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<p>Race: Caucasian
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
School: Thomas S. Wootton High School
Rockville, Maryland</p>

<p>EDUCATION:</p>

<p>• I am currently a senior at Thomas S. Wootton High School with cumulative grade point
Average of 3.38 Unweighted and 3.65 weighted. I received a score of 1500 on the SAT; a 470 on math, a 500 on verbal and a 530 on writing. </p>

<p>AWARDS AND HONORS:</p>

<p>• 190 hours of community service</p>

<p>SCHOOL ACTIVITIES:</p>

<p>• Film Club: 11, 12
• Two years on the student newspaper: 11, 12
o One year as only a staff Writer
o One year as business manager and a staff writer
• Handy work for the football team (Filming games, uploading games onto the computer, helping kids get recruited) 10, 11, 12
• Coach for my graduating class in the Women’s football league (Also know as Powder-puff Football League) 9, 10, 11, 12
• Referee for the student-staff basketball game series: 11, 12</p>

<p>LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:</p>

<p>• Four and a half years in B’nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO,) As a member of the Aleph Zadik Aleph (AZA) Jewish fraternity as a member of Melech AZA #2461
• One year as chapter newspaper editor
• One year as chapter secretary
• Three years as chapter website editor
• Four years as chapter basketball and football coach</p>

<p>COMMUNITY RELATED ACTIVITIES:</p>

<p>• Two years as a CIT at Temple Beth Ami Nursery School Pre-School camp
• Two years as a CIT at a camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome
• 189 community service hours</p>

<p>ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES:</p>

<p>• Summer Camps
o Kallah East-This was a month long experience that got me in-touch with my Judaism and my spiritual side of life
o Chapter Leadership Training Conference-This was a two week journey that taught me how to be a leader in my AZA chapter and the community</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:</p>

<p>• Ourlads NFL Scouting Services-Two years</p>

<p>Throughout my tenure with these two jobs; I have evaluated football players in the 2006, 2007 and currently the 2008 NFL Draft. My work with Ourlads has been published in the Ourlads annual draft review publication.
o Contributor to Athlon Sports Annual magazines NFL Draft preview magazine; This magazine has been featured in stores like Border and Barnes & Nobles
o One Television appearance on
o Four Radio appearances (ESPN National (The Doug Gottlieb show), ESPN Baltimore (The Anita Marks; Two times), KBZZ Reno, Nevada) When I apply I will be sending in a portfolio of my appearances</p>

<p>• NFL Draft Forecast (nfldraftforecast.com)-Two years
• Senior year internship with the Neustadt Group; A prominent sports agency in the Washington D.C. area
• Several years of a babysitting for an autistic boy in my neighborhood</p>

<p>OTHER:</p>

<p>• I have Tourette syndrome-While in media and popular culture, it is portrayed as a negative aspect of life; Tourette syndrome has been one of the most positive influences in my life. It has been something to overcome and an aspect of my life that I shared with others with the same disorder. During the two years I spent as a CIT at a Tourette syndrome camp, I was looked up to by campers as someone who is succeeding with Tourette syndrome.</p>

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<p>Wootton's a good school. You go to the BBYO conventions? A lot of people here are pretty active in all that. </p>

<p>Anyway, your EC's are spectacular to say the least. Are you looking to do sports management?</p>

<p>I'm a little confused by the writing score (not that it matters)--It seems like you have some good experience, so I'm a bit surprised that you didnt do better (I got a 600 and I'm a very average writer).</p>

<p>My best advice would be to study pretty hard and retake the SATs. an 1100 is certainly manageable.</p>

<p>Also, if you arent doing SM, the UMBC-->UMD-CP transfer is very common and not too difficult to achieve. (unless you dont like/want to go to UMD)</p>

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<p>WHAT are my chances at Scripps?</p>

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<p>Considering it's a women's school, you have a better shot at being abducted by Aliens.</p>

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<p>No lol</p>

<p>The Scripps school of journalism! It is a top school at OU</p>

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<p>oh haha. I believe that's their most selective school, so I would assume it's difficult.</p>

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<p>Anyone else besides loslobos71 (No offense ll lol)</p>

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<p>We visited OU a couple of weeks ago and talked to a professor in the Scripps school of journalism, and also had a tour of Scripps. It is their most selective school, with the average CR + math SAT score in 2007 being 1250, ACT of 27, and students in the top 13% of their HS class. There are approximately 250-270 journalism students. You can be directly admitted to Scripps, and start taking journalism courses right away. You would have an advisor in the J-school that you must meet with regularly in order to register for your classes. They require internships, and the advisor helps find the internships. 32 hours must be in arts & sciences other than journalism (they refer to it as a specialization - it does not have to be a separate minor). Each year, $250,000 in scholarships are given away to upper classman in the journalism school! 5-9 foreign correspondant internships for seniors are given (full-ride) every year. There are lots of opportunities in newspaper, magazine, TV station, and the NPR-affiliate radio station.</p>

<p>It seems like a really wonderful place!</p>

<p>Scout, I think you would want to concentrate on raising your SAT score in order to be a competitive candidate. What is your class rank?</p>

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<p>oreg. mom,</p>

<p>Do you think I have a shot at being admitted in general?</p>

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<p>I PMd you.</p>

<p>One thing I would suggest is to call or email them. Everyone we talked to at OU was REALLY nice and helpful. Ask them what your shot would be, and how to improve your scores if they don't feel that they are high enough. You sure have great ECs!!!</p>

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<p>Thanks! Char</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>You need at least a 25 on ACT to be considered. If you have not taken the ACT, do it! It could make a big difference. Good luck!</p>

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<p>How about with regular undergrad?</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

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<p>If it makes a difference...</p>

<p>I just received my transcript in the mail today...</p>

<p>3.40 Unweighted
3.72 Weighted</p>

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<p>First, I'd recommend that you take the ACT, since the ACT a) seems to be the preferred standardized test at OU, and b) a lot of people who don't do very impressively on the SAT do significantly better on the ACT.</p>

<p>That being said, as it stands now I'd say you've got a very decent chance of being admitted into the general University College; as for Scripps, I really think you need to bring up your test scores, though your GPA and EC's look pretty good. I'd be sure to include an essay explaining your love for journalism (you're going for journalism, right?) and detailing your related experiences. I think on the application, for journalism majors at least, they strongly recommend that applicants include this essay in order to help their chances to get into such a selective major. Finally, I'd apply as soon as you can because OU uses rolling admissions and so the earlier you get your name in, the earlier you're considered and the less competition you'll have.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Bump to make active</p>