<p>Background:
Male - Latino
Springfield, VA
Class of 2010
1st Generation American, both parents are immigrants
Among 1st generation of family to graduate high school (I'm the youngest of four)
In 1st generation of family to go to college
Bilingual - English, and Spanish. I speak French at a pretty advanced level so I guess you could include that as well.</p>
<p>GPA: W-3.435 (should be a 3.47 at end of first quarter if I ace all my classes, which i plan to do)
UW- Not provided
Class Rank: Not provided</p>
<p>Curriculum:
Freshmen and Sophomore: All Honors for core classes
Junior: Honor Physics and PreCalc, AP US and Lang
Senior: AP: Physics B, Calculus BC, Psychology and French, and also a Speech/debate class
and the other required core courses
Language: 5 Years of French
Fine Art: one year of concert orchestra, one year of guitar</p>
<p>SAT:
Critical Reading: 680
Math: 700
Writing: 670
Out of 1600: 1380
Total: 2050</p>
<p>Subject Tests:
Physics:680
Math Lvl. 2: 680
US History: 710</p>
<p>AP:
Have Taken: US History (5) and Lang (4)
Taking: Physics B, Calculus BC, Psychology, and French</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Hispanic Heritage Club - 4 years
Been a Club official since sophomore year and will be for senior year as well
12 Hours Volunteer Service for Obama Campaign
Yearly Thanksgiving Food Drive at a Local Organization
Leadership Training from Hispanic College Fund
5 Days Volunteer work - RA Assistant/Near-peer mentor at the 2009 Northern Virginia Hispanic Youth Symposium
Volunteer Work for a Local Delegate's Campaign</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
NHD Regional Finalist - 2008
CollegeBoard National Hispanic Recognition Program Honorable Mention</p>
<p>Other remarks:
I'm a pretty solid writer
Play two instruments:violin and guitar</p>
<p>Possible Majors:
Psychology, Physics</p>
<p>Prospective schools:
VCU, JMU, VaTech, UVA, UR, Eugene Lang, Will take any recommendations for schools</p>
<p>Thats me in a nutshell. I really need help finding colleges that might be a good match because theres so much variety and I have no clue of where would be good for me. As for colleges, I'm really looking for any college, in state and out of state, that can give me the full experience, so suggestions are much wanted. I am looking more for colleges in Virginia and NYC just cause I'd love to live there. I'm not sure what my combined household income is (below $60,000 a year I believe). The tuition/financial aid is a extremely important factor for me as I'm trying to reduce the financial strain on my family as much as possible. If I had to state a preference, I'd go with an urban college thats on the smaller side but thats not completely set in stone.Thanks for the help!</p>