-SAT I (breakdown): 2010 on old SAT (670 Reading, 690 Math, 650 Writing) (Will not submit based on ACT – except for Georgetown where all scores must be sent)
-ACT (breakdown): 31 composite (32 English, 32 Math, 31 Reading, 30 Science)
-SAT II: Chem, US History, Literature
-Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6 (4.12 weighted)
-Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 5%
-AP Exams Taken:
AP US History
AP Chemistry
AP Language & Composition
AP Computer Science
-Senior Year Course Load:
AP Literature & Composition
AP BC Calculus
AP Physics 1
AP Statistics
Honors Engineering
Honors Symphonic Band
Financial Literacy (Required)
P.E. (Required)
I have taken every AP course that is offered at my school except for AP Spanish due to a scheduling conflict.
-Awards:
Xerox Award for Innovation and Information Technology
Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival Judges’ Choice Award
Massachusetts Association for Jazz Education Outstanding Musicianship Award (have received 7)
1st Place at High School Science Fair
2nd Place at South Shore Regional Science Fair
U.S. Naval Science Award at Regional Science Fair
Subjective
-Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Class Office (Vice President)
National Honor Society (Secretary)
Model UN (Founder and President)
Junior Statesmen of America (President)
High School Science Fair
Regional Science Fair
State Science Fair
Math Team
Varsity Tennis
JV Ice Hockey
JV Track
Marching Band (section leader 10, drum major 11, 12)
Jazz Band (Top band at my school. First chair saxophone 10, 11, 12)
Jazz Combo (Leader)
A Cappella group
Pit Orchestra
SEMSBA (audition-based honor band)
Private saxophone lessons for 6 years
Played saxophone for 8 years.
-Job/Work Experience:
Lifeguard at a summer camp (teaching swim lessons; summers of 2015 and 2016)
-Volunteer/Community service:
Relay For Life (team captain and event coordinator for our town’s first Relay – most successful first-year Relay in New England!)
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (breast cancer walk in Boston; 2010-2016)
My Brother’s Keeper (volunteer 2013-2015)
Christmas in the City (volunteer 2015)
Leadership Training Program at a summer camp (summers of 2013 and 2014).
-Summer Activities:
Previously mentioned Leadership Training Program and Lifeguarding
Drum Major Academy at UMass Amherst (2015-2016)
-Teacher Recommendation: 2 academic teachers; should be good – have not received
-Counselor Rec: Expecting to be strong – have not received
-Additional Rec: 2 non-academic teachers (music director & class adviser; mainly accentuating leadership roles); should be very good – have not received
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): MA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
Income Bracket: >$100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First gen. college student
Looking to major in International Relations
Schools that I am interested in and would like to be chanced at:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
American University
George Washington University
University of Maryland, College Park
Northeastern University
Emory University
Georgetown University (SFS)
Brown University
