Chances DUKE 2012

<p>What do you guys think?</p>

<p>Un-Weighted GPA (W/ Honors Points): 4.042 (Honors/AP courses add .018 per class per semester)
^^Exact wording from transcript
(7-point grading scale: 93%-100% = A, 85-92 = B, etc.)</p>

<p>CLASS RANK: 18/153 (Top 11.7% - Competitive private high school)*</p>

<p>ACT: 31 Composite (35 English, 33 Reading, 28 Math, 28 Science, 9 Writing) </p>

<p>AP CLASSES:
AP Biology - 3
AP Literature and Composition - 4
AP Language (senior year)
AP Psychology (senior year)
AP Macroeconomics (senior year)</p>

<p>24 Honors/AP Courses through Junior year</p>

<p>Father is deaf and blind and is on disability - not sure if this has any bearing.</p>

<p>EXTRA CURRICULARS:</p>

<p>-3 Years as Elected Class President
-Editor-in-Chief of award-winning school newspaper (2 years staff writer, editor senior year)
-Michigan Interscholastic Press Association Award for Informative/Investigative piece*
-Elected Peer Minister
-4 Years of Football (3 years as captain)
** * <em>- Division 4 State Champion. </em>
*
* <em>- Elected member of team Unity Council senior year
-4 years of Lacrosse (3 years on varsity)
-2 years of Basketball (2 years as captain)
-2-time Bronze award winner - National Spanish Exam
-Winner - Gerald R. Ford Museum Essay Contest
-Winner - Grand Rapids Economic Club Essay Contest
-Trigonometry summer course at Grand Rapids Community College
-Skipped the Seventh Grade</em>**
-3-time Superior rating - National Piano Exam
-Repeat participant in Piano Teacher's Guild Sonatina Festival
-Volunteer - No Barriers USA Foundation
- Guide for Deaf/Blind father
-Founder/CEO of SPAT Performance Footwear*
- Developing performance football cleat, worked with manufacturers/designers to eliminate wasteful athletic tape and prevent ankle injuries (Spat Performance Footwear - Cleats, Shoes, Footwear)
-Member of RenegadeCEOs - Incubator for a select group of teen entrepreneurs
-Inaugural University of Cincinnati DAAP Summer Design Experience Participant</p>

<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:</p>

<p>Local Country Club - 40 hrs./week in the summer
Local Health Club - 4 hrs./year round
Busboy at restaurant - 16 hrs./junior year for the first few months</p>

<p>LEGACY:
Michigan State University (mother)
University of Southern California (father and brother)
Miami University (Ohio) (brother)</p>