<p>Hello, I am currently a High School junior and will be a Senior for the 2014-2015 school year. I HOPE I get in to Northwestern University, University of Wisconsin Madison, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, UIUC, Washington University St. Louis, and Purdue University.</p>
<p>Stats
Race: Asian
Sex: Male
State: Illinois
UW GPA: 3.75 (This will improve to a 3.78 by the end of first semester Senior Year since I am confident about getting Straight A’s)
W GPA: 5.31
Rank: 57/591 (top 10%) (This will also improve)
ACT: 32 (I am taking this again in the fall, hoping for a 34)
SAT II's: Chemistry: 720
US History: 710
I took difficult classes throughout my high school career.
Senior Year schedule:
AP Bio
AP Calc AB
AP Lit
AP Macro
AP Govt
AP Spanish
Extracurricular Activities
Pep Club 9th grade - We painted signs for the school such as: "Football Game Versus SOUTH! Bring your School Spirit!"
Student Council 9th – 10th – 85 hours in total. Was on Homecoming Committee, and a few others.
Scholastic Bowl 9th -12th My favorite EC. It’s a mix between family feud and jeopardy with two teams from two different schools competing with one another. I was the best on the Junior Varsity team this year (11th) scoring the most points out of everyone. I will be next year’s varsity captain. My coach told me that I would have been on Varsity any other year besides this one, since this year’s team was VERY good. They were this year’s divisional champs. I have many goals for this team next year, (including becoming regional champs) and I might write my college essay on this.
Newspaper 11th -12th – Joined this year, and found that I love it. Even though we stayed at school until 9PM during every single Production week. I also became Sci-Tech-Health Editor, an important position of leadership.
Tennis 11th-12th – Tennis IS SO MUCH FUN! I regret not joining as a Freshman. At least the coach said I improved a lot despite our very short season due to the weird weather.
Key Club 11th – 12th Volunteering group
6 Hours of Volunteering on Primrose Farm for the “Primrose Farm Frolic!” I was assigned with supervising children on hay rides.
25 Hours of Tutoring children at the local middle school in math, English, science, and social studies. I will be the “Head Tutor,” a leadership position chosen by the school’s principal. I will be in charge with coordinating which days tutoring will be available and which students need the most help. (I will still be tutoring kids hands on)
Science Olympiad 11th -12th We engage in science competitions against other schools. The competitions include disciplines of science, such as astronomy, chemistry, etc. I won two awards on the Science Olympiad team. We won 6th at regionals, and went to state where we placed 12th.
Science Honor Society
Spanish Honor Society- 1 hour of tutoring SO FAR
I will also apply for different honor societies such as NHS, math, English, social studies during senior year.. but I don’t know if it will matter or not.
Mosque- My very strict teacher (who beat those that didn’t read well) taught me how to read the Quran beautifully in Arabic, an important milestone in any religious muslim’s life. I eventually become good enough to compete against other muslims from different mosques. </p>
<p>Awards
4th place JV Astronomy @ Huntley
1st place JV Astronomy @ Regionals
3rd Place Masonic Scholastic Bowl (Played on Varsity for this tournament)
Best on the JV Scholastic Bowl team
Top 10 scholastic bowl player @ Fenton out of 109 players
JV Team Scholastic Bowl Record 9-1
We lost one game because 2 good players had a big orchestra concert.
We won other awards last year and this year (mostly 1st place) but I don’t know the names of each tournament, so I will dig around to find those.
MSI – Selected in the Qirat Competition
I am a Muslim. I learned how to read the Quran in Arabic just as everyone in our Sunday School Mosque did. I beat the 14 students of my grade at the local mosque, then moved on to the regional competition where I lost in the “Qirat Competition.” This competition scores you on tajweed (grammatical accuracy), and pronunciation. It is much harder than most will think.
MSI- At my Sunday School I won an award for Quranic Studies
I also won one for Islamic Studies
I understand that Quranic and Islamic Studies are VERY Generic terms
8th Grade – President’s Award (May as well list this :P )</p>
<p>My Grades have been good throughout High School; however, Second Semester of Sophomore, I got straight B’s because I lost all motivation for studying since I was bullied a lot. (Got water thrown at my face speech class, girls randomly made fun of me, etc.) That’s why my GPA is so low. I have done much better Junior years.</p>
<p>Letters of Rec: They will be Great
One will be my AP Chem teacher. I struggled in her class during 1st semester, earning an 87%. Second Semester, I improved greatly, earning a 94% and scoring at the top of my class. I am sure she will talk about how I improved as the year went on… and I Loved the Class
The second will be My English Teacher, who was also my scholastic bowl. He will probably talk about my progression of becoming a great scholastic bowl player and becoming a better writer
The last one will be my counselor. She hasn’t known for too long since I just transferred to this High School in Junior Year.</p>
<p>Overall, I am unsure of whether I have a shot at getting in. Please be Honest, BRUTALLY HONEST if you must.
Don’t be afraid of criticizing me. Also, any tips on how I can improve are GREATLY appreciated.</p>
thank you</p>
BTW Im aiming to get my score to about 34 on the ACT. Will that significantly my chances?</p>