<p>Hey! Please feel free to give me feedback, whether you are student, prospective, etc... And if you can, tell me which parts are the most important to highlight!</p>
<p>Gender: female
High School: small, private international high school, AP curriculum available only in senior year
I did a 1-year exchange at a public high school in the United States, high school of 1800 people approx.</p>
<p>I'm Brazilian, as is the rest of my family. My grandparents are Europeans that came here to save themselves from the Holocaust.</p>
<p>Classes of Junior Year: (no AP classes available, only 4 honors classes, took all)
Honors American Literature
Honors United States History
Honors PreCalculus
Honors Physics
Brazilian History
Brazilian Geography
Philosophy
Portuguese Language
Portuguese Literature
Spanish</p>
<p>Classes in Senior Year: (only 4 AP's available, take all)
AP Comparative Government and Politics
AP Calculus
AP English Literature
AP Environmental Science
Portuguese
Spanish
Brazilian History
Brazilian Geography
Model United Nations</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 4.0
Class Rank: we don't do class rank, but I am top of my class
Class Size: very small, 14 people, but in the U.S. I had a class of 400 people and I had the most rigorous curriculum (almost all classes from grades above) and I had straight A's and was in the top 1%</p>
<p>APs:
Junior year:
US History - 4 (without taking an AP class)
Spanish Language - 5 (without taking an AP class)
Senior year - 4 AP classes available, I'm taking all 4, and so far straight A's (school started in August)</p>
<p>SAT total: 2120 | 730V/720M/670W</p>
<p>Awards:
Best Math Student of 10th grade
Best Math Student of 11th Grade
Best Portuguese Student of 11th Grade
Best Spanish Student of 11th Grade
Best United States History Student of 11th Grade
Highest Academic Honor for 11th Grade</p>
<p>Model United Nations:
Verbal Commendation at 2010 MIT Model UN Conference
Best Delegate at 2010 United Nations of Greater Boston Conference
Best Persuasive Speaker of the General Assembly at 2010 Salvador MUN Conference
Honorable Mention at 2011 Brazil MUN Conference
Best Delegate at 2011 British School Rio de Janeiro MUN Conference
Chosen Chair of the Security Council for 2011 Salvador MUN
Chosen Chair of the Security Council for 2012 Brazil MUN</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Part of a Youth Movement every Saturday for the past 10 years
Ages 8-12: Participated in activities and discussions of how to make the world a better place, discussing values of our society
12-14: Prepared to become an educator (studied Freud, Paulo Freire...)
14-present: Educator for ages 8-14</p>
<p>Student Council
10-11: Class representative for 11th garde
11-12: High School President</p>
<p>Knowledge Bowl
10-11: Won first place for the first time in the history of our school both national Knowledge Bowl competitions in October and in March
11-12: Captain of the Knowledge Bowl team</p>
<p>Theatre: (unfortunately only did it in Sophomore year because there isn't a department in my high school in Brazil, but I LOVE it and hope to participate in college)
Cast of the “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” – March 2010
Cast of the “Yes, There is a Baby” – May 2010</p>
<p>NHS member
Titular defense for soccer year 10-11 (quit because I have to have a knee surgery)
3rd place in national Brazilian competition
Member of my state's prestigious Academy of Culture</p>
<p>Interests: I want to be a lawyer, possibly with overseas international corporations, but want to study Mathematics and Philosophy in college.</p>
<p>....
That's about it!
I'm sorry it's kind of long but I'd really love if you could chance me, tell me what strengths should I highlight, etc..</p>
<p>THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!
- yale hopeful 2016</p>