<p>male from Houston,Texas</p>
<p>gpa: 4.5/5.0 (our school doesnt do unweighted gpa)
rank: 3/371
ACT: 34 w/ 11 on essay</p>
<p>ap classes taken: us history, eng comp, spanish 4, calculus, biology, statistics, eng lit, world history, micro, macro,government</p>
<p>ec:
*Bravo company commander of rotc my junior yr
*Battalion Adjutant senior yr
*2 yrs rotc drill team (commander sophmore year)
*3 yrs rotc colorguard (commander senior year taking team to win 2nd place in district which is rare)
*President of National Honor Society
*President of Spanish National Honor Society
*President of League of United Latin American Citizens
*President of Club Six
*Vice president of DECA
*Computer science uil team
*speech and debate (only did it for a month but got first place at my first and only tournament)</p>
<p>*volunteer hours 220:
through the JROTC program, I helped collect teddy bears to donate to the children at a local hospital, collected food cans for the houston food bank, and went to a homeless shelter to learn how to help out the homeless and went to locals parks to give them sack lunches and fresh blankets. I these service projects every for all four years of high school. </p>
<p>currently im on the gap year; in the meantime, I'm working, consulting my mother's job to improve sales, and in the works of publishing a book.</p>
<p>other factors:
*Hispanic
*first generation college student
*low income family less than 20 grand a year</p>
<p>schools that im applying to:
Wesleyan
Vassar
Rice
U of Penn
Darthmouth
New York
Brown
Bowdin</p>
<p>Im really sorry for the long post. I am just really scared since I am on the gap year and am uncertain on how that will play against me in the admissions process. Any input is greatly appreciated.</p>