SAT: Not sending
ACT: 29 (plan to take again)
GPA: 3.9 uw/4.5 w
Class rank 4 of 430
Public High School in GA
Previous AP/Honors course load: AP World (4), AP Lang (5), APUSH (4), AP Spanish (3), Honors Eng 9th and 10th, Honors World Geography, Honors Chemistry, Honors Spanish II and III, Honors Analytical Geometry, Honors Accelerated Math 2 and 3, Honors Physics
Senior Year: AP Lit, AP Euro; AP Physics; AP Macro; AP Gov, AP Calc
Academic electives: Creative Writing (10), Newspaper (10-12), Peer Facilitator in a 9th grade English class as a junior and in a Spanish II class as a senior. *A peer facilitator is approached by faculty to serve as a kind of teacher’s aide, tutoring and mentoring students when needed.
Extracurricular activities in and outside of school:
–Newspaper: 10th grade as News Editor, 11th grade as Student Life Editor, and 12th grade as Editor in Chief-- While an academic elective, requires the same or more time outside of classroom and normal homework time as there are interviews, ad sales, workshops, and many, many hours spent in editing, layout and putting the monthly paper to bed. There is a monthly print paper and online news site to maintain.
–Varsity Academic Team: 10-12th grade, highlights include selection as one of four members selected for our High Q team in 2014-2015, consistently one of the two highest scorers on the team, and the team’s resident literature expert
–Literature team-- (10-12th) timed writing on a given topic
–Reading Bowl Team-- (9-12th) like Academic Team but with a specific collection of award-winning novels that change each year
–Cast member, Spring musical-- 9th grade Beauty and the Beast and 11th grade-- Les Miserables
–Mock Trial-- Lead Counsel (9th and 10th) --worked with local attorneys to gather testimony, prepare witnesses, write opening/closing statements, examine and cross-examine witnesses on the stand, argue before real judges
–Lector and choir member at our parish
– Soprano in a community choir performing classical choral arrangements with other members of all ages (though most have grandchildren) and faith backgrounds (10th and 12th grade)
–Youth Leadership Henry- a select group of sophomores from all around the county who meet monthly to network and meet leaders while participating in team-building events, informational tours, and service projects in our area
–Women’s Honors Choir (9th grade)
Honors and Awards include:
National Honor Society
Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA)
Spanish Honor Society
Quill and Scroll Student Journalism Honor Society
various Gold and Silver awards for highest or second highest gpa in English,Spanish, Social Studies, and electives courses each year of high school
Summer Work:
Notre Dame Leadership Seminar: Social Change Through Art and Pop Culture (2015)
Georgia Governor’s Honors Program, majoring in Communication Arts, minoring in Journalism (2015)
RYLA Leadership Camp (2014)
reading and writing and working on portfolio material
Essays and recs:
Essays are solid.
Counselor rec: although the school is large, she is a big champion and has no doubt given a strong recommendation
Teacher rec 1: Creative writing/AP Lang and AP Lit/Newspaper adviser-- also a strong rec
Teacher rec 2: Honors Physics and AP Physics teacher-- most difficult classes, can attest to perseverance
Other info:
Applying for financial aid: yes (oldest of five children)
Income: 141,000
Legacy: father '93
Puerto Rican on father’s side
Catholic
outskirts (southeast) of Atlanta Metro