<p>hey guys (and gals). </p>
<p>for starters, i'm hispanic, i've got fantastic recs, go to a private catholic school in CA, have good essays that talk about how i have had to deal with hardships like my grandmother being incredibly ill and abscence of a parent;</p>
<p>i have a 3.45UW, 3.56 W, have taken 3/5 possible honors courses almost every semester (except for frosh year). </p>
<p>AP's-</p>
<p>Span. Lang- 5
AP English-4
AP US Hist.-3</p>
<p>Sat II's-
Span-770
Lit.-720</p>
<p>ACT-33</p>
<p>Extra Currics-
2 Years Varsity Track
4 Years football
2 years doing finances for this independent company my sister's friend created (and a summer job at starbucks)
I've been working with relay for life with my 2 other friends the last 2 years/quite a few comm. service hours (which include another mandatory project our school has us do)</p>
<p>Awards wise, i've gotten like 5 but those are all school awards (honors convocation, etc)</p>
<p>Here are the places i'm looking at:</p>
<p>Georgia Tech
Penn State
UCLA
USC
U of Miami
Illinois
U of Washington
U of Wisconsin
Wake Forest
U of Florida
and finally, Boston College</p>