Intended Major: Political Science with a Minor in either Cinematic Arts or Journalism
GPA:
- Freshman Year: 88.2 I️ suffered from a serious illness for the first year and a half of my high school career. It was extremely detrimental to me and my ability to perform at school. I️ could provide more information if needed, but my grades improved immensely after the illness passed
- Sophomore Year: 90.7 - Did better Second semester than First
- Junior Year: 96
- APs/Honors: AP Euro, APUSH, AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Psych, Spanish 3 Honors, Pre-Calc Honors (School only offers 12 APs total. . 2/3 of them can only be taken senior year unless you are 2 years ahead in either a math or science).
ACT/SATs:
- SAT: Taking in May
- ACT: 34 (E - 35, M - 33, R - 36, S - 33)
- SAT IIs (I know they aren’t needed for USC): Will be taking in June US History, Literature, Not Sure (Most likely Math I or II)
ECs:
- Co-founded my city’s chapter of the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence - Large time commitment. Help to organize rallies and marches as well as raise awareness for gun legislation. You can do more research into this if you wish.
- Youth Leadership [Insert City Here] - Helped to teach us about our community, the leaders in our community and how to become better leaders. Did a service project throughout the year where we raised money and volunteered at a nonprofit in our community.
- Varsity Golf (3 years), Squash (2 years, though since it started as a varsity sport)
- Model UN: Pretty self explanatory, won a few delegate awards. Chance of leadership position next year.
- Youth and Government: Went to state capital to do a “mock legislature” with other schools in our state.
- Young Democrats Club: Will be president next year. Met to discuss current political events as well as debate the Young Republicans (A significantly larger club).
- Broadcasting Club: Broadcasted several sporting events for my high school.
- American Civil War History Club: Met to discuss the Civivl War. Battle strategies, Kahoots etc. Chance of officer position next year.
- Went on a service trip to the inner city for 6 days to work in a Soup Kitchen, School and “Mall”. May write essay on this.
- Decent chance I will be going to Kenya this summer to work in a hospital for 1-2 weeks. May write essay on this if (and hopefully when) it happens
Other:
State: New York
High School: Private, Jesuit
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Schools:
UCLA and USC are my top choices as of now. I will be interviewing this summer at USC. The other schools are (in no order) BC (Legacy), Notre Dame, Georgetown, Loyola Marymount, NYU, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, UCSD, American (Legacy), UCSB, Fordham. I also may apply to Dartmouth because I am a Legacy and it’s worth a shot.
I know my freshman and first half of sophomore year grades were low, but hoping my Junior and First half senior year grades, ECs and ACT/SATs can help make up for them.