<p>-Micronesian/asian (Chamorro/Filipino) from the Northern Mariana Islands</p>
<p>-GPA: 4.5</p>
<p>-SAT: 2040 ; Reading: 640, Math: 680, Writing: 720
(might retake in june and actually study for it lols)</p>
<p>-class rank: top 5%, possibly #1 but i'm not sure yet</p>
<p>-Honors courses (my school doesn't offer AP): Biology, Chemistry, American Literature, Business Writing, Pre-Calculus. prospective honors/AP courses for senior year: British Literature, Calculus, AP Physics (dual enrollment w/ another high school), AP US Government (JSA)</p>
<p>-Student gov't: class president, freshman and junior year</p>
<p>-national junior honor society AND national honor society (1 year each; favored to be next NHS president come senior year). planning on joining Americorps for senior year</p>
<p>-competitions: 1st place cnmi math court (geometry), 3rd place academic challenge bowl, 5th place attorney general's cup speech competition</p>
<p>-sports: varsity coed volley, girls volley, girls rugby, girls soccer, girls outrigger canoe racing (i only plan on continuing soccer and canoe racing for senior year)</p>
<p>-volunteering: avg 4hrs/month for soph and junior year (beach clean-ups, campus clean-ups, tutoring, assisting teachers, going to food banks, and whatever others i could get my hands on); church singer and lector</p>
<p>-others: school rep to taro leaf youth diversity workshop CNMI 2009, pss youth advisory panel 2009, summer health careers program 2009, grace christian academy writer's club, band member (lead/background vocalist, lead/rhythm guitarist, bassist), JSA Georgetown 2010</p>
<p>-spoke on behalf of my school system to panels of legislators at several public hearings</p>
<p>-1 of 6 recipients of a full scholarship to jsa 2010 in the cnmi. chosen out of 38 applicants</p>
<p>-circumstances:
-parent makes under 60k/year and will be sending my sister to college this fall
-living in the middle of the pacific ocean on an island with an increasing cost of living and a decreasing quality of life
-my high school serves probably the most underprivileged/traditional Micronesian area on island. many students are ESL and avg reading level there is about 7th grade. low scores on standardized tests = less funding = minimal resources: outdated library; lack of calculators and computers available for students; NO SCIENCE EQUIPMENT save some beakers, microscopes and some slides; ONE foreign language class (Japanese); no gym facilities, all gym classes are held outside of campus; few electives (no music, auto mechanics, band, drama/theatre, etc.); not enough $$$ to buy classic books for english classes to read, which has recently led one senior to ask "what's a shakespeare?"; no money incentives for qualified teachers, thus we are stuck with some highly UNqualified teachers; NO AP CLASSES, which i absolutely hate; and other stuff, but honestly i really don't need to say any more than i already have >_<</p>
<p>-colleges i'm considering...
ucla
boston college
u of south florida bs/md
penn state u bs/md
nyu
barnard college (REEEEEAAAAAACCCHHHHHHH!)
george washington u bs/md
rice (not a fan of houston and never considered the school, but they sent me an email on cappex so i thought i'd check it out)</p>
<p>chance me pls! lol i'm expecting heat from you guys wooo...</p>