<p>Location: Southern California
School: Public Magnet with focus on Sciences and Technology, Blue Ribbon school, less than 1,000 students
Gender: M
Ethnicity: White, suburban middle class</p>
<p>Intended Major: Biology (Biochemistry if offered)
2nd Interest: Political Science
3rd Interest: History</p>
<p>GPA: Weighted: 4.5, Unweighted: 4.0
Class Rank: 9.
Class Size: 240
SAT: 1520/2270 (CR:750 M:770 W:750)
SAT 2's: US History: 800, Biology-M:770, Lit: 730, Math 2: 730
AP: US History:5, English Language: 5</p>
<p>Junior year courses: AP US History, AP English, Honors Physiology, Honors Trig/Pre-calc, Medical Technology, Spanish 3</p>
<p>Taking this year: AP Calc BC, AP Biology, AP Literature, AP Gov/Honors Econ (AP Econ not offered), Art 1, Biotechnology, Bioethics </p>
<p>Currently have all A's except for B+ in Lit (most likely will get that up to A though)</p>
<p>EC's:
Speech and Debate Team for 2 years-Treasurer
California YMCA Youth and Government for 2 years-Fundraising Coordinator this year, running for Attorney General
Political Action and Awareness Club for 2 years-Debate Coordinator
Tutor Freshmen 2 hours per week for past 2 years
Coastal Marine Biolabs "Biomes to Genomes" Program over the summer (contributing to Barcode of Life Database-talked about it in Personal Statement)
Coastal Marine Biolabs "Marine Biotoxin" Program this year (weekly samples of phytoplankton from CA coast-examine them for presence of neurotoxins)
Relay for Life for 3 years- Captain of a team of 20 this year
Bioscience Leadership Team for 2 years (part of my school's Bioscience Academy)
Spent last week of Junior year setting up Senior events and the Graduation ceremony (40 hours total)
NHS for 3 years
CSF for 2 years
Playing Ron Weasley in a musical adaptation of Harry Potter this year
200+ Community Service hours total</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Scholar Commended Student
Honor Roll, Platinum level every semester (4.0 and above)
Degree of Excellence in Speech and Debate-Undefeated in Fall Open Debate Tournament, 4th place in Oratorical Interp. at Cal Lu tournament
International Barcode of </p>
<p>Teacher Recs:
1 from US History/Bioethics teacher (known for 2 years)
1 from Science teacher that I've had for 3 years (Bioscience Survey, Physio Honors, Med Tech, AP Biology); explained Bioscience Academy in her rec
Both write excellent letters</p>
<p>Essays: Most were really good, showed some personality, focused on academics and Speech and Debate</p>
<p>7 relatives have attended Stanford (all from grandparent generation)
Great Aunt attended Vassar</p>
<p>Schools:
UC Davis (automatically accepted)
UC Berkeley
Stanford
Brown
Columbia
Tufts
Vassar
Macalester
Carleton
Boston College
University of Rochester</p>
<p>My top 3 right now are Columbia, Vassar, and Tufts.
Thanks so much!</p>