Hi, I’m a white, male rising senior at an incredibly competitive and rigorous public high school in Westchester County, NY. Graduating class will be about 140. School does not rank but If I had to guess, I would probably fall around 45/140. As of now, My heart is set out for Northeastern; however, I still have more colleges to see. Could you chance me for:
Northeastern
BU
Brandeis
William and Mary
U Miami
NYU
SUNY Binghamton
Elon
Emory (Uncle is employed here)
Johns Hopkins (High reach, I know) (Uncle Attended)
Wake Forest
SUNY Stony Brook
Tulane
Villanova** (Paternal Legacy)
GPA: 92.33
ACT: 29 (31 Superscored) (Retaking it in the September for the fourth time, Wish my luck )
AP Enviro: 5
I plan to take two SAT IIs: Math I and Math II. As far as my math career has shown, I expect to break 700 on both tests, but you never know. I will update when I take them in September.
Freshman year, I took no effort to apply myself to my studies and suffered. Sophomore year, I challenged myself a little bit more but did not take the time to express my true potential. Junior year, I realized I needed a change and stepped up my game and I intend to continue that trend into senior year. Throughout high school, I will have taken 5 APs and 6 SUNY courses.
Freshman Year: 87.67
No Honors/AP/College Courses
English 9
Global History I
Geometry
Biology
Spanish II
Orchestra 9
Sophomore Year: 91.31
College Science Research 10 (SUNY)
Spanish III Honors
English 10
Global History II
Algebra 2/Trig
Chemistry
Junior Year: 99.01
College Pre-Calculus (SUNY)
College Personal Finance (SUNY)
College Science Research 11 (SUNY)
Spanish V/College Spanish I (SUNY)
AP Environmental Science
English 11
US History and Gov’t
Senior Year: N/A
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics
AP Statistics
AP Calculus
College English 12 (SUNY)
College Science Research 12 (SUNY)
Regents:
Integrated Algebra (8th): 86
Geometry (9th): 86
Biology (9th): 86
Algebra 2/Trig (10th): 91
Global History (10th): 92
Chemistry (10th): 93
English (11th): 98
US History (11th): 98
Overall, my grade and rigor of curriculum has shown a massive improvement. I hope that colleges will appreciate that.
ECs:
JV (Sophomore) & Varsity Baseball (Junior and Senior)
Youth Firefighter Explorer Post
Volunteer Firefighter
CPR/AED/First Aid Certified
Over 90 Hours of Community Service over the span of High school, not including Senior Year (More hours pending between volunteering, tutoring and community Service Clubs)
Snowboarder
Computer builder (Sophomore - Senior)
Third Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo ('04 -'13)
Photography Enthusiast (Sophomore - Senior)
Blood Drive Organizer (Raising 51 Pints of Blood)
Awarded the New York Blood Center Bloodstock Scholarship
Interact Club (Rotary Club) - Member (Junior) Treasurer (Senior)
Tree Hugger Club - Member and President (Senior)
Math Honors Society - Member (Junior) and Treasurer (Senior)
Senior Mentor (Senior)
Film Club (Freshman and Sophomore)
Violinist ’07 -‘12 (Freshman)
Harp ’10 -‘12 (Freshman)
I think that my ECs bring out my true potential as a applicant and in some respects, they save my application. What do you think? I’m thinking about including these in my resume which will be finalized soon.
Additional Details:
I intend to double major in Neurology and finance
I plan on going through Pre-Med
My father was born in Greece
My dual citizenship with greece is pending if that counts (Thinking about writing my common app essay about my greek/hispanic heritage)
My mother did not go to college in the US
Father attended Villanova**
Please chance me for the above schools. I would be very appreciative of that. I want your complete and brutally honest opinions. I haven’t applied to any yet, so fingers crossed. 