<p>I am afraid the mistakes of my past will catch up to me now...!</p>
<p>Personal Circumstance #1:
I had an absolutely horrible freshman year of high school, with a 2.1 and 2.8 GPA for the semesters, 6 Cs and 6 Bs. I missed over 1 month of school because of a terrible sickness around finals, had to go back to school extremely sick with bronchitis. </p>
<h1>2: My mother has schizophrenia and was not medicated for the disease until my junior year. It caused me alot of grief at school and with friends. I had to move out of my house and live by myself in hotels, friend's houses,etc for much of my early high school career.</h1>
<p>Alright, enough pity...</p>
<p>GPA 10-12th weighted: 3.96
GPA 9-12th weighted: 3.51</p>
<p>My horrible freshman year prevented from me taking any honors/APs my sophomore year. Took 3 APs junior year-- A's in all of them both semesters.</p>
<p>Test Scores:
SAT I- 1890 (first time without any prep) Will take 2 or 3 more times, get higher than 2000
SAT II- US History 800, Biology 660 (will retake)</p>
<p>APs
AP US History- A-, A 5
AP Biology- A-, A 3
AP Statistics- A-, A 3
AP Art History
AP Government
AP Economics
AP Computer Science</p>
<p>ECs, Work Experience, Volunteer
Freshman Year</p>
<p>• Community service with animals- 20 hours
• Model United Nations delegate
• Chess club
• Underwent student training for an internship at Law Forms Center, an Orange County based paralegal corporation. The training included concepts such as legal document processing, conducting legal research and drafting legal documents. In a 4 month period, I had over 30 hours of training under personal supervision of a paralegal.
• Student internship at Law Forms Center. Worked as a paralegal aide which included various roles and responsibilities including filing legal documents with various government offices and courts.</p>
<p>Sophomore Year</p>
<p>• Founder and President of the “National Association of Young Libertarians.”
o Founded in October, 2004.
o Mission is to increase participation in public affairs among young people and to advocate the organization’s ideals.
o Using my experience with filing legal documents, I filed the necessary forms and documents with the Internal Revenue Service to have my political organization become a 527 tax-exempt organization. Officially became federally tax-exempt in 2006.
o Drafted the organization’s platform on issues.
o By November, 2004, membership included about 450 individuals in over 25 states.
o As President of the NAYL, I gave the organization’s official endorsement to over 60 candidates for office at nearly all levels of government for the 2004 November elections. In addition, NAYL provided contributions through fundraising to state and national party organizations.
o 15 hours per week from beginning of sophomore year to 2004 elections. 5 hours per week for the remainder of the school year.
• New Life Christian club
• Chess Club
• In n’ Out Honor Roll- Semester 1 & 2
• Model United Nations delegate
• Law Forms Center
o Paid internship starting in December 2004. Continued to provide assistance to a team of paralegals in the areas of conducting legal research and filing with government offices. Part Time: 10 hours per week from December 2004 to March 2005.
o Worked for the company’s pro-bono services by helping newly arrived and often socio-economically disadvantaged immigrants. More specifically, helped the clients to file immigration law forms necessary for legal residence of family members and recommended them to other departments when necessary. Part Time: 10 hours per week starting in March 2005.
• Founder and President of the Libertarian Institute
o Libertarian Institute is a project and political “think tank” under the National Association of Young Libertarians. The Libertarian Institute publishes the official platform and endorsements of the NAYL.
o Consists of contributors, including myself, that write editorials and endorsements.
o Created website for the Libertarian Institute.</p>
<p>Junior Year</p>
<p>• “Youth for Digital Progress Foundation” Founder and Director for the Non-Profit Organization; Chairman of the Board of Directors
o Raises money and has received tax-deductible donations from local businesses, school districts, and private individuals. We have sent over 45 computer systems including monitors, multi-media PCs, scanners, printers, keyboards and other computer components overseas to impoverished schools in countries such as Nigeria, Cambodia and Ecuador. The computers are transferred from my organization to the World Computer Exchange non-profit organization. The World Computer Exchange ships the computers and sends the systems to schools around the world that are in need. Our computers have also been donated to aid the relief efforts in response to Hurricane Katrina. To aid these efforts, the YDPF provided the Red Cross with computers that were used for video-conferences between family members and loved ones that were displaced in the Gulf region.
• American Professional Consultants, LLC
o Intern
Legal Affairs Department
Served as advisor on the Executive Committee of the Corporation
o After a paid internship with the company, I became a junior immigration consultant. This is a similar position to the one that I held in Law Forms Center. As an Immigration Consultant, I help immigrants that are in need in legal assistance in areas such as bringing family to the country. Vast majority of immigrants that I aid tend to be lower-income and from 3rd countries that are unfamiliar with American law and society.
o November 2005- present
o 15 hours per week during school year, 32 hours per week during summer
• New Life Christian club
• Law Forms Center- 10 hours per week from September to November 2005.
• Model United Nations delegate
• La Vista school newspaper Opinion article; Accepted as staff writer
• In n’ Out Honor Roll- Semester 1 & 2
• Chess club</p>
<p>Senior Year</p>
<p>• “Youth for Digital Progress Foundation” Founder and Director for the Non-Profit Organization; Chairman of the Board of Directors. Continued the organization’s efforts (see Junior Year).
• Continued work with my National Association of Young Libertarians and the Libertarian Institute.
• New Life Christian club
• School Newspaper contributer
• American Professional Consultants, LLC
o Work within the legal affairs department to provide immigrant clients with legal assistance and conduct research into their cases.
o 15 hours per week during school year</p>
<p>Summer Experiences</p>
<p>• UCLA Political Science undergraduate course—Completed an undergraduate Political Science course during UCLA Summer Sessions (which allows high school students to enroll). One of the few high school students in the class, set the grade curve for both the midterm and final. Grade: A
Summer 2006
• Law Offices Of Marjan H. Bahmani—Encino, CA law firm that specializes in immigration law. Internship in Summer 2005 and 2006.
• American Professional Consultants, LLC—Worked within the Legal Affairs Department as a junior Immigration Consultant. 32 hours per week during Summer 2005 and 28 hours per week during Summer 2006.
• Mira Costa summer courses taken in Ceramics
• Continued work on my non-profit organization “Youth for Digital Progress Foundation” and 527 political organization “National Association of Young Libertarians”. I was able to finally achieve federal tax-exemption status for both organizations with the Internal Revenue Service.</p>
<p>Planned major- Political Science
Schools applying to- Georgetown, George Washington University, all the UCs</p>