<p>Thank you! Any aid will be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>I am a Hispanic (Honduran) looking to major in International Relations</p>
<p>Background:
-Immigrant, I arrived in the midst of the Great Recession at the age of 13. (No prior English studies)
- First in my family to attend college</p>
<p>Household Income: >$20,000</p>
<p>SAT: 1680 (R640, M480, W560) [Retaking Dec 1]
SAT Subject Tests: 800 Spanish, 720 US History
Class Rank: 99th Percentile (Top 1%) of a class of 1020
Unweighted: 3.45
Weighted GPA: 5.3</p>
<p>AP's and Dual Enrollment: </p>
<p>Freshman:
-AP World History (4)</p>
<p>Sophomore:
-AP Euro (5)
-AP Art History (5)</p>
<p>*Sophomore summer:
- Dual Enrollment: Studies in World Religions, and Oceanography in a state university</p>
<p>Junior:
-AP US History (5)
-AP Spanish (5)
-AP English (3)
-Dual Enrollment: Business Communication, and International Law</p>
<p>Senior (Present):
-AP Calculus
-AP Psychology
-AP Biology
-AP US GOVT
-AP Macroeconomics
-AP English Lit</p>
<p>Major Awards: AP Scholar, Honor Roll, Moot Court Runner-up.</p>
<p>Employments:
-Menial jobs (Immigrants jobs: Landscaping, Junk tire disposal, dish washer…etc)
-US Army National Guard- E-2 (Rank: PVT) MOS: 68W, Combat Medic.
*Assisted and completed US Army Basic Combat Training in the summer between my Junior and Senior Year. I went to Fort Benning, GA.</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
-Track and Field (2 years)
-Cross Country (2 Years)
-Mock Trial (3 years)
-Moot Court (3 years)
-Law Honor Society (3 years) (Elected President)
-Model United Nations (3 years)
-Bible Club (4 Years)
-Volunteer in Military-related events and After-School elementary programs (100+ Hours of Community Service)
-Debate Club (2 years)
-Taking care of my sister (2000– Eternity)</p>
<p>Essays:
- Mostly show optimism in the face of adversity, and how I have grown to love a life of continuous challenges, hardship, and fray.
- Shows my interest in diversity and internationalism due to my origin in a small homogenous nation.
- Discuss the paradox of leaving my family for college in search of a better future in the same manner my mother did.
- Emphasis in Christianity and logic. </p>
<p>Teacher Recs:
-One from my mentor and teacher for 3 years, and teacher for 6 classes. (He graduated from Columbia)
-CAP adviser, who loves me.</p>
<p>Colleges:</p>
<p>Tufts University (ED/RD)
University of Notre Dame (ED/RD)
UChicago
Duke
Rice
Dartmouth College
Brown
Cornell
UF</p>
<p>Thank you! :D</p>
<p>Happy Thanksgivings!</p>