LAST chance thread ever. for Wharton ED

<p>-GA resident, male
-Ethnicity: mixed Hispanic (Spanish) and Asian (Filipino)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish
-Weighted GPA: 4.14
-school doesn't rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I'm a would-be valedictorian.</p>

<p>SAT I's
Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710</p>

<p>SAT II's
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710</p>

<p>AP scores:
US Gov and Politics: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng. Lang: 5</p>

<p>Senior Load
1. AP Calculus BC
2. AP Statistics (Assume I get a B in this class...our teacher isn't that great. It sucks! The class average on our last test was a 65 , and I got a friggin 74 .)
3. AP Biology
4. AP Physics C
5. H British Literature
6. Economics (I wish my school offered AP.)</p>

<p>-school doesn't offer honors classes, but mentions "due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors" in school description.</p>

<p>My only B's have been graphic design freshman year, AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this), and a mandatory composition class at our school this summer? I got straight A's junior year.</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Boy Scouts (really stressed how Boy Scouts is like business in my essays, especially planning my eagle project)
-Eagle Scout. My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade
-Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects (I can elaborate if you'd like.)
-I raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-completed trek 34, the hardest trek Philmont has to offer (Only 5 crews this entire summer out of the 1000+ that come to Philmont did trek 34).
-regular participation and leadership in monthly campouts</p>

<p>Tennis (all 4 years)
-varsity tennis</p>

<p>Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12)</p>

<p>Food Critic Club (10-12)
-founder and president
-We critique restaurants' food quality, service, and atmosphere then publish our reviews in the school newspaper.<br>
-stressed how I would like to start a club like this at Penn because of the amazing diversity of restaurants in Philly. </p>

<p>Trumpet
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school's open house 10th grade</p>

<p>Piano for 11 years
-played classical piano at several concerts and public functions</p>

<p>Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)</p>

<p>Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)
-AP Scholar with Honor
-National Merit semifinalist</p>

<p>I also had my interview today. I think it went well. I was VERY lucky that the man who interviewed me knew me from Boy Scouts when I was in middle school AND that his son also went to my high school:).</p>