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<p>Major: International Relations or Political Science
Female
Black (African, moved to the US at 5)
Georgia
rising senior at a state not nationally ranked top school</p>

<p>Academics:
GPA – UW 3.56, W 3.92
top 20% out of 405
AP: 3 – World History, 4 – APUSH and AP Psych.
Will take Comp Gov, US Gov, Euro and English Lit senior year</p>

<p>SAT:
W 590
M 600
CR 640
Will retake in October
Yet to take SATII</p>

<p>EC:
Elected student body president for 08-09
Producer and co-founder of school news show
Captain of debate team</p>

<h2>Captain of model UN team</h2>

<p>JV Basketball 9 and 10
JV Track 9</p>

<h2>Varsity Track 10</h2>

<p>Several school theatre productions (cast or makeup) in 9 and 10</p>

<h2>More publicity crew in 11 and 12</h2>

<p>Also a member of Beta Club, Academic Team, and Prayer Club</p>

<p>Honors/Awards:
NFL Speech and Debate Degree of Distinction (tons of tournament awards)
NFL National Qualifier, once
National AP Scholar
Lots of local/county awards (optimist student, honor roll, etc.)</p>

<p>Volunteer:
Very active in local congressman’s re-election campaign (close to him too, possible rec?)
Big brothers/big sisters
Other stuff (relay for life, local police station summer camp, etc.)</p>

<p>Fin aid isn’t that big of a deal
My essays will be rather good. Not amazing, but rather good.</p>

<p>So, chances? Or should I look somewhere else? Thanks!</p>

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<p>GPA and SAT scores look a little weak. But you are an athlete and a URM and your EC's look pretty good. I would try real hard to get those test scores up. And, I would have a back-up plan.</p>