<p>Hi, thanks for doing this first of all!
I applied to Yale SCEA, which is without a doubt my #1, and I've also applied RD to Brown, UCLA, and USC. (I applied to more school than these 4, but I was accepted to St Andrews in Scotland which was my #5)</p>
<p>PERSONAL
*White male
*Not applying for financial aid</p>
<p>ACADEMICS
*VERY SMALL (65/class) private school in NH
*Class rank: School doesn't rank
*Weighted GPA: 4.2
*Unweighted GPA: 3.8
*SATs: N/A
*ACTs: 33
*SAT Subject Scores: (submitted to UCs ONLY) Math II - 690, US History - 690
*APs: (school offers VERY few APs, only open to juniors and above) US History - 5, taking AP Calc AB and AP English Lit this year
*I've taken almost all honors level courses available to me
*Senior year courseload: AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, Anatomy & Physiology, Various English/History electives, Honors Chinese III (after doing french for two years, switched to Chinese b/c school is phasing out French program)</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULARS
* Editor-in-Chief of my school's yearbook for two years running
* Elected class representative two years running
* Head Tour Guide for my school's admissions department
* Breakthrough: Throughout the school year, I teach underprivileged middle school students in my area.
* School plays and musicals every year
* I sing in my school's select, auditioned choir (3 year member)
* Varisty coxswain for my school's crew team
* Director of Communications for my school's literary & arts magazine
* Film critic for my school's newspaper</p>
<p>AWARDS/HONORS
* National Honor Society (only offered to seniors)
* International Thespian Society
* Academic Highest Honors every year</p>
<p>WORK EXPERIENCE
* I've worked at my local Barnes & Noble for 2 years
* I worked as a television actor in Los Angeles, appearing in several nationally-broadcasted commercials</p>
<p>ESSAYS
* The strongest part of my application. My CommonApp essay is a retrospective view of my decision to come out of the closet my sophomore year. An alternate essay I have is a REALLY vivid and beautiful piece about how meaningful my town library is to me. My activity essay talks about how my love for film manifested itself into a desire to act when I was younger, but how that has transformed into wanting to become a film director.</p>
<p>REFERENCES
* Not permitted to see them, but I'm sure they'll be excellent. </p>
<p>INTENDED MAJOR: Film studies</p>
<p>HOOK: I'm from New Hampshire first of all, and I've been extremely devoted to my school work while maintaining this constant passion for film and an appreciation of fiction of all kinds.</p>
<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH! I PROMISE TO CHANCE BACK!</p>