<p>Hey! Let's get right into it, here are my stats:</p>
<p>Attending a public high school in Seattle.</p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: I actually don't know how to calculate this.
Basically I've gotten all A's through high school in every class.</p>
<p>Class Rank:
1st out of around 350. However, my school only counts this by GPA, and of course there are several overachievers like me who love to get only A's and also have 4.0's. Some are taking harder classes, some are taking easier, but as long as they get all A's, they are ranked #1.</p>
<p>Course Load (NOTE THAT I AM BASICALLY ONLY NOTING CORE CLASSES OR IMPORTANT CLASSES HERE):
9th grade: No APs (none available to freshmen), instead took Honors
10th grade: AP Euro (the only AP available to sophomores), Honors for my other classes
11th grade: 3 APs: Calc AB, US History, Eng. Lang. & Comp. Honors Chemistry also taken (AP Chem not available without reg. chem as a prerequisite at my school)
12th grade: 4 APs: Stat, US Gov., Chem, L.A. (probably eng. lit & comp, but not sure). Some other stuff.</p>
<p>SAT I
Total: 2200, w/out Writing: 1440
Reading: 670
Math: 770
Writing: 760</p>
<p>SAT II
US History: 660
Math 2: 730 (will retake because I can get an 800 almost for sure)
Literature: 600 (will retake because I was shocked that I got a 600...I had little prep. though and I know I can get above 700 when I retake)</p>
<p>AP Scores:
European History: 3
US History: 4
English Language and Composition: 4
Calculus AB: 5</p>
<p>Awards:
This is pretty much a joke but it's the only award I can really even mention: I was in the top 10 for highest test scores in the field of Automotive Marketing in a regional DECA (a "business-marketing student organization") competition</p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULAR
Played violin for 11 years (granted it was kind of off and on for the first few years, but do colleges really need to know that?)
In nationally-renowned school orchestra for all 4 years of high school, toured Japan with them earlier this summer.
Did Tae Kwon Do for 6 years (though I stopped during freshman year of high school--does this EC count?)
Member of DECA, worked in school student store (is this EC because it was during school hours, but it was technically during lunch)
Probably some other smaller stuff as well.</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Had a summer job as a barista at a major coffee chain (NOT starbucks) last summer, left for the school year, and reclaimed the same job this summer. I intend to keep this job through the school year this year.</p>
<p>Volunteering: On the whole my volunteering is weak! I clearly spent too much time on xbox and not enough time in food banks.
Did volunteer work performing as part of an ensemble (on violin) in nursing homes and libraries.
Did some informal caretaking for my elderly debilitated grandmother.
Will be volunteering at the UW Medical Center.
Will hopefully also be volunteering with random doctors at the UW Med Center (who are my mother's collegues). This is separate from the one listed immediately above.
I will also be seeking other volunteer work in the weeks ahead.</p>
<p>AND BTW: My parents are immigrants from the middle-east! So I am a first generation born American, and in addition to English, I speak decent Aramaic at home. Technically, it was my first language (though I am much more fluent in English).</p>
<p>So, having all of that in mind, I would GREATLY appreciate it if you would chance me for the following schools:</p>
<p>Stanford (assume early-action)
Harvard
Brown
Johns Hopkins
Rice
Northwestern
Cornell
Washington U. in St. Louis
University of Washington (safety school!)</p>
<p>Thank you so much!</p>