<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>GPA- 4.0 (unweighted; not sure about weighted, but I have only ever gotten one B in any class and that was in AP English for one grading period, so the semester average is an A)</p>
<p>SAT- Waiting for new score...estimating for at least a 1450 and hopefully a 1500 or over (with all three combined maybe about a 2280)</p>
<p>SAT II- World History 800, US History 800, Literature 770, taking Math in November</p>
<p>2nd in class of competitive high school</p>
<p>5's in all AP exams (4)</p>
<p>National Merit Commended Scholar</p>
<p>Recommendation from an associate dean at a prestigious college (knows me well)</p>
<p>Woodmen of the WOrld Award for American History</p>
<p>Headmaster's List</p>
<p>Gold Medals</p>
<p>Student Marshal</p>
<p>National Honor Society</p>
<p>Rotary Club Student of the Month</p>
<p>Have published "Seeking Peace in the Horn of Africa: Solutions for Somalia"</p>
<p>Won a case judged by the dean of Duke Law School</p>
<p>2 research Initiatives at Duke</p>
<p>Course at Harvard: I was just bored, and was wondering how much an A in International Law at Harvard would help me for Yale, for Harvard. and in a broader sense at any college. It just popped in my head because the Yale information session guy was talking about how hard it is to get A's at those schools. The course was extremely tough and I was pretty surprised I got an A.</p>
<p>400 hours of community service</p>
<p>D.C. Trip to help the homeless</p>
<p>Presidential Service Scholar</p>
<p>SERV Society Leader</p>
<p>Leader of Project to help orphans in Texas (raised 3000 dollars)</p>
<p>play guitar and clarinet</p>
<p>do creative writing, and am working on a 120,000 word novel</p>
<p>many clubs of the standard fare</p>
<p>I have worked as an employee in 3 places
Governor's Page</p>
<p>Rotary Club Model United Nations Delegate to Winnipeg, Canada (selected out of competitive group)</p>
<p>in Amnesty International and Greenpeace</p>
<p>lots of other stuff.......</p>
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<p>P.S.--I was also wondering how much those spots on the recommendation form that the teacher checks count. Most teachers at our school are very honest and careful in the checking of them, and if you really stop and think about it being the top 1 percent of something is extremely hard and nearly no one is that. My recommenders wrote very good recommendations, but as they are hard in grading, I expect that they will probably be tough with the check marks on the recommendation sheet.</p>
<p>Other info:</p>
<p>I am Lebanese-American with refugee parents; Will being "Other" or Lebanese-American help at all, by the way?
I am not legacy :(.
I love Yale!!!!</p>
<p>I applied SCEA.</p>
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<p>I tried to only put big things, although there are others. Thanks, and GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU ALSO!!!!</p>