<p>Yeah I've done a few of these already and have somewhat of an idea, anyway though when I chance people I just kind of skim for important stuff quickly so it would be great if you could spare 15 seconds to skim and give me any input.</p>
<p>White male
Single-parent household</p>
<p>ACT: 35
E 34
M 35
R 35
S 34
essay 11</p>
<p>SAT II
Math II: 780
Chem: 760
U.S. His: 780</p>
<p>(SAT is 2280, all schools say they will look at better score which would be my ACT.)</p>
<p>3.97 out of 4 GPA UW, taking the hardest schedule possible basically, school doesn't do rank but obviously I'd be up there. I got a B+/A- 1st/2nd semester of 9th grade intensive English, and A- 1st semester of 10th grade Intensive English. These were hard classes. Other than that I've gotten all A's, really improved my English since then.</p>
<p>Junior Year: AP US His (5 on AP Test)
AP Chem (5 on AP Test)
Accelerated Math Analysis
AP English (5 on AP Test)
Accelerated Spanish 4
(AP Chemistry Lab)</p>
<p>this yr I'm taking:
AP Physics
AP Bio
AP U.S. Gov
AP Spanish
AP English (corresponds to AP Lit test)
AP BC Calc
Philosophy (not AP but sounds interesting)
I'm expecting A's with maybe a couple A-'s first semester, (damn physics...)</p>
<p>I think my essays are pretty good, (like everyone else, lol)</p>
<p>Expecting great recs.</p>
<p>I'm a rising senior at public h.s. in Michigan, I thought it was really good but it has been dramatically falling on some website's rankings recently if that means anything. School is awesome at tennis though. 4 Year Varsity player. Have won 4 state championships (we've won every year). Soph/Junior have won individual state championship at 2 Doubles, undefeated, and first team all-state. This year I was a captain and unfortunately lost a heartbreaking match in the State Finals at 1 Doubles, however the team won the overall state championship and I got my 3rd first-team all state so its all good. I've been ranked 1 in S.E. Mich (strong division b/c all of rich people in Detroit Suburbs) in 10 & Under, and 2 for 12 & Under and 14 & Under.</p>
<p>Other ECs are a little lacking, they're OK:
Football (freshman team): 9th grade, Captain, got to go to varsity practice during their playoffs with a few other freshman, earned the "Coach's Award" for exemplary leadership, setting a good model.
Student Council Representative (9th grade)
Spanish Honor Society (10, 11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
Key Club (9, 10, 11, 12)
Do some regular volunteer work but not a whole lot
National Chemistry Olympiad (11): only like 10 people from our region made it, this was a good accomplishment.
Played a bunch of other sports at younger ages but focused on tennis
National Merit Semifinalist</p>
<p>Stanford Summer College 2007
Intro to Moral Phil: A+
Affective Neuroscience: A
Psych of Peak Performance: A</p>
<p>Basically I'd do a lot more stuff but tennis can be a huge time commitment, I said 28 hrs a week during h.s. season, a little less when I'm playing tournaments and practicing during school year, and sometimes 30+ during summer, not to mention all the travel time for tournys and how tiring it is.</p>
<p>Schools: Applying in Arts and Sciences if school has multiple schools, applying as bio major, unfortunately I'm not good enough to play on any of these schools tennis teams </p>
<p>Cornell
Duke
Harvard
Northwestern (HPME)
Penn
Princeton
Yale</p>
<p>*Note: already accepted into U of M Honors, rejected SCEA by Stanford where I thought I had a decent chance of getting in :(</p>