<p>Basics:
Gender--Male
From--Suburban Chicago public school
Financial aid--Yes
Ethnicity--Hispanic
LD/ADHD--Yes, not diagnosed/treated until end of junior year</p>
<p>Academics:
GPA--3.02 unweighted, 3.88 weighted (see ADHD/LD)
Class rigor--All honors/AP
AP schedule--English Lang., US His. (jun.); Calc. AB, Biology, US Gov't, English Lit., Economics (sen.)
Class Rank: Surprisingly enough, top 16% (class of ~650)</p>
<p>Scores:
SAT--2220 cold (just for NM)
ACT--35 composite (36 R, E; 35 M; 33 S) <== only took the test once
AP--English Lang. (5), US History (5)
SAT Subj.--US History (760), Literature (waiting...)</p>
<p>Leadership/extracurricular activities:
Varsity scholastic bowl--Co-captain (9-12); MVP (9-11); top scorer (9-10, but only because my coach liked pulling me out of Saturday morning tournaments for falling asleep)
Jeopardy!--Finalist, invited to and completed audition in Kansas City. Didn't make the show, but I used the experience for my CA essay
School newspaper--Copy editor (established position, 12); production editor (11); staff writer (10)
Blogger--I spend, and this is a pure guesstimation, about 15 hours per week researching, interviewing, and writing for two incredibly popular hip-hop/music/fashion blogs
Chicago Tribune--Staff writer for teen newspaper (11-12)
Varsity baseball--Hurt junior year, but came back during summer (LHP, 10-12)
Travel baseball--Co-captain/member (LHP/OF, 10-12)
Freshmen swim team--Member (9)
Wind symphony--1st chair, alto sax (9-10)
Jazz band--Alto sax (9-10)
Marching band--Alto sax (9-10)
Saxophone lessons--Alto/tenor sax (9-10)
Parish volunteer--Eucharistic minister/misc. volunteer (9-12)
Assistant teacher--Surprisingly selective program for a summer job (only 40 applicants were picked out of a pool of around 150, 11-12)
French Club--Member (9-10)
Italian Club--Member (11-12)</p>
<p>Awards:
National Merit Semifinalist (223 PSAT)
National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar
Illinois State Scholar
Prairie State Achievement Award in Math, Science, English, Writing
Tri-M Music Honors Society
Northwestern Midwest Academic Talent Search Award Winner (36 ACT R/E, presented freshman year)
Honor roll member every semester</p>
<p>Assume that essays are in the upper-echelon--not to toot my own horn, as a few people seem to do here, but writing's my thing; my recommendations are coming from a counselor I'm quite close to and an English teacher that loved me to death. Pulling off what would be a 4.71 GPA this semester, which would bump me up about 20-30 spots in my class...</p>
<p>Thanks, yooo.</p>