Chances RD!! :)

<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>

<p>I think you have a great chance at Emory… just make sure you focus on a few extracurriculars in your application and essay. Don’t give a laundry list… the laundry list you wrote on this thread looks like you are not committed to any of them (aka you are spreading yourself to thin).</p>

<p>Also, be sure to demonstrate interest… you can do so by visiting campus, meeting with an admissions rep, going to an information session in your area, or ordering a VideoVisit. If you have any questions about the process, feel free to PM me because I went through the admissions process at Emory this year and almost decided to attend there.</p>

<p>BTW, you may want to look into applying for the Emory Scholars program.</p>