<p>Right now I’m debating applying ED here or Columbia. (You might criticize the whole idea of debating applying ED at 2 separate schools but I think I’m the type of person who would be happy at a lot of different places and I’d love to be done in December with everything)</p>
<p>So even though I’m the first person to criticize the whole idea behind chance threads and make fun of people who make them, I finally caved and made one. I’m a rising senior at a slightly above average public school in IL who’s probably going to major in polisci.</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
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<p>ACT: 34…(32, 34, 36, 33) first try, might retake it just for ****s and giggles. (I know there’s almost nothing to be gained college wise but I think I can do better) </p>
<p>SAT II: 800 USH, 780 WH (taken senior year for a class I took freshman year)
Will take Math II in the fall and I think I can reasonably expect 770-800, might take Math I or Lit while I’m at it </p>
<p>GPA: 3.94 UW, 4.8 weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/500
AP: 5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 (WH, USH, Lang, Gov, Econ, AB, Psych, Human)
PSAT: Around 207 if I remember correctly. NM Commended in any case.</p>
<p>Awards: </p>
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<p>-National AP Scholar (got 8 5’s with one self-study)
-National Merit Commended
- A couple of state level awards for Speech Team (pretty competitive) and DECA (not-so-much). Ended up going to state three times this year (the other being math team)</p>
<p>EC’s</p>
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<li>My biggest commitment would be Speech Team, my event is pol-sci related and I’ve done it for 4 years, went to state. Super-time consuming, w/ leadership position</li>
<li>Tennis (Varsity/JV) (4 years)</li>
<li>Co-founded and help to lead our school’s very own Philosophy Club (4 years)</li>
<li>Co-founded and helped lead our school’s Debate Club (2 years)</li>
<li>Scholastic Bowl (Varsity/JV) (4 years)
-DECA (2 years)
-Ultimate Frisbee Club [3]</li>
<li><p>Math Team: went to state and our team won sectionals (2 years)
-Debate Club [2]
-Spanish Honor Society [2]
-National Honor Society <a href=“Currently%20president”>2</a></p></li>
<li><p>Tennis Summer Camp [2]</p></li>
<li><p>Speech Summer Camp <a href=“both%20being%20smaller%20programs%20at%20our%20school”>2</a> </p></li>
<li><p>Had a summer job as a rising senior: (Crappy customer service, basically. Doesn’t matter, made bank haha)</p></li>
<li><p>Briefly shadowed a doctor/professor at a nearby college</p></li>
<li><p>Had a job as a Congressional Campaign Intern during the 2012 election season </p></li>
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<p>Volunteering:</p>
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<p>-Volunteering at a Tennis Summer Camp
-Volunteering Library
-Voluntering at a Hospital
-Volunteering Tutoring
-Other various things for NHS seeing as I’m president, maybe 300-400 service hours all included</p>
<p>Leadership-y cool stuff:</p>
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<p>1) President of NHS
2) Co-founder and Captain of Debate Team
3) Co-founder and Co-president of Philosophy Club
4) DECA Chairperson (11th)
5) Speech Team Chairperson
6) Junior Class Treasurer</p>
<p>Other Shenanigans:
-State (if domestic applicant):IL
-Country (if international applicant):
-School Type: It’s an average-ish public school, act averaging around 23. We send kids to Ivy’s rarely
-Ethnicity: asian
-Gender: male
-Income Bracket: ~90K
-Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): nope
-Senior schedule: All ap classes, bio, bc, stats, apes, english, spanish, </p>
<p>-I’m pretty set on who I’m getting recommendations from and they should be pretty positive. Even though I’m a surprisingly lazy student in a lot of classes, I know a handful of teachers that absolutely love me.</p>
<p>-Intended Major: Poli Sci</p>
<p>It just seems that Brown, so much more than Columbia or Uchicago or anywhere else I’m applying to is way more my style. I feel like I’d be a great fit here and my only hesitation is that I can’t do an overnight.</p>