Prerequisite Information: I’m a Junior.
SAT I: 2300
ACT: Not Taken
SAT II: US History (780), Chemistry (770), World History (800)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Unranked
AP (expected score in parentheses): AP English (5), AP Chemistry (3), APUSH (5), AP Microeconomics (Self-Taught, 4), will take AP Biology, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Lit. and AP Statistics Senior Year
Major Awards: American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) High School Essay Competition Honorable Mention, National Catholic Forensics League National Qualifier
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Politics Club (President), Head of the Treasury at my school’s GIN (Global Issues Network),Student Body Representative, National Speech and Debate (3 years, 2x Tournament winner, National Qualifier), Saxophonist (4 years), MUN in the Hague, Cairo and Jordan, Radio MC for Egypt’s National Radio (twice).
Job/Work Experience:Intern at a small Hedge Fund in Utah (over the summer) , Intern at Law firm in Egypt (1 month)
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteer at Kidney Transplant Hospital in Egypt (1 month), IGCSE History Tutor, Ran a temporary home for feral puppies (when in Egypt).
Summer Activities: Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)
Essay: I plan on writing it about the Arab Spring, which I was in the midst of in Egypt, “the fight against totalitarianism”.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): Utah
School Type: College Preparatory Private School (rated hardest in the state)
Ethnicity: African American
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $50,000-$150,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, First-Generation, Parents were refugees, spent first 2 years of high school in Egypt, I’m a Day Trader for my Parents.
I have also gained an internship at Goldman Sachs (through personal connections) for this upcoming summer, so I won’t be headed to the Hedge Fund again and will instead intern with Sachs.
