<p>Okay everybody, I need help finding some more schools to be interested in, and to see if my interests are realistic.</p>
<p>RESUME:</p>
<p>ACADEMICS/AWARDS:</p>
<ul>
<li>GPA 3.82, WGPA 4.44</li>
<li>SAT I 2240 total: 750 Reading, 740 Math, 750 Writing (12 on essay)</li>
<li>SAT IIs 800 Chemistry, 750 Math2C, 800 Physics</li>
<li>Class Rank our school doesnt do it.</li>
<li>AP Scores 4 on APUS, 5 on Lang</li>
<li>Gov School Scholar in Classical Percussion, Finalist in two other categories (both music)</li>
<li>National Spanish Honors Society</li>
<li>Annual Merck State Science Day competition, school placed 9th</li>
<li>A bunch of marching band awards from the only year I did it, we placed first in the tri-state area and played in Giants Stadium</li>
</ul>
<p>Pretty much all the music groups in the school I drum for, and have been section leader for three years, president of the wind ensemble for two, Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, you get the deal, Im my schools drummer. I also did MUN for the first two years of high school and went to some conferences but Im not really involved anymore.</p>
<p>EXTRA-CURRICULAR:</p>
<ul>
<li>Ranked first classical percussion in All-State Junior year, hopefully again senior year. 2nd place freshman and sophomore years, but first in Regions sophomore year on.</li>
<li>Member of Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, section leader</li>
<li>Pretty much all the music groups in the school I drum for, and have been section leader for three years, president of the wind ensemble for two, Jazz Band, Pit Orchestra, you get the deal, Im my schools drummer. I also did MUN for the first two years of high school and went to some conferences but Im not really involved anymore.</li>
<li>I started and own a business with only my best friend, we write, publish, and distribute a political satire newsletter to over 140 paying monthly subscribers, with over 30 local business advertisers per issue.</li>
</ul>
<p>EMPLOYMENT/COMMUNITY SERVICE:</p>
<ul>
<li>Team Captain of JDRF team that has raised over $30,000 for Juvenile Diabetes research in the past 5 years while Ive been captain.</li>
<li>Volunteering on and off at my synagogue</li>
<li>Non-paying internship at my local Congressmans office, for two fall seasons now</li>
<li>Employment as a summer preschool camp counselor for one summer (hey, it paid okay and I got babysitting connections out of it ;) ), and now for this summer and the upcoming school year Ill be working part-time at my local corporate music store</li>
</ul>
<p>Oh, and I'm a white male.
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<p>Okay, so as you can hopefully all tell, I love music. However, I want to go into engineering. For these two reasons, it stands to follow that Im looking at engineering schools with a strong arts presence and where I think Id have time to be part of music groups as well while Im there. I plan on sending in an audition tape with my application, and Im hoping that my skills in that category will overshadow my mediocre math scores compared with all the 800-kiddies applying. (As another weak point, 3 out of the 4 Bs Ive received have been in my math classes, they were all honors though) I think that my ECs/Leadership are fairly strong, with an internship with a Congressman, starting my own business, raising $30,000 for medical research, and being President of a bunch of groups that Im ranked first in. However, I think some engineering schools may wonder why I dont have many activities geared towards engineering..</p>
<p>My top choices at this point are Cornell and Lehigh, and to some extent Princeton (but its a little close to home so Im not sure). For safe schools I have PennState, but preferably Id want a smaller school than 42,000. I want a strong engineering program, but I want to have fun too, and at a place where theyd actually value my musical contributions both in the admissions process and on campus. Help me :)</p>