<p>This is my second chance thread. There have been some updates to the list so bear with me.</p>
<p>So I’m looking at applying to Ivy League and equivalent schools this year. My top choices are Pomona, Stanford, and Amherst. Duke, Swarthmore, Yale (I have a legacy here), Princeton, Tufts, Colgate, UW Madison, and WUSTL are other schools on my list.</p>
<p>My ultimate goal is to go to law school, so social studies and English courses have been a priority for me.</p>
<p>This year I will be taking AP English (one class, both exams) and AP Statistics, along with an Independent Study.</p>
<p>Academics
-GPA: 3.8-39 (Unweighted), 4.5-4.6 (Weighted)
-SAT was a 2250 (CR 740, M 760, W 750 with an 11 Essay)
-ACT was a 31 (English 35, Reading 32, Math 29, Science 28, 11 Essay)
-PSAT was a 231 (80 on CR and W, 71 on M)
-SAT II US History was a 770
-So far I’ve taken 5 AP Classes (US History, US Gov, Econ Macro and Micro, Calc AB)
-Class Rank: Top Decile (my school got rid of class rank this year)</p>
<p>Clubs
-Founding member of Junior Statesmen of America (JSA)
-2 years as JSA Forum Moderator
-1 year as JSA Secretary
-2 years as Vice President of the Latin Club
-3 years as captain of my school’s Certamen Team (a Latin trivia game played at the state and national levels)
-Founder of a Certamen Club at my high school (writes and distributes trivia questions for practices, available to schools around the state)</p>
<p>Extra Curriculars
-I was selected as one of the 4 players at the Latin 2 level from our state to be on the certamen team representing Wisconsin at the national level (NJCL)
-I have lettered twice in swimming
-I organize the off season ultimate frisbee games for the swim team
-I am involved in NHS, particularly with the tutoring aspect
-I have tutored for three years at my elementary school
-I sent in my forms for the Bronze Medal for the Congressional Award (currently being processed)
-I was one of the 4 students from my school chosen for the school history team, which won first place in both the trivia category and the written test category
-I work as an instructor with my swim club and teach swim lessons to younger children
-I have been involved in various fundraising efforts (i.e. fundraising for relief efforts for the 2008 earthquake in China and for UNICEF)
-I was selected as one of 5 boys from my school to attend Badger Boys State where I was elected to the Supreme Court
-Wisconsin Ultimate Frisbee captain at the NJCL convention
-I was captain of the Advanced Certamen Team that placed 2nd at the NJCL Convention</p>
<p>Awards
-My freshman and sophomore years I placed top 5 at state for Latin (WJCL) in three categories
-This year, I placed top 5 in 7 categories, winning the state Latin Essay Competition and taking second in two other categories (Mythology and Roman History)
-My certamen team placed 2nd at state
-I won a Silver Medal on the National Latin Exam twice and a Gold Medal on it once
-I won a Silver Medal on the National Medusa Mythology Exam
-I placed 8th at the NJCL convention for Latin Derivatives in Latin 2
-I won the Quill and Scroll award from the International Honorary Society for High School Journalists
-I placed 10th in Mythology and Greek Derivatives at the NJCL convention in Latin III
-I placed 6th in Roman History at the NJCL convention in Latin III
-I placed 5th in the Junior Boys Essay Competition at the NJCL convention
-I placed 1st in Roman Life at the NJCL Convention in Latin III (2nd place overall)
-I was a member of the 2nd place Advanced Certamen Team at the NJCL Convention</p>
<p>If you have taken the time to read this and evaluate me, I thank you very much. I will chance back.</p>
<p>I will be retaking the SAT I and ACT along with SAT IIs in Math II and Literature this fall.</p>