Looking for a Chance

<p>Intended Major: Screenwriting</p>

<p>Hispanic
Male
From Midwest
Public School
Raised by single mother who was first to go to college in our family
Low-income</p>

<p>GPA: 3.2</p>

<p>ACT: 26 (Took ACT twice)
SAT: 1780 (CR: 600; M: 540; W: 640) (Took SAT once)
No SAT IIs</p>

<p>1 AP Course (Soph. year)</p>

<p>IB Diploma Program Candidate</p>

<p>Ranked 56/158</p>

<p>ECs/Awards</p>

<p>School ranked 256 on Newsweek’s Top Public High Schools list; </p>

<p>School awarded Silver Medal in Best High Schools by U.S. News & World Report; </p>

<p>Third-year Member of Who's Who Among American High School Students; </p>

<p>Four-year Honor Roll Student; </p>

<p>Earned A in online UCLA Summer Sessions screenwriting course; </p>

<p>Three-year intern at central Ohio tourism/marketing company - also had paid, part-time summer employment with company;</p>

<p>Educational Volunteer at the Wexner Center for the Arts; </p>

<p>Volunteer Tour Planner and Tour Guide for Columbus Landmarks Foundation, Inc.; </p>

<p>Muirfield Golf Tournament Welcome Center Volunteer; </p>

<p>Neighborhood Civic Association Volunteer and Photographer; </p>

<p>November 2007 Election Machine Judge; </p>

<p>American Red Cross/Youth-to-Youth Blood Drive Volunteer; </p>

<p>In-the-Know tournament competitor; </p>

<p>Theatre Department Publicity Manager; </p>

<p>Contributing Author/Photographer, Staff Editor, and Publicity Manager of School Literary Magazine; </p>

<p>Principal-Appointed Member of Student Forum; </p>

<p>Staff Newspaper Writer; </p>

<p>Actor in two school productions; </p>

<p>Member of Amnesty International, Ski Club, Youth-to-Youth (anti-substance abuse program), and Latin Club/Junior Classical League</p>

<p>Do I have any chance at all?</p>

<p>Update: ACCEPTED!!</p>