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<p>Hi, I am a first-generation male senior who attends a well-respected Catholic high school. Also, not sure if this makes a difference, but I am the only kid from my school that is applying to Davidson.</p>

<p>Major: Mathematics</p>

<p>SAT: M-730 CR-670
SAT II: Math II-750</p>

<p>GPA: 3.27 unweighted
Rank: 36 out of 227
I will have taken four AP classes by the end of high school: AP US History, AP Physics:C, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
-raised over $1300 for Make-A-Wish through fundraising events over two summers and received a Silver Star of Excellence from a local news station
- All-State Clarinet
- Concert Band
- Indoor Track
- Varsity Golf team
- Math Peer tutoring
- Billiards Club Champion
- National Honors Society
- over 300 hours of community service
- Ambassadors Club</p>

<p>Recommendations- Superb. Both from math teachers that my improvement. For the first two years of high school math was my worst subject but it is now my best.
Peer Recommendation- Very Good.
Essay- Excellent. Wrote about math in a unique way.
Honor Code Essay- Probably the weirdest essay that the Admissions counselor will have ever read. I wrote about Caramello candy and intertwined the honor code. </p>

<p>Thanks!!!!</p>

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<p>You should be pretty good. Davidson’s Board of Trustees implemented a rule years ago that said the student body of Davidson had to be 50/50 men to women. In today’s world, that translates to an advantage for men, as there are more female applicants than male applicants, yet they will accept the same number of each gender. Your credentials are good, but being a male will certainly help.</p>