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<p>Jewish White male</p>

<p>South florida</p>

<p>Major: Math</p>

<p>ACT: 31 (29R, 29E, 34M, 30S) essay:10 i no it's not that great</p>

<p>SAT 2s: taking Math 1, Math 2, and Chem in October. I'll probably only send Math 2 and Chem. Been getting 770+ on Math 2 practices and 700+ on Chem practices.</p>

<p>IB Diploma Candidate</p>

<p>Rank: 8/324 as of 5/7/09</p>

<p>GPA UW: 3.9
GPA W: 4.975</p>

<p>Classes:</p>

<p>Freshmen year:
Pre IB World History B/A
Pre IB Biology A/A
Pre IB French 2 B/A
Journalism 2 A/A
Research I/II (Physics H) A/A
Pre IB English 1 B/B
Precalculus A/A
MAC 2311 Calc 1 A</p>

<p>Sophomore year:
AP Calc AB A/A
Pre IB Chem A/A
AP Stats A/A
Pre IB French 3 A/A
AP US govt/VPS A/A
IB Computer Studies 1 A/A
AP English Lang A/A
AP Art History A/A
MAC 2312 Calc 2 A
ECO 2013 Macroecon A</p>

<p>Junior year:
IB Math Methods 2 SL A/A
IB Computer Studies 2 SL A/A
AP/IB English Lit SL A/A
IB Chem SL A/A
IB French 4 B SL - year 1 B/B I HATE FRENCH AND MY TEACHER IS BIAS!!! >
IB American History SL A/A
Research 6/IB TOK A/A
AP Micro A
MAC 2313 Calc 3 A
MAP 2302 Diff Eq A</p>

<p>Senior year:
IB Math HL
Discrete Math/Graph Theory
IB English HL
IB Chem HL
IB French SL - year 2
IB History of the Americas HL (yes 4 HL... what was I thinking lol)
IB TOK</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>September ’07- December ‘07 AP Statistics tutor
Reason for leaving: It interfered with extra curricular activities and school work.</p></li>
<li><p>June ’08 – November ’08 Lifeguard</p></li>
<li><p>Group head in Freshmen Class Council: In charge of creating the float, which placed 3rd.</p></li>
<li><p>Sophomore Class Council - Sergeant-at-Arms</p></li>
<li><p>Junior Class council</p></li>
<li><p>Group head in Project Earth- Recycling Program.</p></li>
<li><p>Delegate for Mu Alpha Theta.</p></li>
<li><p>Envirothon Captain</p></li>
<li><p>Treasurer for Leukemia Inspired Fundraising Events (L.I.F.E.) club</p></li>
<li><p>Treasurer for National Honor Society</p></li>
<li><p>Created and President of ACE (Anti-Cheating Effort)</p></li>
<li><p>Big Brother and Big Sister Program participant (10): purpose of program is to motivate potential drug abusers, potential gang members, etc. under the age of 12 to use the alternative path and encourage him or her to be a good student along with an all around good person.</p></li>
<li><p>Varsity Swimmer (9,10,11): accomplishments: qualifier for district and county meets</p></li>
<li><p>Varsity Water polo (10,11)</p></li>
<li><p>Mu Alpha Theta (Math team/honor society) (9,10,11): accomplishments- attended state competition, received top score in the pre-calculus individual round at the state competition, qualified for team round at the state competition.
-Subjects competed in: 9th- Pre-calculus, 10th- Statistics and Calculus, 11th- Calculus</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteer Tutor (Algebra 1 (H), Geometry (H), Algebra 2 (H), Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, Calculus H, AP Statistics, and Statistics H) (10,11)</p></li>
<li><p>French Club (10)</p></li>
<li><p>Project Earth (9,10,11)</p></li>
<li><p>Florida Math League participant (9,10,11)</p></li>
<li><p>AMC 10 participant (9,10)</p></li>
<li><p>AMC 12 participant (11)</p></li>
<li><p>Envirothon (10,11) – Won 5th place overall in 2008.</p></li>
<li><p>Money collector for a school competition- Class that collects the most change in 2 weeks wins. All money went to help poverty in Africa. Sacrificed my lunch period for 2 weeks collecting change. (9)</p></li>
<li><p>Accepted to Law Week 2008 – Selected students were accepted to have a tour of the West Palm Beach court house and learn more about the way trials work.(10)</p></li>
<li><p>Nominated for the National Honor Society (10,11)</p></li>
<li><p>Lifeguard (10,11)</p></li>
<li><p>AP scholar with distinction since 2008- average AP score of 3.5 or higher and have at least 5 AP exams with a score of 3 or higher (10)</p></li>
<li><p>Recruited onto the Palm Beach Community College math team (11). Won 3rd place individually at the State Competition.</p></li>
<li><p>Top singer at Freeform (11) – A local talent show in the county that has been recognized for displaying the most talented performers.</p></li>
<li><p>Princeton Book Award</p></li>
</ul>

<p>I have a FANTASTIC rec from my english teacher I had for both freshmen and junior year. I went from getting Bs in her class freshmen year to all As junior year and an A on my IB internal assessment. She is like my best friend and she went to Brown, UVA, and UMichgan.</p>

<p>I went through a lot my junior year. Including finding out about an affair my dad had with many many people, which was an issue even after we found out. he got caught 3 more times after. Also, i almost moved midyear, which caused stress and some how we got called by the Department of child services saying i was getting beaten and I wasn't... It was strange, but more stress. Threat that my brother had cancer. more stress...</p>

<p>FANTASTIC rec from my guidance counselor! I love her!! lol.</p>

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<p>i’m a give you a second chance swimme</p>

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<p>Looks like you keep busy- make sure you write the optional (not really) essay in the supplement giving further insight to one of your activites (since you have so many!) I would also consider retaking your ACT (most applicants will have 33+) or giving the SAT a shot. Although test scores aren’t everything, a lot of kids who apply and get in have very high test scores. Luckily your year is the first that College Board will allow to select specific tests to be sent to colleges rather than having all scores sent to them. This way, they won’t know how many times you took the test to get a higher score. Another important thing to keep in mind when applying is that Harvard requires that all applicants submit 3 SAT II subject test scores to even be considered for admission. Best of luck</p>

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<p>as of now, you aren’t even in consideration in Harvard’s eyes. They want a humanities SATII too (hint hint)</p>

<p>Your GPA is fine, your rank isn’t that good though. Unless you go to a top-in-state school. You have tons of ECs, and some wins in smaller contests. Unless I read wrong though, you never made AIME, so Harvard will know you aren’t tops in math.</p>

<p>I’d say you have a chance, and that you are a decent applicant. On the down side, though, you don’t have anything stellar to really boost your chances like intel, USA_O, etc.</p>

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<p>Retake the ACT, try for a 33+ as advised above, or take the SAT I. Remember you need three SAT IIs for Harvard.</p>

<p>If you get your test scores up, you are in the running, as your GPA is fine, and ECs show you’re a busy guy…good luck!</p>

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<p>hhaah I loved it when you said ur french teacher is biased :slight_smile: make sure that tone isn’t in ur essays though, since that tone equals rejections, I promise u in any college…but you look good.</p>

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<p>i thought intel was only for seniors</p>