<p>I would greatly appreciate it if you took the time to read this and provide me with a little feedback concerning my application. If admitted, I intend to major in linguistics.</p>
<p>hispanic male attending public school in new york, did not grow up speaking spanish
SAT: 2090 (740 reading, 610 math, 740 writing) *taking again in october
Subject Tests: 770 world history, 750 us history, 700 spanish, 680 spanish w/ listening
AP exams: 5 world history, 5 us history, 5 european history, 5 english language, 2 biology
GPA of 94 and ranked in top 10% of class</p>
<p>Athletics: Fall 2006 JV Football, Spring 2007, 2008 JV Tennis, Spring 2009, 2010 Track and Field, Winter 2009 - Indoor Track</p>
<p>Clubs: Rotary Interact, Multicultural Club, Spanish Club, French Club, Junior Statesmen of America (President, Spring 2008-Fall 2009). Volunteer work done in all, as well as traveling to debates and minicons for JSA.</p>
<p>National Honor Society, President 2009-2010
Foreign Language Society</p>
<p>Extracurricular: Special Olympics volunteer - March 2009, Peer tutoring and National Honor Society community service 2009-2010, community service hours while studying abroad in Cádiz, Spain</p>
<p>Studies Abroad - the crux of my application
Summer 2008: Traveled to Marbella, Spain with a student group to study Spanish Language and Culture via an immersion program in the international Enforex School for 3 weeks. There, classes were taught for 3 hours each morning by native Spanish speakers; amongst other students from across Europe.</p>
<p>Summer 2009: Traveled to Cádiz, Spain with a student group to take advanced courses in Spanish Language for 3 hours each morning at the local school, along with living with a local family in a homestay. In the afternoons, we performed community service by cleaning up the local beaches and creating a project at the end.</p>
<p>Junior Schedule - A in every class, 95.85 avg overall
AP Biology, AP US History, Precalc, AP European History, Syracuse Spanish 201 (freshman level Spanish course), French IV Honors, AP English Language</p>
<p>Senior Schedule:
Physics, AP Comparative Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish, AP French, AP English Literature, Psychology</p>
<p>Misc.
For my intended major of linguistics, i should also note that i taught myself french throughout my sophomore year and the summer of 2008 to the level where i will taking AP french this upcoming year. additionally, i have started teaching myself russian this summer and will continue to do so throughout the school year.</p>
<p>thank you for taking the time to read this!</p>