<p>I'm currently a sophomore in high school and hope to be in this position by the time I apply:</p>
<p>93.5 - 94 average (I had a bad freshman year, with a 90.7 average, and I'm going to work for 95 averages each semester from now on.)</p>
<p>Eagle Scout, having served as Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and Historian of my troop, Crew Leader of my crew at Philmont, and Assistant Patrol Leader and Hometown News Correspondent(writer for my hometown newspaper) at the 2010 National Scouting Jamboree</p>
<p>Captain of my school's debate team, having earned 500-550 points over my debating career.</p>
<p>Captain of my school's model UN team</p>
<p>Editor-in-Chief of my school newspaper. I also received a Journalism Department Award as a freshman.</p>
<p>Intermediate pianist</p>
<p>Published writer (mainly political essays)</p>
<p>Member of the student council</p>
<p>Worked as a State Deparment intern/congressional page for a summer</p>
<p>Attended academic programs at several colleges (Duke, Vanderbilt, University of Georgia, and Georgetown) every summer since 7th grade</p>
<p>Earned 6 college credits at one of the Georgetown programs (I took International Relations and US Political Systems.)</p>
<p>APs: World History, US History, English 3, English 4, American Gov, Spanish, as well as Honors English in freshman and sophomore years</p>
<p>As a freshman, I scored in the 86th percentile among juniors. I'm not sure how this would translate into my actual SAT score.</p>