<p>Alright I'm getting really anxious as I wait for decisions to come out (10 more days now...hopefully less), and I'd really appreciate it if anyone could offer some insight into the decision.</p>
<p>Here's my basic resume:</p>
<p>Acceptances: </p>
<p>University of Tennessee, Knoxville Honors Program
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Rhodes College
New York University</p>
<p>Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian
Unweighted GPA: 3.928
Best Composite ACT: 30
Best Composite SAT: 1900
School Type: Magnet School
School Size: About 240
Class Size: About 50
Class Rank: Our school eliminated class rank besides the top 10, and we don't find out until the spring, but I would gauge that I'm in the top 15-20%.</p>
<p>25 Honors/AP/Dual Enrollment Classes out of all 32 classes that I've taken.
-Made a 4 on the AP European History Exam (Junior Year)
-Taking AP Literature right now and expect a 4 or 5
President of Government Club (held since Junior Year)
Floor Leader of Government Club (Sophomore Year)
Founder and President of The Flock (Student Cheer Organization)
Represented my school at Boys State (1 of 2 people)
-Elected State Representative at Boys State (Summer 2011)
Participated in both Model United Nations and Youth Legislature for 4 years
-Outstanding Delegate at Model UN from 2009-2011
-Alternate to CONA (Conference on National Affairs)
National Honor Society (Since Junior Year)
Theatre Department (Freshman and Sophomore Year)
-Won Outstanding Male Performance for both productions I acted in.
Yearbook Editor (Senior Year)
Forensics (Sophomore Year)
Soccer Team (Freshman, Junior, and Senior Year)
Track Team (Sophomore Year)</p>
<p>Volunteered for Set Construction for the Theatre Department (all of high school)
Volunteered at my local public library (Junior and Senior Year)
Volunteered on an Eagle Scout Project (Freshman Year)
Total hours: 40</p>
<p>I held a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant from June 2010-June 2011 and was let go because the restaurant closed down.
From July 2011-October 2011, I worked for an online business by doing inventory and helping market the company's products on Amazon.com as well as their own website. It was a temporary position, and I was let go when all of the products had been uploaded.</p>
<p>Senior Schedule</p>
<p>1st Semester (AP Literature, Creative Writing, Latin I Honors, Ecology Honors) (Got all A's in these classes)</p>
<p>2nd Semester (AP Literature, Dual Enrollment Statistics, Dual Enrollment Psychology, Chinese I Honors)</p>
<p>Other random things:</p>
<p>1) I was voted Most Talented in my grade. (Played guitar for 11 years; trying to start a band and have a Youtube channel for my music)
2) I'm my school's student announcer for a daily news segment that we air on TV.
3) I got 3rd place in a local short story competition.</p>
<p>Recs</p>
<p>1) Guidance Counselor
2) My Government Club advisor and old Social Studies teacher
3) My U.S. History Teacher</p>
<p>Essays</p>
<p>I don't have a problem with writing essays. It's probably my biggest strength. My English teacher looked over them for me and said that I answered the questions very well and wrote it in an interesting way so I don't think my essays will harm me.</p>
<p>I appreciate any input!</p>