my country,the imporatnce of country, lol you get the idea.</p>
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<p>How your GPA is viewed depends a lot upon how Michigan views the rigor of your high school. The depth of involvement in your EC’s helps a lot.</p>

<p>Also, check out [The</a> University of Michigan Cycling Team](<a href=“http://www.mcycling.org/]The”>http://www.mcycling.org/)</p>

<p>What cycling team are you on? PM me if you want to keep it secret.</p>

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<p>Wow, you have unbelievable ECs. I like the topic for your essays because it’s something you are passionate about. International affairs is really important to me so I wrote about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Very cool that you are fluent in Hebrew. I’m fluent in Arabic and really want to study Hebrew in college. Hope you get in!</p>

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<p>I’d say in. Especially coming from a rigorous school, the GPA is not even an issue. And, those stats are awesome. Amazing.</p>

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<p>You could probably do better than UMich. Where else are you applying?</p>

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<p>Thanks for all the help!</p>

<p>My cycling team is Team Waste Management. Do you ride RTBenson?</p>

<p>I’m also applying to Columbia, NYU, Fordham (safety), Georgetown, IU, and GW.</p>