<p>Background:
Male - Latino
Springfield, VA
Class of 2010
1st Generation American, both parents are immigrants
Among 1st generation of family to graduate high school (I'm the youngest of four)
In 1st generation of family to go to college
Bilingual - English, and Spanish. I speak French at a pretty advanced level so I guess you could include that as well.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.435 (should be a 3.47 at end of first quarter if I ace all my classes, which i plan to do)</p>
<p>Curriculum:
Freshmen and Sophomore: All Honors
Junior: Honor Physics and PreCalc, AP US and Lang
Senior: AP: Physics B, Calculus BC, Psychology and French, and Speech/debate class
and the other required core courses
Language: 5 Years of French</p>
<p>SAT:
Critical Reading: 680
Math: 700
Writing: 670
Out of 1600: 1380
Total: 2050</p>
<p>AP:
Have Taken: US History (5) and Lang (4)
Taking: Physics B, Calculus BC, Psychology, and French</p>
<p>Extracurricular:
Hispanic Heritage Club - 3 years, planning on doing it senior year
Been a Club official since sophomore year and will be for senior year as well
12 Hours Volunteer Service for Obama Campaign
Yearly Thanksgiving Food Drive at a Local Organization
Leadership Training from Hispanic College Fund
5 Days Volunteer work - RA Assistant/Near-peer mentor at the 2009 Northern Virginia Hispanic Youth Symposium</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
NHD Regional Finalist - 2008
CollegeBoard National Hispanic Recognition Program Honorable Mention</p>
<p>Other remarks:
I'm a pretty solid writer
Play two instruments:violin and guitar</p>
<p>Possible Majors:
Psychology, Physics</p>
<p>Thats me in a nutshell. I really need help finding colleges that might be a good match because theres so much variety and the entire notion excites me so I have no inkling of where would be good for me. As for colleges, I'm really looking for any college, in state and out of state, that can give me the full experience, so suggestions are much wanted. I am looking more for colleges in Virginia and NYC just cause I'd love to live there. I'm not sure what my combined household income is (below $70,000 a year I believe) but it can't be much considering the fact that my brother who is going to VCU is practically getting a full ride. The tuition/financial aid is a extremely important factor for me as I'm trying to reduce the financial strain on my family as much as possible. If I had to state a preference, I'd go with an urban college thats on the smaller side but thats not completely stringent. Also, I've been told that being Latino, 1st Generation, and having an SAT score like mine can really help with the college application process, if anybody can assess the validity of that statement for me that'd be much appreciated. Thanks for the help!</p>