<p>Regular Decision, Poli-sci major
UW GPA: 3.625, Class rank 14% (yeah. i know.) (Notes on rank: weighted, at a public magnet school, so roughly 90 students have transferred out [360 graduating, 450 freshies])
Improving grade trend in spite of harder courses in Junior year
Rigor: IB Diploma; double science (Bio/Chem), double math (Calc BC/Stats) replacing Latin 4, went up to Latin 4 IB within 3 years
-Will be taking 5 IB exams and 8 AP exams senior year, including Macro/Micro/USGov (note political ECs) with appropriate sciences, math, and language
Tests: 5 AP exams, average score 4.8; Latin SL score: 5/7
SAT: 2160 (710 R, 750 M, 700 W), <strong><em>NO SAT IIs</em></strong>
Volunteer work: ~300 hours, not exactly high-level work
Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar with Distinction, 4th place regional science fair</p>
<p>Format (copied and pasted from my UC application: Activity & Description Years)
NJCL Competition (Most in G11)
1st Nationally Greek Life/Lit (lvl 4/Advanced); 1st States Greek Lit/Best in Show, 8th Roman Republic History (Adv); 1st in Greek Lit/1st Hellenic History Local 9th 10th 11th 12th
Joe Berg Society Member
Nominated by school (20 per school, ~400 nominated in region), selected after taking test in sciences/humanities (100 selected); att seminars and volunteer work 10th 11th 12th
World Affairs Council
Club President equivalent; Led discussions on World Affairs/Organized meetings; School's representative for local 'International Crisis Meeting Exercise', 2nd Place regional WorldQuest 2012 and 2013 10th 11th 12th
Young Democrats
Founder/Club President; est. ties with Teenage Republicans, created column in school newspaper/IB magazine for politics; launched voter registration drive 10th 11th 12th
IB Magazine + Literary Mag
Poetry section editor/contributor; politics contributor for Young Democrats; helped set quarterly theme; also submitted pieces on philosophy and psychology 11th 12th</p>