<p>Do I have a chance?!</p>
<p>Basic:
Female, Caucasian, from New York Metropolitan Area
Go to a top public high school.</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA (on the 4.6 being an A+ scale)- Unweighted: 4.14 (only 1 B+, all the rest A's and A+'s)</p>
<p>No Class Rank</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT: Took 2 times; Best Scores: CR- 740; M-740; W-790 (2270 overall)
PSAT: CR-67; M-73; W-80 (220 overall)</p>
<p>SAT II's: (Top 3 Scores) World History: 740; Math IIC: 740; Biology: 800</p>
<p>AP World: 5; AP English Language: 4; AP U.S. History: 4; AP Biology: 5
Senior Year AP's: AP European History, AP English Literature, AP Spanish</p>
<p>Extra Curricular:
-Community Service Club
-Autism Awareness Program (part of Community Service Club)
-Model United Nations
-Student Government
-Math Club
-Jazz Band (Tenor Sax)
-Volunteer/Participate in Neuroscience Research at Local Private College
-Learning Mandarin Chinese (since freshman year through private tutor)
-Private Lessons each week in both the B-flat clarinet and the tenor saxophone</p>
<p>Leaderships Positions:
-On the board of Community Service Club
-Founded and Run Autism Awareness Program in Community Service Club
-Secretary of Student Parliament
-Secretary of Model UN Club</p>
<p>Paid Work (Major part of application)
-Work with mentally and physically disabled children through a program run by my county during the summer (a summer camp) and during the school year on weekends. These children have disorders ranging from asperger syndrome, autism, severe autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, and serious birth defects resulting in paralysis and mental retardation. I change diapers, feed kids (those that cannot feed themselves), etc. and I also lifeguard for them when we go to the pool each day. I have even dealt with seizures in and out of the water. (I'm writing my main essay on this and want to drive home that it isn't leading autistic children around on a horse, but really working hard to interact and connect with these children.) (6 hours/Mon-Fri/6 weeks during the summer and 6 hours/Saturdays during the school year)
-Babysit a few times each month</p>
<p>Sports:
-Cross Country (9th and 10th)- Varsity Letters
-Winter Track (9th)- Varsity Letter
-Spring Track (9th)- Varsity Letter</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work:
-Volunteer at my job (explained in Work category)
-Raise money for Autism Awareness at my school through bake sales and other means and participate in the Walk for Autism
-Volunteer at local college (explained above) participating in neuroscience research every week</p>
<p>Honors/Awards:
-Cum Laude (told by Guidance Counselor that I will most likely be placed in it)
-AP Scholar with Honors
-National Merit (Commended or Semi-Finalist)
-Girls' State (Secretary and Finance Director for my county)
-Cornell Book Award
-Math Honor Society
-Foreign Language Honor Society
-New York State Scholar Athlete (9th and 10th grade)
-Music Honor Society
-High Honor Roll All of High School
-Four Varsity Letters
-N.Y. State Senate Intern (Senator Spano)
-U.S. Senate Intern (Representative Nita Lowey)</p>
<p>Extra (academic):
-Very interested in neuroscience and I want to highlight it as it is the subject that I would like to study in college.</p>
<p>My core essay will be about my job (explained above) and will basically describe what a typical day is like with the kids, how I became interested in neuroscience, and why I plan to study it in college.</p>
<p>My AP Biology and AP English teacher have both agreed to write my recommendations.</p>
<p>My junior year I received straight A's in all of my AP classes and A+'s in all of my other classes (Advanced Math and Spanish). I received one B+ in high school from my 10th grade English teacher because of a ridiculous test she gave at the end of the year, but received an A in AP English the next year.</p>