<p>Location: Pennsylvania
School: Extremely Competitive Large Public School
Class Size: 560
Class Rank: Top 10% (expected to improve after AP Tests and 3rd/4th marking periods)
Race: Caucasian
Cumulative Weighted GPA: 4.2 (School uses % Scale 98.3% W)
Cumulative unweighted GPA: 3.9 (95% UW)
SATs: M 770 CR 600 WR 640 (Total: 2010) (Retaking in October goal is 700CR, wont send if i dont improve it)
ACT 32 (Retaking in September - expecting 34+)
Honor Roll: 9, 10, 11, 12
Classes: 6 AP (3 this year, 3 next year, waiting on scores)
AP Chem II
AP Calc AB</p>
<h2>AP Physics B</h2>
<p>AP Calc BC
AP Bio II
AP Latin IV Vergil</p>
<p>AP Scores: Expecting 5's in Calc and Chem, 4 in Physics</p>
<p>8 Honors
Honors English 9th, Honors Algebra II, Honors Earth and Space Science,
Honors Biology, Honors Chemistry, Honors Precalc/Trig, Honors Latin III,
Honors Biochemistry</p>
<p>Awards/ Honors
National Honors Society
National Language Honors Society
The National Society of High School Scholars
Selected for several National Youth Conferences
1 of 4 students selected by guidance counselors to attend Rotary Youth Leadership Conference</p>
<p>Extracurricular Activities
Latin Club 9, 10, 11, 12 (Scriba 12)
Key Club 10, 11, 12
NHS 11, 12
NLHS 11, 12
Rugby Club 9
School Soccer 9
THON - 9,10,11,12 (Committee member 11, Technology Chair 12)</p>
<p>Volunteered with:
National Honors Society: 40 hours by graduation
Bethany Village Retirement Home: 250+ Hours by graduation
Notre Dame Club of Harrisburg: Several events such as working soup kitchens
Ronny Powley Center: Helped distribute donated foods to poor families
Helped count Sundays' collections for my church (8+ weeks per year)</p>
<p>Leadership Experience:
Junior Class Vice President
Senior Class Treasurer
THON Technology Chair
Latin Club Scriba
Attended Rotary Youth Leadership Conference</p>
<p>Research (Possible hook + essay topic):
Columbia University Medical Center Summer 11 (Researched the effects of NGAL on iron metabolism in the kidney under Dr. Jonathan Barasch, M.D., Ph.D, over the summer for 6+ Weeks)</p>
<p>Employment:
Wegmans Food Company 11, 12 (15 hours per weekend stocking shelves)
Universal Protective Packaging 11, 12 (10 hours per week unloading trucks)</p>
<p>I worked both of these jobs at the same time for a number of months during my junior school year.</p>
<p>Interned at Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker of the Houses Office (Another possible hook + essay topic.) 10th grade (40 hours per week, summer of sophomore year, helped welcome foreign delegates and volunteered + ran National Conference of State Legislatures held in Philadelphia, PA)</p>
<p>Recommendation Letters:
2 Teacher letters (one said their letter would be stunning)</p>
<p>Letter from my supervisor at the Speaker of the House's Office (its really good, includes the official raised gold seal of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania), </p>
<p>And Hopefully one from Dr. Jonathan Barasch, M.D., Ph.D about my research experience this summer</p>
<p>Hobbies:
Skiing and Surfing
Video Editing
Guitar
Tricking, Parkour, Free running, etc
Lifting
Pickup soccer weekly at a local park + indoors</p>