<p>I am applying ED to Brandeis, let me know what chances are.</p>
<p>BACKGROUND: I was born in Russia and moved to Israel when I was one year old. I moved to the United States when I was 12.5. I attended the Jewish Day School for Middle School, and I am currently a senior at the at a Jewish high school . I speark English, Hebrew and Russian, and a little bit of Spanish and Arabic.</p>
<p>My school does not offer any ap classes, and we have 9 classes a day.</p>
<p>The grading system is the following :
My school will attach this to my transcript. </p>
<p>100 -4.00 A+
99-98 -3.9 A+
97-96- 3.8 A
95-94-3.7 A
93-92-3.6 A-
90-91-3.5 A-
89-88-3.4 B+ </p>
<p>GPA-
3.7 </p>
<p>SAT II
Hebrew- 800
History- 750</p>
<p>ACT- 31 </p>
<p>EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: I recently received a startup grant from Youth Venture, a social entrepreneurship foundation, for a city-wide, youth, interfaith program called From Faith to Faith. Through this program, adolescents of different faiths will connect, not only through dialogue, but also through an action centering on a commonly shared value. Adolescents of different faiths will be paired with families of a different faith who have a child with special needs. Before the adolescent starts working with the child, both families have a dialogue. Faith to Faith, will also facilitate a dialogue on community service, respect and acceptance through the lens of the two religions represented Once the adolescents have started seeing their Faith to Faith families on a weekly basis, they will be required to attend general Faith to Faith programs for all the participating families and their respective adolescents, which will occur 6 times a year. </p>
<p>Cello Lessons: 2003-present
Cascade Youth Symphony: 2005-present
Violin: 1995-2002
Chamber music: 1998-2002, 2005- present.
Proclub varsity tennis team: 2001-2006
Interfaith Youth Core Conference: Spring 2006
Israel Advocacy Conference: Winter 2006
Rally for Darfur in Washington D. C: Spring 2006</p>
<p>COMMUNITY SERVICE AND JOBS: I enjoy serving my community through volunteering and spearheading different community projects. My goal is to provide adults and students with knowledge about current humanitarian issues in the hope that this will lead them to volunteer and give back to their community. I accomplish this by promoting awareness about humanitarian issues that tie to people, such as modern-day slavery, global warming, and the genocide that’s taking place in Darfur. I enjoy volunteering for a Teen Street Outreach Program which provides support to homeless teens. I currently volunteer for two families who have severely disabled children. I recently spearheaded a project, “Eat for Darfur” and raised money to support Doctors without Borders. I am organizing a concert to benefit Darfur, and I am part of the University of Washington, Washington State Coalitions for Darfur. </p>
<p>Founder and president of a non-profit interfaith organization, From Faith to Faith.
Tutoring and preparing kids for their Bar Mitzvahs: 2003-present
Sunday school teacher at Temple De’hirsch-: 2006
Lifelong Aids Alliance Volunteer: 2003- present
Friendship Circle Volunteer: 2005-present
Hopelink Child development Center- 2004-2006
Babysitter and Nanny: 1999-present
Internship for the Anti Defamation League: Summer of 2006
Dining Out for Life Volunteer: Spring 2005 and 2006
Arabic: Summer 2006
J-Vibe teen advisory board: 2005- present
Volunteer for the Aids Walk: September 2005, September 2006.
University of Washington Coalition for Darfur: 2005-present
Organized a school program on Darfur: fall 2005
Organized two food drives at school: fall 2005
Organized a Holiday party for the Jewish Family Service: Winter 2005
Organized school assembly for Israel’s Independence Day: Spring 2006
Sold shirts to benefit Darfur: 2006 school year
In charge of the Eat for Israel project which helped raise money for victims of terrorism: 2006 school year
This year, as Chesed/Social Action Chair:
I planned a blanket making project that will benefit Peace on The Street for Kids on the Street.
I planned a program on Darfur
I planned a program to benefit a homeless shelter
I planned a program for school to commemorate Martin Luther King.
I planned a program for school on global warming.
I planned a program on modern-day slavery
I planned two foodrives
- Founder of a monthly foodbank program that benefits the Jewish Family Service.
- Founder of a monthly Rosh Chodesh Club ( a student mentorship program). This program will take place once a month at the Jewish Day School, and The Seattle Hebrew Academy. Each month ten kids from Yeshiva will be selected to go to the schools. Five students will go to JDS, and five will go to SHA. The students will be responsible to prepare the lessons ahead of time, and will have to get all of their materials approved two weeks in advance. The high school students will study texts with the younger students, and concentrate each month on a different issue that the kids are most affected by. The program will conclude with light refreshments. Every two months students from both schools will attend a joint program. The kids will get a chance to get to know each other and study together about Judaism. The point of this program is to empower young men and women through the study of Judaism. </p>
<p>• ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS: The biggest honors I have enjoyed is being elected as Student Council representative and head of the Social Action Committee my school. My vision for next year is to implement a new outlook on community service. As president of the Community Service Committee, and as a student council representative. I want to provide students with the knowledge about current humanitarian issues that affect people around the world which will lead the students to volunteer and give back to their community. The first goal of the committee is to get the majority of the school’s students involved in community service projects, such as taking part in the monthly food bank program or participating in the peer tutoring program. The second goal of the committee is to promote awareness about humanitarian and environmental issues that are particularly relevant to the Jewish experience, such as modern-day slavery, changes in the global environment and the genocide taking place in Darfur. Integrated into the school experience are community service projects that will take place during school. This includes but is not limited to, food drives, book drives, blanket making, and sandwich making. The Northwest Yeshiva will seek partnerships with other agencies in these efforts.
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<p>Bellevue High School honor roll: 2001
President and Student council representatives for Community service: 2006
Friendship Circle volunteers of the month: spring 2006
President of Friendship Circle: 2006-present
Little Prince Award: 2006
Leadership/community service award: 2006
Nominee for Prudential scholarship award:2006</p>