<p>Personal Factors
-Intended Major: Civil Engineering!
-Family Income:$10,000
-Ethnicity:Latino (Peruvian)
-From New York City (Queens)
-First Generation going to College</p>
<p>The Numbers:
-GPA: 3.61 (90.49%)
-SAT CR: 670 (took it twice this was my best score, the first time I got a 540)
-SAT M: 680 (took it twice this was my best score, the first time I got a 640)
-SAT W: 640 (again took it twice this was my best score, the first time I got a 600)
-SATII Physics: 610
-SATII Math 1: 620</p>
<p>APs:
-AP Computer Science A (I got a 4)
-AP World History (I got a 4)
-AP Spanish (Didn't take the test yet)
-AP Statistics (Didn't take the test yet)</p>
<p>High School:
-Townsend Harris High School (very, very competitive)</p>
<p>Curriculum:
All honors courses and APs since freshman year. I am also a year a head in math and science (I took two regents in middle school). I am also in a bridge year program with Queens College that is allowing me to take 2 Queens college classes per semester this year. At Queens College I am currently taking Freshman Humanities Seminar (HTH101) and The Physics of Sound (PHYS007). I am also doing a Robotics independent study</p>
<p>Current Classes:
-AP Statistics (AP)
-AP Spanish (AP)
-HTH 101 Freshman Humanities Seminar (Queens College)
-PHYS 007 The Physics of Sound
-Advance Topics In Science (Honors)
-Advanced Robotics (Independent Study/Honors)
-Weight Management (Gym)
-Participatory Democracy (Honors)</p>
<p>Extra Curricular Activities:
-US FIRST Robotics team member (I'm the captain of our teams programming division, been on since the second year the team started, 2 years counting this year)
-I amateur box (yes box, 4 years, was 280 pounds (lots of fat) and now am 228 (lots muscle) and still dropping),
-American Computer Science League (3 years),
-200 hours community service with New Immigrant Community Empowerment,
-50 Hours Community Service under Former Senator John Sabini (He left for another position in Albany and I lost my job with him),
-WPI FRONTIERS Robotics Summer Program Participant, (Junior Year)
-Manhattan College Summer Program For Women and Minority Students Interested in Engineering Participant (yes that's the long name the program has), (Junior Year)
-ACE Mentor Program (This year)</p>
<p>Recognitions:
-National Honor Society (2 years),
-National Society for High School Scholars (3 years),
-National Latin Examination I: Magna Cum Laude Silver Medal.
-My school's Deans/Principal's List (3 years and probably this year making 4)</p>
<p>Recommendations:
-1 from my Calculus Teacher (She's had me for Sophomore and Junior Year, knows me quite well)
-1 from my Physics/Robotics teacher who is also my Robotics independent study mentor AND my US FIRST ROBOTICS team coach (Definitely a good rec. He's gotten one of my friends into Dartmouth and another into Columbia(the kid who got into Dartmouth has my GPA but 1410 SAT M+CR).
-1 from my Spanish Literature Teacher (I have a multitude of personal conversations with her over the years, knows me as a student and as a person very well)</p>
<p>Essays:
-Working intently on them (since September)! Multiple readers will be reviewing them as well! So far reactions have been nothing but great!</p>
<p>Misc:
-I have a rare autoimmune Disease called Still's Disease, which attacks my skin and joints, that effects my everyday life. I wrote about it in my essays as a significant adversity I have had to face.
-I also come from a single parent home, my father abandoned my mom and I when I was 4.</p>
<p>Schools to which I have applied Regular Decision
-Cooper Union
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
-Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering (Applying for the HEOP/NOP program)
-Cornell (Applying for the HEOP/NOP program)
-Macaulay Honors College (the campus I am picking is City College, the only one that provides engineering)
-Polytechnic Institute of NYU = Accepted Rolling Admission
-Manhattan College</p>