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Colleges and Universities A-Z Occidental College
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<p>White, Male</p>

<p>Ca resident</p>

<p>First Generation College student</p>

<p>Rising senior</p>

<p>Taken heavy load of honors and ap courses.</p>

<p>Freshman year
1st semester: 3.85W
2nd semester :4.0W</p>

<p>Sophomore year 1st semester 3.714285W
2nd semester :4.166666W</p>

<p>Junior year: 1st semester: 4.166666W
2nd semester: 4.5W</p>

<p>Overall Weighted GPA:4.06 (10-12 gpa:4.13)
As from 10-11 grade my gpa from semester to semester has been going up.
NOTE: Marching band actually brought down my 1st semester GPA for Fresh. and soph. year.</p>

<p>I’m in the top 10 percent of my class for sure. I'm not exactly sure what percent. Maybe 6 or 7th percent. I’m not sure about my rank exactly because we just received our last semester’s grades.</p>

<p>SAT I 1610 (dec.1)</p>

<p>SAT II: Math II: 670
Chem 570</p>

<p>Senior year schedule:</p>

<p>AP Calc
AP physics
AP English
AP Econ/gov
AP art history</p>

<p>APs taken so far:
Chem.
US history</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>-2 years of Marching band: 2nd chair cymbal sophomore year (9,10)</p>

<p>-Drumline (9)</p>

<p>-CSF (10,11,12)</p>

<p>-1 year of student government</p>

<p>-NHS( 11,12)</p>

<p>-Academic decathlon (11,12)
In the county competition: Outstanding interview award
4th in math
4th in lit
4th in interview
5th in speech
Our team placed 2nd overall</p>

<p>-FBLA (10,11,12)
Historian (11)
Placed 5th in county competition for business math. (Top five advance to state competition) (10)
Voting delegate for county comp. (11)</p>

<p>-For the summer I’m also attending a summer science program called Copernicus this summer</p>

<p>By the time I apply for colleges I will have at least 200 hours of community service. I’ve helped mostly at my local senior cen</p>

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<p>my son is a rising junior at oxy.....your classes and grades make you very competitive and the community service hours will be noticed. Your test scores are low for Oxy....the accepted students for fall '08 had an average SAT of just over 2000, I believe...definitely study and take it again and try the ACT, also. Definitely schedule an interview..your ec's show that you would do well in this setting, I believe it made all the difference with my son's application process.....come with a "resume" that shows your complete picture, use this as a basis for talking about what interests you. Oxy's a great school, good luck to you!</p>

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<p>^Come with a resume? What exactly do you mean?</p>

<p>Also thanks kbl. Your post helped a lot!</p>

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<p>One of the challenges in the application process is to communicate who you are. The interview allows you the personal opportunity to talk about what is important to you and to explore the fit between you and the college. By handing the interviewer a "resume", i.e. an information sheet that details your activities, interests, awards, extracurriculars, etc. it often directs the conversation to questions about what's on the paper and my son found that it was really just a helpful tool in the process.</p>

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<p>PERRY JAMESON</p>

<p>1515 Stanley Drive #62
Hometown, KS 66202
<a href="mailto:perry.jameson@dbplanet.com">perry.jameson@dbplanet.com</a><a href="913">/email</a> 555-1938</p>

<p>EDUCATION
Completed three years at Hometown High School.
Graduation date: May 2005.
G.P.A. 3.85. Top 5% of class.</p>

<p>EXPERIENCE
Newspaper Staff Member, Hometown High School</p>

<p>Aug 2004 - present. Features editor of campus newspaper.
Aug 2001 - Aug 2004. Researched information for news articles using library and Web sources. Composed and edited informational articles, columns, editorials, and advertising copy.
Yearbook Committee Member, Hometown High School</p>

<p>Aug 2004 - present. Editor-in-chief of yearbook staff. Leader of design and publication teams from initial layout through finished product.</p>

<p>Aug 2003 - Aug 2004. Yearbook staff member. Experience taking photographs, designing layout, and writing captions and sidebars.
RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES
Technical writing; advanced composition; debate; video production; computer classes providing knowledge of word processing, desktop publishing, and Web software.</p>

<p>HONORS, AWARDS, AND MEMBERSHIPS</p>

<p>U.S. Media Association Scholarship recipient
Scholarship based on academic achievement, community service, and campus participation and leadership in high school communications projects and studies.
2004 Best High School Newspaper Design winner
Central State Regional Communications Contest, sponsored by the Communications Department, State University.
President of high school chapter of
Future Communicators of America (FCA), 2004 - present
Member, 2003 - present.
Treasurer of National Honor Society, 2004 - present</p>