Chance me for ASU

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<p>Name: Zachary Asman
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 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>Just so you know, the ASU application doesn't require EC's. Only tests scores, GPA, and in-state/out-of-state are the real considerations. </p>

<p>For ASU, you have a great GPA, but your test scores are so-so. (as OOS students go). You'll get in though.</p>

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<p>Anyone else!</p>

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<p>You'll get in on the basis of your overall application, even if your test scores are a little weak.</p>

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<p>I thought that don't look at things like ECs?</p>

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<p>They don't, unless they changed it since last year. Go look at the application, it's out. </p>

<p>However, for the Honors college application, they do take EC's into consideration, and an essay.</p>

<p>Also, you list the majors you want in order of preference. If, for some reason, you don't meet the requirements of the first, they'll put you in the second, or third, or whatever. Usually, it's more difficult to get into the business and journalism majors, but it's not that much of a difference from the rest. Just something else to take into consideration.</p>

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<p>Would I get into the Cronkite school?</p>

<p>On the site it lists the following</p>

<p>Freshman Admission Requirements</p>

<p>• 3.0 (4.0 = A) ABOR GPA</p>

<p>• and have no English competency deficiencies</p>

<p>• and meet one of the following two requirements:</p>

<pre><code> • top 25% of high school class

• or 1040 SAT Reasoning or 22 ACT
</code></pre>

<p>I meet the 3.0 aspect, but I fall short on the SAT/ACT part. My school doesn't do class rankings either. Does this mean I am automatically rejected from the school.</p>

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<p>I'm not sure. </p>

<p>Also, make sure you're calculating your GPA correctly. The ABOR GPA is unweighted 16 core classes. For instance, I had a 3.6 UW GPA, but my ABOR was around 3.3 because I usually got B's in my academic classes, which are the core. </p>

<p>I think, but am not too sure, that the 16 core classes are:
4 english
4 math
3 lab science
2 yrs. worth of social studies (amer. hist., gov't, etc...)
2 foreign language
1 fine art</p>

<p>If you do get rejected from this major, don't worry too much about it! It's very easy to switch majors at ASU. What you can do, is be Undecided, look at the requirements for a journalism major, and take the first-year classes (which include the simple stuff, like english, humanities, etc...). Then, after freshman year, apply to Cronkite.</p>

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<p>Scout, please make sure you fully understand the risk involved before following Christalena’s approach. If you come to ASU without admission specifically to the Cronkite School (as an “undecided” major, for example), you will still have to apply to Cronkite later on. It is NOT a simple matter of switching majors like it would be within the same college (or school) at ASU, because the Cronkite program is very selective and has only a limited number of slots available. What if you apply to Cronkite at the end of your freshman year and don’t get in then?</p>

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<p>^^ Well, it still would be a better plan than deciding not to go to ASU at all because he is worried about getting into that major. </p>

<p>So, my approach is a much more likely one than simply not even considering the school at all. </p>

<p>Plus, I'm assuming that he would get the idea that Cronkite is selective if he is rejected from the program and would work hard as a freshman in order to get into the program. </p>

<p>And, I don't think he should worry about the end of freshman year until he finds out if he is in the school or not. Your first week of school, send in transcripts, fill out the application, and see what happens. We're dealing with scenarios right now, and you have a whole year to decide. </p>

<p>Or you can always take the SAT's over again, resubmit them if you get a better score, and call to ask them to reconsider your application. I didn't get a scholarship at first, raised my GPA my first semester senior year, resubmitted my transcript, and received the provost scholarship two weeks later...after that December deadline too. They will give you the recognition if you try.</p>

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<p>Bumpity!!!!</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>Bump to make viewable</p>

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<p>To get guaranteed admission to the journalism school you need a 3.0 (which you have). And you also must have either a 1040 SAT Score (Math and Critical Reading), or be in the Top 25% of your class.</p>

<p>So do you meet those requirements? If not, I'm sure you'll be able to eventually transfer in.</p>

<p>good luck.</p>

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<p>Just study for and retake the SAT. It shouldn't be all that difficult to bring it up 100 points or so as I'm assuming you didn't really study the first time.</p>

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<p>dude, retake the SAT and get good scores on it. 1800+ (preferably 2000+) and you have a great chance of getting into better schools.</p>