<p>I applied to Notre Dame EA because it's my dream school and because I wanted option of applying to the Hesburgh-Yusko Scholars Program. Please let me know if you think that I stand a chance of being admitted this year via EA! I'm extremely nervous!!</p>
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<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>Race: White</li>
<li>Religion: Catholic</li>
<li><p>State: Florida</p></li>
<li><p>ACT: 32 (I've only taken the ACT one time).</p></li>
<li><p>SAT: 1380/2140</p></li>
<li><p>SAT II: US History: 750, Biology E: 680, Spanish: 610</p></li>
<li><p>Class Rank: 27/750 (I attend one of the most competitive high schools in the state of Florida. We are academically ranked in the top 50 in the United States). </p></li>
<li><p>Unweighted GPA: 3.96 (out of 4.0)</p></li>
<li><p>Weighted GPA: 4.94 (on a scale of 6.0)</p></li>
<li><p>AP's Previously Taken: AP World History (5), AP US History (5), AP English Lang (4), AP Biology (4), AP Physics B (3)</p></li>
<li><p>AP's Currently Taking: AP English Lit, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity/Magnetism, AP Gov, AP Psych, AP Calc AB</p></li>
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<p>Academic Awards/Honors:
- Princeton Book Award
- AP Scholar of Distinction
- Senior of the Month: October
- County-wide Senior of the Month: October
- Certificates of Academic Excellence in Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, English, Spanish Language, Performing Arts, Student Leadership, Cultural Geography, and English.</p>
<p>Clubs/EC's:
- Currently, I'm Student Body President.
- In the past, I have been Junior Class President, Sophomore Class Senator, and Freshmen Class Senator.
- Currently, I'm treasurer of NHS.
- Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honor Society)
- Rho Kappa (Social Studies Honor Society)
- Sigma Delta Tau (English Honor Society)
- Drama Club (I was casted as an actor in "Footloose" (10th grade) and "High School Musical" (11th grade)).</p>
<p>Community Service:
- Catechist at my local Catholic Church for the past 4 years (I earned approx. 200 hours through my service to the church).
- Led a community-wide fundraiser for the American Brain Tumor Association.
- Organized an "Adopt and Afghan Platoon" project at my local church.
- Organized, with the help of local government officials, several environmental beach clean-ups at the local beaches.
- Participated in Relay for Life (I have organized a team for the past two years).
- Help to organize an "Invisible Children" initiative at my high school. The program assists with the construction of schools in the country of Uganda.</p>
<p>Miscellaneous:
- I have attended 6 different student government conventions (including the Southern Association of Student Councils Conventions, National Association of Student Councils conventions, and the Florida Association of Student Councils Conventions).
- I was selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine at Harvard Medical School, but was unable to attend due to financial reasons.
- I attended a regional leadership camp during the summer of 2010. I have been hired to return as a counselor of the summer of 2011.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading all of this and giving me your opinion. Hopefully I'll get an admission decision in the coming week. GO IRISH!!</p>