<p>African-American Male</p>
<p>GPA: 3.91/4.0 (uw); 4.08/4.0 (w)
Rank: Top 10% in a class of 265</p>
<p>Courses:
Freshman- Nothing Special, took honors geometry, science, and spanish 2 (most competitive load in my class)
Sophomore- took honors courses in algebra 2, science, and spanish 3 (most competitive load in my class except i didnt take APUSH)
Junior- regular english (only junior year course available for english), honors precalculus, AP Chemistry, Macro, and Spanish Language (I got 5's in all of the exams)
Senior Year- honors english electives, AP Calc BC, Biology, Physics 1, Spanish Lit</p>
<p>Scores:
AP's- see above
SAT- 2330- 760 (crit. read), 800 (math), 770 (writ)
ACT- 35 second time (36, 36, 34, 35)
SAT II in Spanish (800), Spanish w/Listening (800), Math Level 2 (800), Chemistry (790)
PSAT- 233</p>
<p>Honors:
National Merit Scholar (hopefully)
National Achievement Scholar
National Spanish Exam Bronze Award
Academic Honor Roll (highest honor years 10-12)
National AP Scholar
National Society of High School Scholars</p>
<p>Extracurriculars:
Varsity Swim Team (all-conference champion (year 10), member of sectional and state teams years 11 and 12 (probably))
National Honor Society (Secretary)
National Spanish Honor Society (President)
Jack & Jill of America (Service Chair)
Volunteer on weekends Reading to kids in an underprivileged area
Created a program where I go to kids in underprivileged areas and help them with their math skills
Created an annual newsletter at my school talking about where African-American alumni go after they graduate</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
MITES (MIT Minority in Engineering Summer Program)
Purdue Engineering Program
Carleton Liberal Arts Program</p>
<p>-Essays: really strong i think. My common app is about my experience with my autistic brother who unfortunately attempted suicide and how he's taught my strength, tenacity, and unconditional love</p>
<p>-Rec's: really good. Have a great relationship with my counselor and my teachers im getting recs from. I also am getting one from my swim coach and the school director at the school I volunteer at</p>
<p>Colleges
-Yale (MY FIRST CHOICE) I'm applying SCEA. I want to go here more than anything. I'm legacy and my parents know people in the administration.
-Harvard
-Princeton
-Penn
-Brown
-Stanford
-MIT
-Northwestrn
-Wash U/St Louis
-Carnegie Mellon
-UMich
-Purdue
-Georgia Tech
-U of I</p>