<p>Thank you so much!</p>
<p>White, male 09er from Minnesota</p>
<p>Academics and Such
[ul][<em>]GPA: 4.00 UW, 4.215 W
[</em>]Rank: Top 10% (That’s as specific as my school gets)
[<em>]SAT: 800 CR, 790 W, 780 M; 2370 total
[</em>]SAT II: 800 US History; Taking Literature and Biology-M in June
[<em>]AP: 5 US History, Biology--We’ll see this summer!
[</em>]Next year, I’ll take the AP Physics C exam and the IB History HL, IB Math HL, IB English A1 HL, and IB French SL exams[/ul]</p>
<p>Courseload<a href="every%20class%20has%20received%20a%20grade%20of%20A%20except%20those%20I%20haven’t%20yet%20taken">/color</a>:
[ul][<em>]Freshman Year: Honors English, Honors Am. Hist. (required), Honors Physical Science, Honors Higher Algebra, Varsity Men’s Choir, Honors French 1
[</em>]Sophomore Year: Honors English, AP US History, Honors Chemistry, Honors Pre-Calculus, Concert Choir (one of two sophomores), Honors French 2
[<em>]Junior Year: IB English HL, IB Euro HL, AP Biology, IB Math HL, Concert Choir, Honors French 3
[</em>]Projected Senior Year: IB English HL, IB Euro HL, AP Physics C, IB Math HL, Concert Choir, IB French SL</p>
<p>[li]Short Courseload Explanation: My reason for not pursuing the full International Baccalaureate Diploma (which was totally feasible as far as my abilities) was choir. At my school, music and International [/li]Baccalaureate do not mix...and as such I had to choose between the full diploma and choir--you can see what I chose! As for why I didn’t take IB Science, I couldn’t have taken BOTH Physics and Biology at the HL level, only SL--so I went with AP, which is on par with HL! My counselor will check the "most rigorous available" box.[/ul]</p>
<p>[color=green]Extra-Curriculars:
[ul][<em>]Choir: Bass Section Leader, Chamber Singers (a capella group), Men’s Quartet, volunteer weekly to sing/lead a church service; (ALSO: accepted at, but will not attend the Minnesota All-State choir due to another summer commitment: see below)
[</em>]Theater: FOUR shows/year--numerous hours/parts, including two professional shows
[<em>]Violin: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies/private lessons--I’ve been playing since age 5
[</em>]Running: Did cross-country running my freshman year, but due to Theater conflicts, haven't been able to run with the school team since then. Instead, last year I trained with my family and successfully ran the Twin Cities Marathon in the Fall (2007).
[<em>]NHS: 2 year, member...yeah...service and such
[</em>]Senior Leadership Program: Helping the transition between middle school and high school for freshmen...[/ul]</p>
<p>*Summers: *
[ul][<em>]Before Junior Year: Hosted a French student visiting America; Violin I Section Leader at a strings chamber music summer program; Performed in Edinburgh, Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with my theater program
[</em>]Before Senior Year (this summer): Attending the 6-week long Boston University Tanglewood Institute: the Young Artists Vocal Program, specifically[/ul]</p>
<p>Awards:
[ul][<em>]Won 2 “Student Recognition” awards from my high school--basically “You’re nice” awards...
[</em>]Harvard Book Prize Award-Junior Year
[<em>]Ranked nationally three years in a row on the National French Exam
[</em>]2 scores of “Superior” (highest score) at Minnesota High Schools Solo Contest--for voice
[li]224 on PSAT, so NMSF is very likely[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>I’m also contemplating getting a job this summer that would last senior year...I need $$ to go to college...</p>
<p>**The colleges I’m currently looking at:<a href="I%20know,%20it’s%20a%20little%20bit%20random,%20but%20I%20really%20do%20like%20ALL%20of%20these%20colleges%20for%20different%20reasons">/b</a></p>
<p>[ul][<em>]University of Chicago
[</em>]Princeton
[<em>]Brown
[</em>]Reed
[<em>]Rice
[</em>]Pomona
[<em>]Oberlin
[</em>]Vassar
[<em>]Swarthmore
[</em>]Williams
[li]Wesleyan[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Chances? Suggestions? I like the whole artsy, smaller, intellectual, liberal arts college...</p>