<p>Honors/Awards
-National Honors Society
-Spanish National Honors Society
-Tri-M International Music Honors Society
-Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
~A Tri-State (NY, NJ, CT) Competition Winner
~Nine groups out of sixty groups that auditioned were selected for this honor
~Young Musicians Concert
--Performance at Alice Tully Hall as the Syosset Trio
~Strings International Music Festival Scholarship
--invited to have master classes with renown musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra
-Tilles Scholar Award (C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival)
~one of few chosen for almost full (¾) scholarship into the festival
-Best Ensemble Award (C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival)
~awarded for demonstration of skill, enthusiasm and dedication towards various
chamber music
-LISELA (Long Island Science Education Leadership Association) Award
~awarded for demonstration of excellent Leadership Role in Earth Science throughout
the year.
-Earth Science Leadership Award
~awarded for excellence in Earth Science throughout the year.
-Honor Roll
~rewarded for academic excellence for all four quarters of the high school years</p>
<p>Clubs/Activities
-Member of Mathletes
~team was ranked 2nd place in Long Island
-Tri-M (Modern Music Masters)
~chamber ensembles
--Leader of the Syosset trio ensemble outside of school
~performances
~master class with Shanghai Quartet at Tilles Center as the Syosset Trio
--one of few groups in Nassau County chosen for this honor
-GERF (Geological and Ecological Resource Foundation)
~one of few students in school selected as a great honor to give a presentation to the Board of Education about earth science and the importance of setting up this foundation at school; the foundation would serve as a visual aid for earth science students, making it easier and more fun for them to learn
-School Symphony/Chamber Orchestra
~Principal Cellist {Section Leader: 1st Chair}
-LISFA (Long Island String Festival Association)
~Associate Principal Cellist {3rd chair}
-All-County NMEA (Nassau Music Educators Association)
~Principal Cellist {Section Leader: 1st Chair}
-All State NYSSMA (The New York State School Music Association) Conference
~Alternate: recognized as one of top musicians in New York state. (most difficult for cellists, because of many pre-Julliard students in New York trying out for limited seats)</p>
<p>Athletics
-Boys Swimming (Varsity)</p>
<p>Community Service/Work Experience
-In-School Volunteering
~Chairperson for Nyssma Festival
--checked attendance for incoming Nyssma auditioners and helped in setting up
rooms for the festival. [12+ hours]
-Gig Performances as the Syosset trio and other quartet ensembles
~Leader of the gig groups; arranged job dates and times, rehearsal dates, music
preparation, etc.
-- played at numerous churches for mass accompaniment, played at private and
big parties, played at country clubs (performed for the Master Works
Foundation at Woodbury Country Club), and played at numerous weddings
-North Shore LIJ (Long Island Jewish Hospital)
~did a lot of office work; filing, charting and mailing envelopes, managed and transported medical equipment, and took care of patients [50+ hours]
-LuHi Tennis Camp at SportTime
~Volunteer Counselor (PIT): Person In Training
--aided in running the camp; helped clean up, served lunch, did a lot of office
work, and organized equipments and camp t-shirts
[200+ hours]</p>
<p>Summer Programs
-C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival
~chamber orchestra
--Assistant Principal Cellist {2nd chair}
~master classes
--with members of the Pierrot Consort
--with Larry Dutton of the Emerson Quartet as the Syosset Trio
>only a few groups in the entire festival were chosen for this honor
~chamber ensembles
--Leader of a trio and an octet
~performances
--best ensembles of festival selected to perform</p>
<p>o really? well don't they need a resume too? ill definitely make it more concise, but well do u think u can help me which to choose as the most important ones? thx a lot.</p>
<p>Choose the ones that are most important to you to list on the application, group some of the others together if you can, and write about others in your "extra information" section. A laundry list is never a good thing.</p>
<p>MIT does not request or require a resume with the application.</p>
<p>MIT's admissions director has given public speeches (Google this) about how MIT is trying to get kids out of the business of having a "laundry list" of many random extracurriculars and into the business of pursuing a personal interest, an interest the student has not to look good to a college, but because the student really cares about that activity. You can Google for the name of the MIT admissions director and then look for her public statements to see exactly how she says it. </p>
<p>DARE TO BE YOURSELF. And recognize that you don't want to go to MIT if your overall personality is a poor fit for MIT. Apply, and let the admissions officers decide who gets in, if you think you are interested, but don't spend all your high school years trying to fit a resume to one particular school that you may not get into. Especially you shouldn't do that if you haven't looked ahead to find out what that school is all about. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications. It seems like you are quite busy. </p>
<p>After edit: The more I look at that list of ECs, the more I think you are really looking for a music school, not an engineering school. But I could be mistaken about what your real personal interests are, just based on that long list.</p>
<p>thx for ur advice. i like math and science, which is why i like MIT. i want to major in engineering but i havent decided completely. i hear Yale has an okay engineering, and a great orchestra. that's another place i want to go to. so that's why i include music stuff too. i wanna show how i can be a leader in music as well as academics. this year im gunna try to emphasize more on science and math. the music stuff i listed was just to indicate my special talent and skill, which is a very important factor for Yale especially. so well.. i havent decided completely. but im aiming for high Ivy Leagues, and if not, places like MIT or wutever. i really should think of some safeties right? lol. aight well thx for ur advices!</p>
<p>EVERYONE should build their college list from a really likeable safety school on up. I am fortunate that our state's flagship research university is a safety school for my oldest son. It's not too bad for the programs he is most interested in so far. If he applies to MIT, it will be after already applying to that school on a rolling admissions application.</p>
<p>tokenadult, I do not necessarily agree with you. I always knew I was going to apply to MIT, and I knew I was going to apply to CMU and Cornell and Columbia as well. I also had a very good safety in RPI, a school I liked enough to go there. However, I chose RPI as a safety after I knew which reaches I was applying to.</p>
<p>One of the worst mistakes my friend made and regrets was applying to his safety ED and MIT EA. He was forced to go to his safety, obviously, and was slightly perturbed, to say the least, seeing as how he got in to MIT.</p>
<p>Well, your story in post #9 certainly illustrates why one should be wary of applying ED anywhere. And I suppose I agree with you in the sense that if you know you are competitive at "reach" schools, you will tend to aim higher in setting your "safety" level than people who have hardly any chance of getting into higher-selectivity schools. That said, I'm not sure that you and I disagree that a person MUST have a safety school figured out before applying during the last year of high school. I think the example you give above is of a guy who didn't think through the implications of ED application; if he had had more time to THINK about his application list, I don't think he would have wasted an ED slot on his safety, because by definition a "safety" school should be one you can comfortably count on getting into during the RD round.</p>
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<p>MIT has a top notch music program. I think it's entirely realistic that woo89 could pursue music AND engineering at MIT. It's a very good choice for those two interests.</p>
<p>o really? wow thx. well i was actually thinking about Yale for that because they have a great orchestra. and their engineering isnt bad either. but i think i lack the engineering ECs. do u know what kind of things i can participate in to show my dedication to engeneering? next summer im going to a research facility, but besides that are there any other things i can get involved in? thx!^o^</p>
<p>Robotics is always a good activity for folks interested in engineering, problem solving, and teamwork -- even competitions! Many schools have Botball or Lego or FIRST robotics teams these days... and if your school doesn't, why not start one!</p>