<p>So to preface this, please don’t call me arrogant, because I know that Penn is a long shot for me. I visited the school my sophomore year and loved it, and after researching many colleges I’m looking to apply ED to Huntsman with the college as my alternate school of consideration. My math scores are low for Huntsman, but I will be taking AP calculus next year and am studying for a retake of the SAT I as well as for taking IIC. I am a rising senior, and any advice as to how I should present myself on the app, my chances, anything would be greatly appreciated. Now on to the main event:</p>
<p>North African male at competitive Seattle-area public school. I want to study something in the area of IR/Econ/Area Studies (ie mid-east studies) as well as maintaining at least one foreign language.</p>
<p>4.14 Weighted, ~3.67 Unweighted</p>
<p>I am currently fluent in four languages: English, Arabic, French, and Spanish (basic conversational fluency in Spanish–see my scores for a general idea).</p>
<p>SAT I:
2020
CR: 740 M: 610 W: 670 (retaking in october & actually studying this time)</p>
<p>SAT II:
740 Spanish 700 US History 690 Biology-E (will probably retake)</p>
<p>AP:
I will probably be in the top 3 or 4 or of my class in terms of number of AP classes taken, (out of a class of 350). Also, I will be the only student in recent memory at my school to have taken both AP Spanish and French Lit.</p>
<p>13 AP’s by graduation, 15 tests (took Euro and French Lang w/o the classes)
French Lang: 5
French Lit: 5
English Lang: 5
English Lit: 4
World History: 5
Spanish Lang: 5
Spanish Lit:
US History: 4
Biology: 3
Photography: 4
Calc AB
Chemistry
US Government (not sure if this is the official name)
Comparative Gov (not sure if this is the official name)
Macro-Econ (maybe)</p>
<p>Achievements, etc.</p>
<p>NEWSPAPER</p>
<p>Chief Copy Editor and Political Columnist
A 2006 Gold Crown publication, as designated by the Colombia Scholastic Press Association.
Chief Copy Editor (2006-07)
News Editor and Copy Editor (2005-06)
Political Columnist (2005-06)
Attendee, JEA/NSPA Journalism Conference in Seattle (April 2005)
Assistant Opinion Editor and Political Columnist (2004-05)</p>
<p>DEBATE</p>
<p>I would list my debate awards here, but they are too long and won’t mean much to you unless you do debate. Needless to say, I have three tournament titles, am ranked the 3rd returning debater on the west coast (according to NDR, an unofficial but extremely comprehensive ranking. again, for you debaters out there, I too am not a big fan of NDR but hey, if my ranking sounds good whatever)
I will also be debating internationally with TeamUSA at the pan american tournament and the european tournament as one of 5 teamUSA members.</p>
<p>President
Treasurer (2003-04)
Vice President (2004-05)
Co-President (2005-06)
Revived the debate program, turning my school into a regional powerhouse—the #1 ranked team in Washington state, with two debaters in the Varsity top five.
Increased membership from 3-5 to 15 -20 competitors.
Taught new students how to debate, spending at least 2 hours at twice-weekly meetings teaching and drilling new students.
My novices have consistently appeared in late elimination rounds, including finals, at various tournaments in both JV and novice divisions.
Wrote and submitted a PTSA grant for to hire a coach, arguing the critical value of debate in intellectual development. The PTSA committee, which usually does not distribute funds for contracted services (coaching) granted us $750 (March 2006).
Spearheaded the creation of a team web-site, involving a blog for results and designing a tournament sign-up interface.
Attendee, Victory Briefs Debate Institute at UCLA, Summer 2004 (Intermediate Varsity), Summer 2005 (Advanced Varsity), Summer 2006 (Top Lab)
Have a pretty good shot at being one of the 5 with TeamUSA @ World Tournament in Korea (I’m one of 20 accepted to the tryouts next week)</p>
<p>DECA</p>
<p>Competing in the Financial Analysis Decision Making Event:
Placed in the Top 10 at the International Conference (Dallas, Texas) [over 13,000 total attendees]
Washington State Champion
Washington National Qualifier
Regional Champion (Area IV)
State Qualifier (Area IV)
Superior Test Score Award (Area IV)</p>
<p>Arabic Independent Study:</p>
<p>I have been studying arabic on the weekends since 1st grade, since 9th grade i’ve been spending 6 hours a week (4 with tutor, 2 homework) studying at grade level, supplemented with some advanced college-level textbooks (I think they are Georgetown U. Press, message me if you want the complete citation)</p>
<p>PHOTOGRAPHY:</p>
<p>My work has been displayed at the largest shopping mall in the region this year and two years ago.</p>
<p>INTERNSHIP (last summer)
Library of Alexandria (<a href=“http://www.bibalex.org%5B/url%5D”>www.bibalex.org</a>) - A UNESCO cultural institution
Alexandria, Egypt</p>
<p> Participant, Forum for Egyptian Democracy
Digitized (scanned and OCRed) the official UNESCO history of the Library (English and French)
Debuted the Library Special Collections programme, creating the first Special Collection to be placed on the Library website as an example for all those interested in creating their own special collection (mine documented the evolution of High School Lincoln-Douglas debate websites).
International School for Information Science (ISIS) web site
- Edited the English version of the web site prior to publishing
- Translated into French
Assisted in the curricular development of a Technical Writing course destined to become a requirement for 800 Library staff members.
Edited, translated and wrote portions of the script for a promotional video regarding the Gamal Abdel Nasser Collection and the Description d’Egypte DVD, the first digital publication of the French body of research on Egypt dating from Napoleon’s campaign.</p>
<p>So there you have it (I am also taking up rowing, but that’s another story)</p>