<p>Magnet School in poor Urban Area--recognized as one of top schools in country
White Male
High-ish income but will request financial aid
Interested in: Social Sciences, Humanities, maybe math (basically everything except for science)</p>
<p>ACADEMICS
Rank: like 6/500 (top 2%)
GPA U/W: 3.86
GPA W: 4.29
Most rigorous load taken at HS--more APs than any other HS junior
One B (1st semester jr year, in ap chem)</p>
<p>APs
9th: Human Geo (5)
10th: Euro (5), Bio (5), French Lang (5)
11th: (expecting 4s and 5s) English Lang, Chem, Calc AB, Microecon, Macroecon, USH, Psych
12th: (to be taken) Eng Lit, Calc BC, Enviro, Comp Gov, US Gov, Stats?, French Lit</p>
<p>SAT
I've been getting 2330ish on practice tests</p>
<p>SAT2
Bio: 690
French: 760
Math, Bio retake, and 3rd test in fall (any recommendations for this test, btw?)</p>
<p>PSAT
230: 80 M, 78 W, 72 CR
(national merit semifinalist)</p>
<p>ACTIVITIES
--Forensics (Speech and Debate): definitely my favorite activity. i put more effort into it than any other extracurricular, and a lot of times it supersedes my class assignments.
I do: Policy Debate (1st alternate to nationals 2 years in row, league champs, valley champs, #8 in state our first year, #8 second year, cleared at invitational tournaments, various speaker awards)
Extemporaneous Speaking (awards at tournaments, state qualifier and national tournament participant)
plus some other speech events</p>
<p>--KEY Club: Sophomore year Pres, Jr year VP, Senior year Pres
have organized activities at abuse shelters, soup kitchens, and cultural centers, plus fundraisers; also got "spirit award" for division, lol</p>
<p>--Mock Trial (Freshman-Senior): pretrial and trial attorney</p>
<p>--Model UN: various awards, 8th grade-12th</p>
<p>--BackTalk (10-12): the local newspaper I wrote for--has a Sunday circulation of 300,000. paid job</p>
<p>--Tennis: JV 9-10, Varsity 11-12</p>
<p>Other activities: Link Crew, CSF, Human Relations Council, Jewish Youth Group (officer soph year)</p>
<p>Summer Programs:
10: Journalism Program at CSU Fresno
Debate Camp at Michigan State University</p>
<p>11: Dartmouth Debate Institute</p>
<p>Awards: not very many...mainly stuff for debate. Also, got awards for my nonfiction writing at the Young Writers Conference</p>
<p>Chances?</p>