I’m a highschool senior from Texas
Weighted GPA: 4.4
Unweighted GPA: 3.85 (B+s in Math, the rest are As)
SAT: 1420
ACT: 31 (hopefully 33)
SAT 2: 790 World History, 730 Spanish, Idk the score yet for bio M
Classes: I am an IB full diploma candidate. HL: history, english, bio, and chem. SL: math and french. Before junior year, I took 3 AP classes and the rest honors
ECs:
-President/founder of Latin American Students Club: Discuss and raise awareness of health/social issues afflicting Latino community. Performed a traditional dance at district’s World Culture Day. Created mural celebrating hispanic culture and donated it to bilingual school
-Scholar at Welch Summer Scholar Program: Conducted antibody research on a scholarship at UT Austin for 5 weeks. Created a paper and presented poster at end of program.
-Part of leadership Committee for Science National Honor Society: Led elementary school science tutoring project, developed hs science newsletters, planned monthly meetings
- Volunteer at major science musuem: Led exhibit hall tours and interactive lab activites.
- Intern at Arborteum: Helped conduct experiments in the horticulture department
- Junior/Senior Class Vice President: Led school-wide health education campaign. Attended and helped plan weekly meetings. Planned and organized school dances and fundraisers
-Attorney at Allen Teen Court: Defended and prosecuted teens (in real cases) who pled no contest to misdeamoners
- Varsity policy debate and extemp captain
- Volunteer at Domestic Violence shelter: Partnered with women's empowerment club to lead a donation drive for this shelter. Additionally, in my essays, I discuss how this experience has empowered me because my mom and I fled my dad due to domestic violence.
-Hispanic scholarships fund’s Youth Leadership Institute: Attended USC on a scholarship for four days to learn about college admissions process
Honors:
- Alternate Policy Debate Team for Texas UIL State tournament (9th)
-Le Grand Concours, National French Exam, 15th nationally ranked (11th)
- Selected to represent my highschool at regional science fair (10th and 12th)
-National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar (12th)
-Questbridge Finalist
Work
- I worked at a clothing store and drycleaners over the summer to help pay for my family’s expenses.
Hooks: Mexican, single mom, lowincome. I discuss how I had to take care of my diabetic grandfather after school when he moved in with us and how that affected my academic performance and prep for SAT/ACT.
Essays: I discuss fleeing my dad due to domestic violence and his participation in the Mexican drug cartels. Also, I discuss the responsibility I learned from not having my dad around and having to help uplift my mom and I from poverty.