<p>hey guys, im just about to start all my applications so i just wanted to know what i can expect. i'll keep it short and include only the major stuff. thanks so muchoo!!!!</p>
<p>BEFORE YOU READ:</p>
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<li>I'm an international student so that's why i can't be national merit or get a whole bunch of scholarships. However, I don't need financial aid.</li>
<li>I'm half hispanic</li>
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<p>ACADEMICS</p>
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<li>3.65 UW/4.6 W (very big upward trend however)</li>
<li>Top 10-12% at very good public with 933 kids in my class (I don't know exactly where I stand however)</li>
<li>SAT I- 2280</li>
<li>SAT II- US History (770), German (800), Biology (750)</li>
<li>AP Scholar w/Distinction (Will have taken 9 AP's by graduation)</li>
<li>National Honors Society</li>
<li>National English Honors Society</li>
<li>Distinguished Achievement Plan @ my school</li>
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<p>EXTRACURRICULARS (I did various other smaller things within these...)</p>
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<li>3 year Varsity golf
a. State and nationally ranked (national ranking very low however)
b. Top 3 individual on team/ #1 at group pairing
c. Regional Qualifier/Semifinalist
d. District Champion</li>
<li>Vice President of Spanish Club</li>
<li>Vice President of World Affairs Council</li>
<li><p>BIG ONE: With the World Affairs Council, me and 4 others organized to have a "sister school" in Kenya, which we provide them with school supplies, money, education supplements, food, and other resources. Altogether we've raised about $3000. The cumulative event was when I got to volunteer for three weeks in Kenya teaching a class English, helping build school houses, and teaching women about AIDS and how to protect themselves from violence. Next summer I will return to have a full-time 2 month job as a teaching assistant.</p></li>
<li><p>2 years Anchor Club</p></li>
<li><p>150+ hours of community service</p></li>
<li><p>One of my talents is web designing and I was in charge of starting and running websites for three different clubs and I have received several service awards because of this.</p></li>
<li><p>Co-Founder of Students For Africa Foundation in my town. Through various fundraisers we helped raise $1000 to help African children go to college. We had several clippings in newspapers, met with important city officials and I was nominated in my school for this really big service award, for which the winner has not yet been announced.</p></li>
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<p>OTHER STUFF</p>
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<li>I am fluent in four languages</li>
<li>I have a very interesting and unique background</li>
<li>This past summer I did the summer program at Columbia and took a course in Foreign Affairs</li>
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<p>THE SCHOOLS (I'm looking at a major in Int. Relations and a minor in Eco.)</p>
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<li>Tufts (top choice, may apply ED)</li>
<li>Yale (2nd choice, may apply ED)</li>
<li>Georgetown SFS</li>
<li>American</li>
<li>George Washington</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>U Virginia</li>
<li>Rice</li>
<li>Claremont McKenna</li>
<li>Bowdoin</li>
<li>Middlebury</li>
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<p>If anyone has any other school suggestions, please lemme know! Thanks so much and you just made my day!!!</p>