<p>I applied ED1 and have been around this forum for a while. Figure I might as well ask some honest opinions. Sorry in advance for making you read a longish post...</p>
<p>High School:</p>
<p>Northern Highlands Regional HS (New Jersey)
Very, very competitive public school
Aprox. 1300 students, 350 in graduating class
Does not rank students</p>
<p>Transcript:</p>
<p>GPA is 3.840 weighted
~3.65 unweighted
4.142 W Junior Year</p>
<p>Nothing lower than a B, nothing lower than a 2 B+'s (AP classes) since freshman year.</p>
<p>All courses on the Honors level if offered with the exception of bio, chem, and 4 years of math</p>
<p>Currently enrolled in a Syracuse University writing/literature class offered at my high school (6 SU credits upon completion which are accepted at almost any US college). It is technically dual enrollment but its taught at my HS with a teacher trained at Syracuse.</p>
<p>Test Scores:</p>
<p>SATI: 730 Math, 760 Crit Reading, 730 Writing (1490/2220)</p>
<p>SATII: 800 US History, 710 Math 1C</p>
<p>AP US History: 5
AP Macroeconomics: 5
AP Spanish Lang: currently enrolled in class
AP European History: currently enrolled in class</p>
<p>Extra-Curriculars:</p>
<p>Ultimate Frisbee, 10-12</p>
<p>Badminton, 10-12</p>
<p>Debate (policy debate, in pairs):
1st place overall team 2005-2006
1st place overall individual speaker (set all-time league record in speaker points)
1st place in all but 2 meets (2nd in one of the 2)</p>
<p>DECA (nation-wide marketing club):Sophomore Year: 1st place Sophomore Promotional Campaign in the state of New Jersey, 1/3 sophomores at my HS to make Nationals (220 club members)
Junior Year: 2nd Place overall BSM event, 1st place overall Quiz Bowl for the state of New Jersey, qualified for Nationals in both events. #1 Quiz Bowl test score in the United States at National competition.</p>
<p>Fed Challenge (mock federal reserve competition run by the real fed bank):
1 of 2 students selected from a tryout group of 15. Worked like 35 hours a week on this.</p>
<p>Stock Market club:
Member 9-12, Elected president sophomore year</p>
<p>Summer 2005:
Worked for a fruit importing/exporting company (family business) doing administrative and computer work.</p>
<p>2 Week Teenage Republican Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. I met with Congressman, Senators, pundits, advisors, pollsters, military officials, and President Bush.</p>
<p>Summer 2006:
5 week community service project in Costa Rica. 80 hours CS building a community kitchen, cleaning up the rain forest. 2 week Homestay, Spanish language immersion.
Worked on the Hunts Point terminal market in the Bronx, NY unloading trucks, filling orders for industrial buyers and other kinds of physical labor.</p>
<p>I am a Caucasian, Jewish Male</p>
<p>I want to major in economics/history, which Vandy offers together.</p>
<p>Interview went very, very well with a well-respected alumnus.</p>
<p>My other schools:
Duke University
University of Virginia
UNC- Chapel Hill
Wash U St Louis
Emory University
Wake Forest University
Tulane University
University of Richmond
Lehigh University
American University
Clemson University</p>
<p>Thanks alot for your help guys and sorry I made you read all that!</p>