<p>-School: Public School--Illinois suburb
-First generation student
-Heart condition--granted a wish from the Make-A-Wish foundation</p>
<p>REACH/MATCH/DREAM?
NYU
BOSTON COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO</p>
<p>SAFTIES
PENN STATE
BOSTON UNIVERSITY</p>
<p>ACT: 27 (I was sick...and i hate the act now)
Class Rank: 124/502 (25%)
WGPA: 4.875/5.0 (before you wonder why my gpa is weird...this is directly from my transcript!--so it is CORRECT! haha--sorry just wanted to clear that up)
UGPA: 4.525/5.0
AP SCORES: LIT--4</p>
<p>Freshmen Yr.
French II-B/B
Global Issues-A/B
English I-A/A
Algebra I-A/A
Biology-B/A
other electives--all As</p>
<p>Soph Yr.
French III-B/B
English II-A/A
2D/3D Art-A/A
Honors Geometry-B/B
Chemistry-B/A</p>
<p>Junior Yr.
French IV Honors-A/B
US History Honors-B/B
Photo I/II-A/A
AP English Lang-B/B
Journ/Creative Writing Honors-A/A
Algebra II Honors-B/B
Physics Honors-B/B</p>
<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Biology
AP Psych
AP English Lit
AP French Lang
Honors Govt
Honors Pre-Calc</p>
<p>XRTAS
-Newspaper Editor (9-12)--ALOT OF HOURS! TOTALLY EXTRACURRICULAR--Not a class during school. We have production week when we are at school until 9 pm!
-French Club Member (10-12)
-French NHS President (11-12)
-NHS (12)
-NArtHS (11-12)
-MHS (11-12)
-School Play Publicity Prodcution Member (10)</p>
<p>VOLUNTEER
-Messenger at Hospital (11-12)--every other saturday...two hour shift
-Dog Walker/Cat Socializer (8,11-12)--once a week--two hour shift
-Food Bank Volunteer (10, 11-12)--once every other week--three hour shift</p>
<p>ACHIEVEMENTS
-International First Place for Quill & Scroll--Overall Newspaper (3 yrs in a row)
-Columbia University Silver Crown Award--Overall Newspaper (3 yrs in a row)
-MHS, NHS, MHS, FNHS, NAHS enrollment award
-Upstate 8 Honorable Mention (Photography)
-Certificate of Participation at UIC Medical School's Mini-Medical School for a Day Biomedical Research Day--Got accepted out of all Chicagoland high school applicants...400 accepted. <em>Really sparked my interest in the medical field.</em></p>
<p>CAREER PATH
-Cardiothoracic Surgeon--same field as my heart condition...I want to pay if forward...in a way. I want to get involved in the same field that saved my life. </p>
<p>ESSAYS
-I've got alot of interesting topics with Make-A-Wish and my heart condition and different events...plus I used to want to be a journalist and have taken many writing classes. I am a skilled writer so these won't be a problem. Update: My essays (I believe, are amazing! and so do others! I dont wanna give away my topic but it was very creative!)</p>
<p>RECS
-My AP French Teacher-she went to Paris and London with me on a class trip. She knows ALOT about me.
-My AP Lang. Teacher-had him for two yrs. He went to Northwestern U. He is the best writer I know and we are great friends.
-I got my US History teacher--HIS REC IS AMAZING! he is very intelligent and really saw something in me. </p>
<p>I really want to know if I can get into here. I am applying RD. What are my chances? I'm hoping my weaker parts like my act and rank will be overshadowed by my writing and personality that will shine through my writing. Thanks so much...and for you fellow college bounders--Good Luck!</p>