<p>Here are the schools I am applying to. Rank them from Reach, match, and safety</p>
<p>Columbia College
Brown
Dartmouth
Georgetown SFS
Vanderbilt
George Washington
University of Texas
Duke
Texas A&M
Rice</p>
<p>Location: Central Texas
First Generation
Hispanic Male
Fluent in Spanish (first language), English, and have taken four years of German</p>
<p>Stats
GPA: 5.16 (weighted) 3.95918 (unweighted)
Class Rank: 12 out of 443 (top 3%)</p>
<p>ACT: 28
SAT: 1320 (650 CR 670 Math)
SAT II: US History, Spanish with Listening, Math I</p>
<p>AP Tests:
World History 5
US History 5
Statistics 4
Spanish 5</p>
<p>IB Tests
Math Studies 5</p>
<p>Senior Schedule
IB Theory of Knowledge
IB Psychology
Yearbook
IB English IV
AP Government/Economics
IB German IV
IB History of the Americas II
IB Biology II</p>
<p>I also have a correspondence course in physics through Texas Tech University.
I have been taking AP and IB courses since freshman year.</p>
<p>Awards:</p>
<p>AP Scholar with Honor
University Interscholastic League Awards in:
- Feature Writing
- News Writing
- Editorial Writing
- Current Events</p>
<p>Employment:</p>
<p>Jamba Juice team member, in which I set up a marketing plan in local high schools.</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:</p>
<p>Tutoring Service helped in Statistics and held large study sessions for AP and IB Tests
Recycling Service first in our high school.
Campaign Volunteer:
In the United States: Hillary Clinton and Rick Noriega. Organized Hispanic get out the vote effort.
In Mexico: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Presidential Campaign and Yeidckol Polevnsky Governor Campaign.
Church Food Pantry: worked to distribute food and other things to local citizens.
Organized Operation Christmas Gift in my school to distribute presents in Latin America and India.</p>
<p>School Organizations</p>
<ul>
<li>Editor in Chief of the Yearbook</li>
<li>Editor in Chief of the Newspaper</li>
<li>Secretary of Students Taking A Real Stand (Organized school's first International AIDS Awareness Day and Nothing But Nets Campaign)</li>
<li>Vice President of International Baccalaureate Student Organization</li>
<li>Vice President of GREEN PAWS (local Environmental Group)</li>
<li>Secretary of National Honor Society</li>
<li>Treasurer of Spanish and German Club</li>
<li>Representative of Student Council</li>
</ul>
<p>Essays</p>
<p>In my first Essay I talk about how I become passionate in everything that I do.</p>
<p>In my second essay about a global problem I talk about Illegal Immigration and my own personal struggles with it in my family.</p>
<p>Sorry for the length, I know my SAT and ACT scores are a little low. But I hope that my AP scores show that my school doesn't just pad grades. I just get nervous during the SAT, ACT :) :)</p>