<p>"The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming! " Shoot me your opinions on the following:
- UF
- Duke (see Stanford)
- William and Mary (OOS)
- Dartmouth
- Princeton (dream of all dreams)
- UVA (OOS)
- Penn
- Washington and Lee (really adore, but debating somewhere bigger)
- UNC (OOS)
10.Vandy - Stanford (SCEA, tied for top with duke)</p>
<p>Background
Ethnicity: white.
Sex: Male
Residence: FL
Graduation Year: 2009
Major interests: Political Science, Economics, Finance
School: Medium-sized public, relatively competitive
Class Size: 375</p>
<p>GPA
100 Scale:
UW: 98.something W: 102.8
4.0 scale
UW: 4.0
All Mid-High A’s on Transcript</p>
<p>SAT/SATII
SAT: 2040 Math-670, Cr-730, Wr-640 (MC 66, Essay 8)
SAT IIs:
US History:800
Lit:700 (havent taken lit, little off-guard)
Math I: 730</p>
<p>ACT:
English: 29
Math:31
Science: 34
Reading: 34
Composite: 32</p>
<p>AP Scores:
Psych (Self-Studied thanks to CC): 5
US Gov’t: 4
US History: 5
Eng Lang/Comp: 5
Env. Sci: 4</p>
<p>Rank: top 2ish%; 10/375</p>
<p>Course Rigor:
Most Rigorous
9th-12th: 9 APs, </p>
<p>12th: 4 APs (Lit, Micro, Macro, Bio)
DE: Calc w/ Bus. Apps., Trig., College Algebra, & Stat. (fall)</p>
<p>Extracurriculurs</p>
<ul>
<li>club soccer for 6 years </li>
<li>sopohomore senator in SGA</li>
<li>Vice President of Jr. Class<br></li>
<li>Student Body President-Elect for 08-09 school year<br></li>
<li>Key Club<br></li>
<li>Fellowship of Christian Athletes </li>
<li>Biology Team (district champs!)</li>
<li>Parliamentarian of JSA</li>
<li>Mu Alpha Theta (Vice President) </li>
<li>Ultimate Frisbee Club (founder) </li>
<li>Environmental Club (secretary)</li>
<li>Spanish Club (possible presidency this year) </li>
<li>Algebra II Team</li>
<li>National Honor Society</li>
<li>TV Production (director) </li>
<li>Student Advisory Board </li>
<li>member of newspaper staff for senior year</li>
<li>Spanish Honor Society member,</li>
<li>(10) JV Cross-Country Team</li>
<li>(11) JV Soccer Squad (bummer)</li>
<li>Duke TIP at east 3 yrs (dystopian lit., music history, film criticism)</li>
<li>Duke TIP Field Study in China for two weeks studying China’s economy and foreign relations</li>
</ul>
<p>Summary of Leadership:
-Student Body President
-Director of TV Production
-Founder of Ultimate Club
-Mu Alpha Theta VP
-Iniated/Spearhead 100-member reading mentorship program with local elementary schoolers
-metoric rise in student government
-sucessful legislation in FL association of stu. co.'s
-church leadership team</p>
<p>Honors/Special Programs/Awards</p>
<li>TIP programs, field study, etc.</li>
<li>TIP Grand/State Recognition</li>
<li>AP Scholar with Distinction
(Most if not all school/local awards are given senior year)</li>
<li>First Place on Biology Team at district competition, </li>
<li>Regional Spelling Bee Champion 3 times, </li>
<li>4th place at regional AMC-10 Math Competition between schools</li>
<li>Cross Country Sophomore Outstanding Scholar</li>
</ol>
<p>Volunteer Experience
100s of Hours:
- church worship band
- church student leadership team
- chaperone at regional church conference
- more and more hours at church events, planning, activities
- key club activities (50 hrs just jr. year)</p>
<p>Work Experience
- High School Football Videographer; recording football games and creating a highlight DVD for seniors; August-November; 4 hrs/week
- High School Soccer Videographer; filming girls’ and boys’ soccer games and creating highlight DVD for seniors; November-March ; 10 hrs/week
- United States Senate Page during summer session 45hrs/wk for 3 weeks</p>
<p>Other
Recommendations: haven’t done them, for schools that ask for any teacher I plan on using a teacher who wrote me the best rec. for an early program (said I was two grade levels above, mature, great kid, etc.) For others schools requiring upperclass teachers, I’ll use AP Lang. teacher who is a really great writer and liked me. along with possibly my APUSH teacher or my econ. teacher depending how we hit it off.
Counselor Recommendation: no idea, never really talked to her at this point, but plan on going the whole nine yards in the fall (flowers, thoughtful notes, being around her a lot while not being annoying, etc.)
Worries: Obviously I have three possibly four high reaches, but my parents have encouraged me to try no matter what the odds. I could be the admissions mistake, who knows? Second, my school does not send off many kids to big, bad schools. In my HS years, one kid to Dartmouth and another to Stanford, both playing football. Last year, best college was Vandy with one kid sent. So obviously weak there.
Please help me figure out what to work on in the next three months, and maybe suggest a safety or two.</p>