<p>Hello readers. Just wanted to post up a couple of my statistics and ask your opinion of which schools I have a chance of acceptance. If you have any recommendations of any other schools I should attend besides any already list, please reply with them. Thank you very much for your time! :)</p>
<p>Hispanic Male, Low-Income Family, Abbott District School System</p>
<p>-- SAT (1st attempt):
Critical Reading - 570
Math - 620
Writing - 580
Overall: 1770/2400</p>
<p>-- SAT (2nd attempt):
Critical Reading - 600
Math - 630
Writing - 620
Overall: 1850/2400</p>
<p>-- Accu. GPA (Unweighted on a 4.0 Scale): 3.8064
-- Accu. GPA (Weighted on a 5.0 Scale): 4.85
-- Rank (As of June 2005): 1/414</p>
<p>-- Courses Completed:
Mathematics
a) Algebra 1 Honors
b) Geometry Honors
c) Algebra 2 Honors
d) Pre-Calculus
English
a) English 9Honors
b) English 10Honors
c) English 11 Honors
d) AP Language & Composition
Science
a) Biology 9Honors with Lab
b) Earth-Space 10Honors
c) Chemistry 11Honors w/ Lab
History
a) World History A
b) U.S. History 1Honors
c) U.S. History 2Honors
Electives
a) Food & You I & II
b) Journalism
c) Computer Applications I and Career Development</p>
<p>Independent Studies
a) Journalism (11th grade)</p>
<p>-- Courses Currently Being Taken
a) AP Literature & Composition
b) AP Biology & Lab
c) AP Calculus
d) AP U.S. History
e) Anatomy & Physiology Honors</p>
<p>-- Advanced Placement Exams:
English Language and Composition: 3 (Re-taking this year)
Spanish Language: 5 </p>
<p>-- Extracurricular Activties:
Academic Team (9,10,11,12)
a) President (11)
Achievers in Our High School(9, 10, 11)
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America (11)
Drama Club (11, 12)
Future Business Leaders of America (11, 12)
Key Club (11, 12)
a) Peer-to-Peer Tutoring (11, 12)
National Honor Society (11, 12)
a) Treasurer (12)
School Leadership Council (11, 12)
School Newspaper
a) Editor-in-Chef (11, 12)
b) News Editor (10)
Science Club (12)
Student Council Delegate (12)
Student Council Representative (9,10,11)
a) Junior Prom Committee (11)
Together In Greatness (TIGs) - Community Service Group (10, 12)</p>
<p>Community Service:
Sophomore Year (Community Service Group - TIGs):
- Assisted in a local Soup Kitchen
- Participated in educative performances for the community depicting the dangers of drug use and sexual intercourse
- Recited a statistical, informative lecture to the community's parents and teengers on sexually-transmitted diseases (STD's)
- Helped organized and supervise a community dance in the town's high school gymnasium
- Increased high schools' awareness of drugs' and sex's negativity through ribbons, t-shirts, etc.</p>
<p>Junior Year (Daycare Center/School Production/NHS/Key Club):
- Accomplished roughly 15 hours over the course of 4 months in a local daycare center
- Assisted in the behind-the-scenes organization of a high school production (Roughly 20 hours per school week; 60 hours during Winter Break)
- Assisted advisor in the creation of National Honor Society membership cards
- Prepared 2004-2005 induction ceremony's book-signing template
- Served as a bilingual translator for high school's annual Parents' Night (2004-2005, 2005-2006)
- Participated in community's annual Thanksgiving Drive (Serving food, holding raffles, etc.) (2004-2005, 2005-2006)
- Cooperated with 2004-2005, 2005-2006 Key Club Copy-Editors and fellow Key Club members in the designing and creation of the Key Club's school bulletin board
- Suggested multiple community service opportunities within Key Club meetings
- Baked goods and sold candy boxes for the increase of the Key Club's treasury
- Participated in a New York Law School Mock Trial as the Defendant</p>
<p>Senior Year (Key Club)
- Ribbons for Hurrican Relief (1 hour)
- Key Club Bulletin Board - October 5, 2005 - (2 hours)
- Freshmen Orientation Night - (2.5 hours)</p>
<p>Honorary Achievements/Recognitions:
2003-2005 Recognition for Work on High School Newspaper (The Memo)
2004-2005 Hudson County Science Fair Winner (Honorable Mention)</p>
<p>Schools Considered:
Cornell Univ
New York Univ
Brown Univ
Penn State Univ
Univ of Maryland
Johns Hopkins Univ
Rutgers Univ (New Brunswick)
Carnegie-Mellon Univ</p>