<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Scores[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 680CR 670W 650M
[</em>] ACT: 31 (35 English 29 Math 30 Reading 31 Science 32 Writing + English 9 Essay)</p>
<p>[li] SAT II: 770 Chem, 710 USH, 690 Math II</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.00 out of 4.00</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 32/450 (very competitive class, top 40 have 4.0 gpa with no grade inflation) We just had 2/2 get into cornell ED.</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on AP Chem, US, taking Bio, Calc AB, not many offered at my HS, can only take AP’s junior & senior year. Could not fit more than 2 per year in schedule – my school does a *</em>**ty job at that. APs only run certain periods and not all day</p>
<p>[li] IB (place score in parenthesis): none available</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Year Course Load: Teaching Lab Science Methods (teaching AP Chemistry lab class), Criminal Law/Economics (req’d)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Bronze regional National History Day, 3 season scholar athlete (Outdoor & Indoor track, XC), Mu Alpha Theta & National Honor Society inductions</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chief Public Relations Officer for Shark Club (lol), NHS, Mu Alpha Theta, Academic League/Quiz Bowl (Varsity co-captain), SafeSchool Ambassador (work w/admin to prevent student body problems, make decisions), Empty Bowls (managing charity project with superintendent to raise $17,500 for disadvantaged kids) XC, outdoor & indoor track</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: 17 months as a bus boy/waiter at local restaurant</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Volunteer/Community service: I’m a project manager for a new Empty Bowls charity event at my high school, which is set to take place in April. Right now, we are planning and gathering materials. Through the sale of pottery at an art show, we will raise $17,500 for disadvantaged children and their families in the district. This money will be used to purchase food for them. I also am organizing TV PSA’s for it through the comm. dept.</p>[/li]
<p>SafeSchool Ambassador,</p>
<p>several hours as clean up crew at school, 40+ hours from NHS and Mu Alpha Theta tutoring and organizing projects. </p>
<p>Teaching AP Chem lab course.</p>
<p>Assistant coach for JV cross country</p>
<p>Head of public relations for enthusiastic shark club. We donate $$ to shark-saving foundations.</p>
<p>Clean up crew & concession stand for xc, track meets, and football games.</p>
<p>HS Tour guide</p>
<p>[li] Summer Activities: Varsity Cross Country training w/team, work, volunteering as tutor, organizing Empty Bowls (above)</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Essays: Solid essays! At least, I’m a fairly good writer and I’m happy with them</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Teacher Recommendation: Great recs from Guidance counselor, English 11 teacher, AP Chem teacher (as well as lab course advisor)</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Counselor Rec: awesome rec from counselor
[</em>] Additional Rec: </p>
<p>[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: biochemistry/pre-med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic (Puerto Rican)/White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 60k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st gen college student (neither parent has degree), hispanic, teaching lab science methods for ap chem kids, huge charity proj[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>FOUR YEARS HOUSING!!</p>