<p>Background:
Male - Latino
Springfield, VA
Class of 2010
1st Generation American, both parents are immigrants
Among 1st generation of family to graduate high school (I'm the youngest of four)
In 1st generation of family to go to college
Bilingual - English, and Spanish. I speak French at a pretty advanced level so I guess you could include that as well.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.44</p>
<p>Curriculum:
Freshmen and Sophomore: All Honors
Junior: Honor Physics and PreCalc, AP US and Lang
Senior: AP: Physics B, Calculus BC, Psychology and French
Language: 5 Years of French</p>
<p>SAT:
Critical Reading: 680
Math: 700
Writing: 670
Out of 1600: 1380
Total: 2050</p>
<p>AP:
Have Taken: US History (5) and Lang (4)
Going to take: Physics B, Calculus BC, Psychology, and French
Going to self-study and test for: AP Gov and Lit</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Hispanic Heritage Club - 3 years, planning on doing it senior year
Been a Club official since sophomore year and will be for senior year as well
12 Hours Volunteer Service for Obama Campaign
Yearly Thanksgiving Food Drive at a Local Organization
Leadership Training from Hispanic College Fund
5 Days Volunteer work - RA Assistant/Near-peer mentor at the 2009 Northern Virginia Hispanic Youth Symposium</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
NHD Regional Finalist - 2008</p>
<p>Other remarks:
I'm a pretty solid writer
Play two instruments:violin and guitar</p>
<p>Possible Majors:
Psychology, Physics</p>
<p>Colleges:
VCU
UVA
JMU
NYU
Cornell
Columbia
and if anybody has any other suggestions for colleges that would be appreciated</p>
<p>Thats me in a nutshell. As for colleges, I'm really looking for any college, in state and out of state, that can give me the full experience, so suggestions are much wanted. I'm not sure what my combined household income is but it can't be much considering the fact that my brother who is going to VCU in the fall is practically getting a full ride. The tuition/financial aid is a big factor for me as I'm trying to reduce the financial strain on my family as much as possible. If I had to state a preference, I'd go with an urban college thats on the smaller side but thats not completely stringent. Also, I've been told that being Latino, 1st Generation, and having an SAT score like mine can really help with the college application process, if anybody can assess the validity of that statement for me that'd be much appreciated. Thanks for the help!</p>