<p>Greetings from Australia!</p>
<p>Targets:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
MIT
Caltech
UPenn
Dartmouth
Stanford
UVA (Jefferson Scholarship)</p>
<p>About Me
From: Australia
School Type: Select entry state school, by far the best school in the state (about a 20% acceptance rate)
Major: Physics
Minor: Management, finance or American history</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 790 Maths, 730 Writing, 780 Critical Reading, 2300 Overall
Haven't taken SAT II yet
No GPAs in Australia, but percentile conversion puts it as a 4.0
Class Rank: No school rank, top 98% of state
School doesn't offer APs, but my subjects (Chemistry, English, Maths, Advanced maths, Physics) are considered the hardest possible workload in our education system. Often known as the "Suicide Five"</p>
<p>ECs
Australian Air Force Cadets
- 4 hours/wk minimum, ranging to full time for 3wks
- Total of 4000+ hours in the past four years
- Reached Cadet Under Officer, highest rank attainable, in 3 years, a record in the 68 years the cadets have existed
- Dux (valedictorian) of Cadet Under Officer course
- Through cadets I am certified in Senior First Aid, have a Certificate III in Frontline Management and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (these come above high school and just below a diploma in the Australian system)</p>
<p>Saxophone
- 3 hrs/wk band practice, plus individual practice</p>
<p>Co-Founder of Business Club (Y12)
Heritage Society (Y10-12)
Political Interest Group (Y9-12)
Philosophy Society (Y9-12)</p>
<p>Sports
- School hockey team (Y9-11)
- School squash team (Y10-12)
- School fencing team (Y9-12)</p>
<p>Community Service
- Collecting for Red Cross
- Volunteering at the local RSL (like a VA association)</p>
<p>Currently building a Tesla coil with a fellow student.</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Internship as an Auditor with one of the top accounting firms in Australia, a position normally open only to college students.
Casual clerical work for a few small businesses
No job at present, but I day trade options on the US financial markets</p>
<p>Hooks
Cadets is the big one. Amongst other things:
- I have planned and executed a five day field exercise for 60+ cadets, assisted by only one other cadet. To give you an idea of the workload, the final version of our planning documents came out to 500 pages and whilst it was running, I averaged 3 hours sleep a night and 1 meal a day, simple because I was too busy to eat.
- I have been in charge a one day field exercise for 250+ cadets, plus a command staff of 11 Cadet Under Officer candidates. This necessitated not only all the regular logistical/planning issues, but also, as it was an examination exercise, writing the actual examinations and marking forms to be used. This entire exercise was planned in less than a week, during which we still had regular promotion training classes (10 hrs/day)</p>
<p>Also applying to join the Army Reserves as an Infantry Officer (no minimum period of service, I will leave the reserves to attend college). Due to the difference in academic year (ours finished in november), this means I will have formal leadership training as a combat officer in the Australian Army before I start college.</p>
<p>Any assistance is appreciated, I understand how it may be difficult to give feedback considering the inherent differences in my situation from an average applicant.</p>