Huntsman Arabic, Mediocre(?) Candidate Chances

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<p>North African male at competitive Seattle-area public school.
4.14 Weighted, 3.6 UW, class rank is unknown (my school ranks, I just don’t know, should be top 10% ish)</p>

<p>I am fluent in four languages: English, Arabic, French, and Spanish.</p>

<p>SAT I:
740 CR 610 M 670 W (retaking in october, i’ll actually study this time as opposed to taking it cold-turkey)</p>

<p>SAT II:
740 Spanish 700 US History 690 Biology-E (will probably retake as well)</p>

<p>AP:
I will probably be in the top 3 or 4 or of my class in terms of number of AP classes taken, (out of a class of 350). Also, I will be the only student in recent memory at my school to have taken both AP Spanish and French Lit.</p>

<p>13 AP’s by graduation, 15 tests (took Euro and French Lang w/o the classes)
French Lang: 5
French Lit: 5
English Lang: 5
English Lit: 5*
World History: 5
Spanish Lang: 5*
Spanish Lit
US History
Biology
Photography
Calc AB
Chemistry
US Government (not sure if this is the official name)
Comparative Gov (not sure if this is the official name)
Macro-Econ (maybe)</p>

<p>*Practice scores</p>

<p>Achievements, etc.</p>

<p>NEWSPAPER</p>

<p>Chief Copy Editor and Political Columnist
 A 2006 Gold Crown publication, as designated by the Colombia Scholastic Press Association.
 Chief Copy Editor (2006-07)
 News Editor and Copy Editor (2005-06)
 Political Columnist (2005-06)
 Attendee, JEA/NSPA Journalism Conference in Seattle (April 2005)
 Assistant Opinion Editor and Political Columnist (2004-05)</p>

<p>DEBATE</p>

<p>I would list my debate awards here, but they are too long and won’t mean much to you unless you do debate. Needless to say, I have three tournament titles, am ranked the 3rd returning debater on the west coast (according to NDR, an unofficial but extremely comprehensive ranking. again, for you debaters out there, I too am not a big fan of NDR but hey, if my ranking sounds good whatever)</p>

<p>President
 Treasurer (2003-04)
 Vice President (2004-05)
 Co-President (2005-06)
 Revived the debate program, turning my school into a regional powerhouse—the #1 ranked team in Washington state, with two debaters in the Varsity top five.
 Increased membership from 3-5 to 15 -20 competitors.
 Taught new students how to debate, spending at least 2 hours at twice-weekly meetings teaching and drilling new students.
 My novices have consistently appeared in late elimination rounds, including finals, at various tournaments in both JV and novice divisions.
 Wrote and submitted a PTSA grant for to hire a coach, arguing the critical value of debate in intellectual development. The PTSA committee, which usually does not distribute funds for contracted services (coaching) granted us $750 (March 2006).
 Spearheaded the creation of a team web-site, involving a blog for results and designing a tournament sign-up interface.
 Attendee, Victory Briefs Debate Institute at UCLA, Summer 2004 (Intermediate Varsity), Summer 2005 (Advanced Varsity).</p>

<p>DECA</p>

<p>Competing in the Financial Analysis Decision Making Event:
 Placed in the Top 10 at the International Conference (Dallas, Texas) [over 13,000 total attendees/competitors from across North America]
 Washington State Champion
 Washington National Qualifier
 Regional Champion (Area IV)
 State Qualifier (Area IV)
 Superior Test Score Award (Area IV)</p>

<p>Arabic Independent Study:</p>

<p>I have been studying arabic on the weekends since 1st grade, since 9th grade i’ve been spending 6 hours a week (4 with tutor, 2 homework) studying at grade level, supplemented with some advanced college-level textbooks (I think they are Georgetown U. Press, message me if you want the complete citation)</p>

<p>PHOTOGRAPHY:</p>

<p>My work has been displayed at the largest shopping mall in the region this year and two years ago.</p>

<p>INTERNSHIP (last summer, will be going back this summer and doing even better stuff)
Library of Alexandria (<a href=“http://www.bibalex.org%5B/url%5D”>www.bibalex.org</a>) - A UNESCO cultural institution
Alexandria, Egypt</p>

<p> Participant, Forum for Egyptian Democracy
 Digitized (scanned and OCRed) the official UNESCO history of the Library (English and French)
 Debuted the Library Special Collections programme, creating the first Special Collection to be placed on the Library website as an example for all those interested in creating their own special collection (mine documented the evolution of High School Lincoln-Douglas debate websites).
 International School for Information Science (ISIS) web site

  • Edited the English version of the web site prior to publishing
  • Translated into French
     Assisted in the curricular development of a Technical Writing course destined to become a requirement for 800 Library staff members.
     Edited, translated and wrote portions of the script for a promotional video regarding the Gamal Abdel Nasser Collection and the Description d’Egypte DVD, the first digital publication of the French body of research on Egypt dating from Napoleon’s campaign.</p>

<p>So, my question is-- should I even bother applying to Huntsman, or are my stats too low for even the college? How much does (a) applying to huntsman ARABIC and not spanish or french like I imagine most other applicants are going to help me? and (b) applying ED going to help me?</p>

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<p>You should take the arabic SAT II and score above a 700 if you want huntsman to consider you</p>

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<p>You have really good ecs and accomplishments. The test scores and gpa might hold you back a little bit. I have never seen the stats , but i think that huntsman is pretty competitive based on its size. Bringing up the academic end of things will def help you out.</p>

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<p>there is no arabic SAT II, my understanding is that the Huntsman program sends you a test at some point during the application process. Is there even a standardized arabic test I could take?</p>

<p>but I am going to take the french SAT II to replace the spanish because I'm better at french and the curve isn't absurd because of all the native speakers taking the spanish, so I have a better shot at 770-800 range.</p>

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<p>thanks joey, i might email you if i have any other questions. out of curiosity, are you in the huntsman program? (sorry i'm not typing in arabic, i can read it just fine but it takes me forever to figure it out when i'm writing)</p>

<p>to everyone else:
BUMP</p>

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<p>Joey wants to show you his "poison snake"</p>

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<p>dude. you're kinda funny but still.</p>

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<p>anyone else want to tell me about my chances at huntsman/whether i should even bother applying early?</p>

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