Shot at Yale

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>SAT: Hoping for 2150-2200
SAT II: Biology 710 (will take three more, US, Chem, and Math IC)
GPA: 3.9
AP: Euro 3 (going to take AP US next year, and probably 6 more APs during senior year)</p>

<p>Extracurricular, Personal, Volunteer Activities:

  1. Cello playing (7 years: 20 hours per week, 48 weeks per year)
    -School Symphonic/Chamber Orchestra (Principal Cellist)
    -LISFA (Associate Principal cellist)
    -All County (Principal Cellist)
    -All State (Alternate)
    -Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society: Performance at Alice Tully Hall as “Syosset Trio” [Leader of Trio]-----Strings International Music Festival Scholarship</p>

<li><p>Tennis camp volunteering (Summer 9th Grade: 5 hours per week for 8 weeks {200 hours})
-LuHi Tennis Camp at SportTime Volunteer Counselor: aided in running the camp; helped clean up, served lunch, did a lot of office work, organized events, and organized equipments and camp t-shirts-----Letter of Recommendation for excellent work and dedication to work.</p></li>
<li><p>C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival (Summer 10th Grade: 5 hours per week for 3 weeks)
-Leader of Octet and Trio
-Honored Master Class with Larry Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet
-Chamber Orchestra (Assistant Principal Cellist)
-Best Ensemble Award: for demonstration of skill, enthusiasm, and dedication towards various chamber music
-Tilles Scholarship Award: almost full scholarship into the festival</p></li>
<li><p>Hospital Volunteering (Summer 10th grade through first quarter of 11th Grade: 6 hours per week for 9 weeks {54 hours})
-North Shore LIJ (Long Island Jewish Hospital): did a lot of office work; filing, charting and mailing envelopes, managed and transported medical equipment, and took care of patients-----Letter of Recommendation for excellent work and dedication to work </p></li>
<li><p>Tri-M (Modern Music Masters) (10-12)
-Tri-M International Music Honor Society
-Secretary or Vice President (hoping for office position by senior year)
-performances: Leader of “Syosset Trio”
-master class with Shanghai Quartet as great honor</p></li>
<li><p>Newspaper Club (11-12)
-Editor (hoping for this position by senior year, ill work really hard and focus on this club especially)</p></li>
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<p>(Hoping to Intern in biological or chemical engineering next year and also conduct research at Stony Brook University for Intel next summer)</p>

<p>Academic Honors:

  1. Spanish National Honor Society
  2. National Honor Society
  3. Earth Science Leadership Award: awarded for leadership excellence in Earth Science
  4. LISELA (Long Island Science Education Leadership Association) Award: awarded for excellent Leadership Role in Earth Science
  5. GERF (Geological and Ecological Resource Foundation): one of few students in school selected as a great honor to give a presentation to the Board of Education about earth science and the importance of setting up this foundation at school; the foundation would serve as a visual aid for earth science students, making it easier and more fun for them to learn
  6. National Merit Commended [hoping for this to happen this year, possibly even semifinalist position]</p>

<p>Work Experience:

  1. Gig Performances as the Syosset trio and other quartet ensembles (10-11)
    -Leader of the gig groups; arranged job dates and times, rehearsal dates, music preparation: played at numerous churches for mass accompaniment, played at private and big parties, played at country clubs (performed for the Master Works Foundation at Woodbury Country Club), and played at numerous weddings-----hopefully raise enough money to donate to Red Cross</p>
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<p>woo, PLEASE! i love you and everything, but this can't go on! there's no way it would work. </p>

<p>ok, seriously though. you're beginning junior year. enjoy it now while you can. once you're in the summer of your junior year you can become an OCD yale maniac.</p>

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<p>alright im officially going to stop now ill see u all next summer lol. let this threat die!!!!!!! no more comments.</p>

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<p>i honestly thought this thread was going to be about this YDN story, "drama student shot in hand in mugging":</p>

<p><a href="http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=29555%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=29555&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yeah man, cool it. You're not even going to be a senior yet. Just chill.</p>

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<p>hey this is not concerning my chances so dont worry. i just had a question. i looked at the common app for Yale and i realized there is so little space to write down all of my accomplishments. to refer to the accomplishments, look at the stats i wrote on the top of the page. so i was wondering if the ad com will look at the resume i attach too to see what i did. if not, do i have to fit the most important ones on the app? thx a lot.</p>

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<p>Yeah just fit the most important ones I guess.</p>

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<p>ugh thats hard lol. aight... which do u think are most important?</p>

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<p>Which are the most important to you?</p>

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<p>hmm i gotta think about this..... for cello, i guess all county all state and lincoln center... and maybe letter from town clerk.... they all seem important lol. gotta think.........</p>

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<p>Just keep in mind that Yale isn't terribly interested in your membership in every junior varsity sport or small club. The common application is set up so that one can easily identify about six of one's most important activities (in or out of school). Disregarding this limitation will be interpreted in two ways: first, as an arrogant statement of pride or two, that you too involved [yes, it can happen] and that you won't be able to make a firm academic commitment to a Yale department of study.</p>