chance me please!

<p>Location: Pennsylvania
School: Extremely Competitive Large Public School
Class Size: 565
Class Rank: Top 10%
Race: Caucasian
Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.2 (School uses % Scale – 98.5% W)
Cumulative unweighted GPA: 3.9 (95% UW)
SATs: M 770 CR 600 WR 640 (Total: 2010) (Retaking in October – goal is 700CR)
ACT – 32 (Retaking in September - expecting 34+)
Subject Tests:
Chem: 730
Math 1: 750
Physics: 640 (=/ not sending this one)</p>

<p>Honor Roll: 9, 10, 11, 12</p>

<p>Classes: 6 AP</p>

<h2>junior year</h2>

<p>AP Chem II
AP Calc AB</p>

<h2>AP Physics B</h2>

<h2>senior year</h2>

<p>AP Calc BC
AP Bio II
AP Latin IV Vergil</p>

<p>8 Honors
Honors English 9th, Honors Algebra II, Honors Earth and Space Science,
Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Honors Precalc/Trig, Honors Latin III,
Honors Biochemistry</p>

<p>Awards/ Honors
National Honors Society
National Language Honors Society
The National Society of High School Scholars
Selected for several National Youth Conferences
1 of 4 students selected by guidance counselors to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Conference
Receiving a scholarship later this year for having one of the top cumulative grades in Latin for all 4 years</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities
Latin Club – 9, 10, 11, 12 (Scriba 12)
THON - 9,10,11,12 (Committee member 11, Technology Chair 12)
Key Club – 10, 11, 12
NHS – 11, 12
NLHS – 11, 12
NSHSS Ambassador - 11,12
Rugby Club – 9
School Soccer – 9</p>

<p>Volunteered with:
National Honors Society: 40 hours by graduation
Bethany Village Retirement Home: 250+ Hours by graduation
Notre Dame Club of Harrisburg: Several events such as working soup kitchens
Ronny Powley Center: Helped distribute donated foods to poor families
Helped count Sundays' collections for my church (8+ weeks per year)</p>

<p>Leadership Experience:
Junior Class Vice President
Senior Class Treasurer
THON Technology Chair
Latin Club Scriba
Attended Rotary Youth Leadership Conference</p>

<p>Research (Possible hook + essay topic):
Columbia University Medical Center – Summer 11 (Researched the effects of NGAL on iron metabolism in the kidney under Jonathan Barasch, M.D., Ph.D, over the summer for 6+ Weeks. I learned how to perform cell culture and genotyping as well.)</p>

<p>Employment:
Wegmans Food Company – 11, (15 hours per weekend stocking shelves)
Universal Protective Packaging – 11, 12 (10 hours per week unloading trucks)</p>

<p>I worked both of these jobs at the same time for a number of months during my junior school year.</p>

<p>Interned at Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker of the House’s Office (Another possible hook + essay topic.) – 10th grade (40 hours per week, summer of sophomore year, helped welcome foreign delegates and volunteered + ran National Conference of State Legislatures held in Philadelphia, PA)</p>

<p>Recommendation Letters:
2 Teacher letters (one said their letter would be stunning)</p>

<p>Letter from my supervisor at the Speaker of the House's Office (it's really good, includes the official raised gold seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania), </p>

<p>And hopefully one from Jonathan Barasch, M.D., Ph.D about my research experience this summer</p>

<p>Hobbies:
Skiing and Surfing
Video Editing
Guitar
Tricking, Parkour, Free running, etc
Lifting/exercise
Pickup soccer weekly at a local park + indoors</p>

<p>Chances belong in the Chances forum.</p>

<p>My apologies. I saw other chance me posts on this forum so I decided to post my own. Sorry! If a mod could move it to the rightful board that would be great, otherwise I’ll delete it.</p>

<p>If you have specific questions about UVA, there are plenty of students here who will give you solid answers. None of us make admissions decisions (except for Dean J) and I know she won’t chance you! Good luck with your application.</p>