Chance me if you can.

<p>White Male</p>

<p>Rank: 5/531 in a very competitive class.
SAT-I: 2350 (800 V, 770 M, 780 W)
SAT-IIs:800 World History / 800 US History / 770 Modern Hebrew / 750 Molecular Biology
APs: 5s on US History, English Language, Comparative Government, World History (Self-Study), US Government (Self-Study)</p>

<p>Courseload:</p>

<p>(Courses in selective International Studies learning center)</p>

<p>9th grade: (Honors Global Experience), (Honors World Literature), (Honors Art History), Honors Biology, Honors Geometry, Spanish II</p>

<p>10th grade: (AP Comparative Government), (Honors American Literature), (Honors US History I), Honors Chemistry, Honors Algebra II, Spanish III</p>

<p>11th grade: (AP US History II), (Honors Philosophy [Theories of Knowledge / Ethical and Political Philosophy]), AP English Language, Honors Physics, Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Spanish IV</p>

<p>12th grade: (Senior Seminar), (AP Human Geography), AP English Literature, AP Physics B, AP Spanish Language, Marketing</p>

<p>Other courses: Honors Foreign Policy at JSA Summer School at Georgetown [with a 22-page research paper on American policy toward liberalization in the PRC to prove it]; taking Calculus at community college.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars: </p>

<p>Junior State of America -
Chapter State Assembly Representative (Soph),
New Jersey Region Director of Debate (Soph),
Chapter President <a href="Jun">led chapter to runner-up national chapter of the year</a>,
Mid-Atlantic State Chief of Staff (Jun),
Mid-Atlantic State Lieutenant Governor <a href="Sen">In charge of 17 cabinet officials and expansion, activism, South Atlantic affairs, and publicity for the Mid-Atlantic State</a> </p>

<p>National Forensic League (Extemporaneous Speaking) -
1st place at 2009 Bridgewater-Raritan tournament, NJFL
1st place at 2009 Borelli Memorial tournament, NJFL
3rd place at 2009 Montville tournament, NJFL
5th place at 2009 NJ State Championships
4th place at 2009 NJ District Qualifier
Extemporaneous Speaking Captain (Sen)</p>

<p>Jewish Student Union -
Founding member (Soph)
Vice President (Jun)
Co-President (Sen)</p>

<p>Project Open Door / Helping Hands -
Logged dozens of hours of hands-on community service, providing holiday gifts and year-round staples to local families in need.
Vice President (Jun, Sen)</p>

<p>New Jersey Science League -
1st place cumulative competitor in school, biology (fresh)
2nd place school scorer on National Chemistry Test (soph)</p>

<p>DECA -
Class Representative (sen)</p>

<p>Haunted High School -
Executive committee member (jun)</p>

<p>100+ hours of volunteering work at synagogue Hebrew school</p>

<p>Summer Activities:</p>

<p>Summer 2008 - 3-week intensive course at JSA Summer School at Georgetown in Foreign Policy
Summer 2009 - 3 weeks as volunteer on archaeological excavation at Tell es-Safi, an Iron Age site in southern Israel; 2 weeks of volunteering in special education classes at the New Road School</p>

<p>Languages:
Hebrew and Spanish</p>

<p>Miscellaneous Awards:
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Semifinalist
National Honors Society</p>

<p>Recs:
Stellar</p>

<p>Essay:
Sure to be provocative</p>

<p>To Chance:
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Penn
Dartmouth
Georgetown SFS
Johns Hopkins
GWU
American
Rutgers</p>

<p>Any Ideas?</p>

<p>You’re a credible candidate anywhere. HYP may be tough–you’re not val or sal, you’re from a state sending them lots of top applicants and your awards are regional–but you’re very solid everywhere else.</p>