Will I stick out? (What is my level of competition?)

<p>Current Grades: (I receive my first Junior GPA on Monday of next week)</p>

<p>01-Italian 3 Honors 3.61 /A<br>
02-Algebra 2 Honors 2.63 /B<br>
03-Advanced Placement English 3.50 /A<br>
04-Health 1-Life Management Skills 3.54 /A<br>
05-Advanced Placement European History 3.67 /A
06-Foreign Language Italian Humanities Honors 3.80 /A<br>
07-Leadership Skills Development and 4.00 /A
08-Advanced Placement American History (Begins 10/27)</p>

<p>Class Rank : top 10%</p>

<p>Honors/Awards

  • National Honor Society (07 ⎯ )
  • National Society of High School Scholars (07 ⎯ )
  • Who’s Who among Outstanding Middle School Students (2006)
  • Presidential Award for Academic Excellence (2006)
  • Ester Brennan Youth Award for Volunteer Service (2008)
  • Red Cross “Rebuilding Lives” project participant and Certificate (2007)
  • Red Cross Blitz and Community Service Recognition Certificate (2007)
  • Miami-Dade College Dean’s List Nominee (2008)
  • 2008 FIU Journalism Day Yearbook Layout: 1st Place
  • ISCHS Speech Excellence Award
  • ISCHS Journalism Excellence Award
  • Presidential Award for Community Service (GOLD) -to be awarded in December</p>

<p>I currently participate in the following academic, extracurricular, community, or volunteer activities. </p>

<p>Yearbook— Editor/ President </p>

<p>• As my school’s yearbook editor I oversee all work done on my school’s yearbook. I am the chief layout out editor as well and I assemble most of the book itself. This year I will lead the staff into perfecting their photography techniques, graphic skills, and writing articulation, in order to bring about the best yearbook our school has ever seen.</p>

<p>Juventus Dei Catholic Youth Group/ Service Group — newsletter editor</p>

<p>• Juventus Dei is the Catholic youth group of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. As a member, I participate in regular community service within the church and in coordinated activities to hospices and other places. Furthermore, as this year’s newsletter editor, I will be designing the youth group’s newsletter that will contain events, news, and other important information.</p>

<p>School Red Cross Club – President </p>

<p>• The ISCHS Red Cross Club, a club of the American Red Cross of Greater Miami and the Keys, is geared to incorporating avid volunteering in the lives of everyday teenagers through live action disaster assistance, fun projects, fundraising and helping local causes. As the president, I intend on aiding our members in acquiring their much prolonged service hours. It is my goal to not only assist in members in meeting graduation requirements, but to see that my club helps disinter a love for serving our community in every one of them.</p>

<p>Red Cross volunteer and YLT (Youth Leadership Team) member — (Chair)
• I have been a volunteer for the American Red Cross for over a year and a half. During that time I have completed well over 300+ and I have responded to a number of disasters and events. As a YLT member, and this year’s chair, I will help oversee other Red Cross clubs, continue the efforts of past leaders, and fundraise for the measles Initiative in Africa.</p>

<p>Children’s Trust YAC</p>

<p>•As a member of the Children’s Trust Advisory committee, I give voice to my views on concerns towards my peers and the entire juvenile community in Miami.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Student Government - Class Representative</p></li>
<li><p>Student Government - Senior Class VP (will run)</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Also in: Photography Club, Spanish Club, Italian Club and Children of Hope</p>

<p>Advanced classes currently enrolled in or completed:</p>

<p>Dual Enrollment
SYG2000 Intro Into Sociology
(Completed Summer 2008; “A”)
ENC1101 English Composition 1 (Completed Summer 2008; “A”)</p>

<p>Advanced Placement Classes
AP Literature (08-09)
AP European History (08-09)
AP American History (08-09) </p>

<p>Aspiring to take:</p>

<p>Advanced Placement classes:
• AP Biology (09-10)
• AP Spanish Literature (09-10)
• AP Italian (09-10)
• AP Human Geography (09-10)</p>

<p>Dual- Enrollment classes:</p>

<p>• ECO2000 Economics
• POS2041 American Government
• STA2023 Statistics
• ANT2410 Cultural Anthropology
• ITA1120 Elementary Italian I </p>

<p>I will be taking SAT II Italian this December, the ACT in Feb., and the SAT in March.</p>

<p>Provided that my resume is this, what scores will ease the transition into Harvard?</p>

<p>PS: I have many Leadership positions and I am also the principal’s personal graphic consultant and I have designed all the school flyers, and future brochures.
I have also designed the Red Cross Holiday Card for two consecutive years and their Hurricane season pin.Lastly, I organized a Disaster Relif drive for the victims of Hati and Cuba that generated over 300 cans, 20 bags of clothes, and 15 gallons of water in the course of three days.</p>

<p>By the way, I’m Hispanic. :)</p>

<p>Personal statement is week,
Get your GPA up, I see you have a B with a 2.63?
SAT subjects should take more than one,
Hispanic helped</p>