<p>Trying to get into:
UPenn* (Top choice)
University of Chicago* (Top choice)
Northwestern University
Gerogetown University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
Brown
Duke (Top Choice)
Vanderbilt
Rice
Emory
USC
Boston College</p>
<p>I am a current senior in high school.</p>
<p>My unweighted GPA is 3.801
Weighted is 4.614
My SAT score was 2330
ACT: 33
This is my profile: (the commas separate the grades of the classes into semesters)
Freshman:
Biology Honors: B,A
Geometry Honors: B,C
English Honors: A,B
Guitar: A,A
Spanish: A,B
Journalism: C
P.E.: A
World History: A,B</p>
<p>Sophomore:
European History AP: A,A
Computer Science AP:A,A
Art History AP:A,A
World History AP: A,A
English 2 Honors:A,A
Algebra 2 Honors:A,A
Spanish 2:A,A
Chemistry @ Johns Hopkins: A,A</p>
<p>Junior:
United States History AP: A,A
Psychology AP: A,A
Physics B AP: A,A
English 3 Honors: A,A
Pre Calculus Honors: A,A
Spanish 3 Honors: A,A
Environmental Science AP: A,A
Mass Media @ UPenn: A,A
American Popular Culture @ UPenn: A,A</p>
<p>Senior: (Predicted)
English Literature AP: A,A
English Language AP: A,A
Physics C AP: A,A
Calculus AB AP: A,A
AP Gov/AP Econ: A,A
Spanish AP: A,A</p>
<p>I screwed up freshman year, but as you can see, I've significantly improved. :D
I have been accepted to UPenn's pre-college program (courses were on Mass Media and Popular Culture) from 2 summers now.
I have also been accepted to Brown's pre-college program (Mass Media).
Selected for Johns Hopkins Pre-College Program (Chemistry).
Selected for two long term internships for the past three years in LA Times and a UCLA based independent television and radio organization (I worked under the director of Radio scripting) whose purpose is to promote the Green movement.
Selected for an internship program at USC's student radio station.
I was a semi-finalist in the National Merit Scholarship choosing.
I am the president of the National English Honors Society.
President and founder of a volunteering and community service club on campus. (60 members) (the club's accumulated hours adds up to 20,000 + hours)
Editor in Chief of the school's literary magazine.
Junior writer of the Los Angeles Times.
Vice President of the National Spanish Honors Society.
Member of the National Science Honors Society.
Written over 300 blogs for my internship and for my own website and interests.
Posted over 200 video logs for my volunteering club, and we have an audience of over 2,000.
Founder and president of my club's video log website, the largest website made on campus ever.</p>
<p>My very detailed recommendations are from my English teacher, my counselor, the chief senior staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and the Chief Columnist (who is an alumnus of Harvard) for the Houston Chronicles.</p>
<p>AP Tests:
Microeconomics:5
Macroeconomics:5
United States History:5
European History:5
Computer Science:5
Art History:5
Physics B:5
Psychology:5
Human Geography: 5
Environmental Science: 5
I plan to get 5's on the six other AP tests i will take senior year.</p>
<p>Awards:
Gold Medal for Junior California Taekwondo tournament. (3 Times)
(Silver Medal twice)
National USA Taekwondo championship semi-finalist.
Junior Writers for America Finalist
Principle's Honor Roll
Medal of Valor awarded by South Korean Special Forces commander
Selected as a Coca Cola scholar semi finalist.
National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist.
Semi-finalist in the John F. Kennedy essay contest.
Multiple scholarships and awards received from other various essay competitions.
CSF Sealbearer
Harvard Book Award</p>
<p>I have 400+ hours of volunteer work at the local library and our town's marsh conservatory.
Also, many of those hours are from working with different environmental conservatory programs. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, my school is very highly competitive and has over 550 people per class, and I am only ranked in the top 15-20% according to my GPA.
I want to major in anything related to the media and journalism!
(I've read that some schools don't value class ranking at all like UPenn)</p>