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Accepted!!
[ VERBAL(R):410 MATH(R):490, writing 520*] SAT I (breakdown): 1420
[ *] ACT:21
[ *] SAT II:none
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.64
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):top 11%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):English (2), Us History (2),
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:AP Calc, AP Biology, Sociology, Physics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):none in particular, except the Youth Merit Award.
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
African United Club (founder/ President),
Debate Team (Founder/ President),
National Honor Society(secretary),
FIRST Robotics Team (Co-founder/ Business Manager),
Environmental Club(Event Coordinator),
HIV Awareness Program in Burien, Washington (Founder/ President),
Abu-Bakr Muslim Youth (Co-Founder/ Secretary),
Tennis (Vice-Captain and Most improved Player)
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
Tutor/ Translator at the Somali Community center, Helped fill out job applications, Housing apps, Welfare Apps,
Seattle Social Services interpretor: Interpreted for Arabic, Somali, Spanish, English, and Swahili.
Library Page Assistant.
[ *] Summer Activities:Went to Somali in the Summer of 2009, and built 3 wells in two different cities, and Created an HIV Awareness program their where i personally taught people who wanted to learn in classrooms about the pathogen, and how it spreads. I even touched on the concept of how HIV transcribes reversely.
In the summer of 2008 went to Eygpt and learned arabic, as well as taught and English Class.
[ *] Essays:Where the reason why i got into many universities. I wrote about my visit to Somalia in the summer of 2009. the Living conditions people where in, and how seeing a mother of six, and pregnant with another, ran outside her house when it rained (because rain is the only source of water at that specific region) because the rain almost instantly evaporates, just to get water from a jug left out side to her children not even for her own self. I then spoke about what I did to better these peoples lives, I educated them, and taught them how to build a well.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:None because they did not want one.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Was most likely awesome.
[ *] Additional Rec:none
[ *] Interview:did not have any.
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[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:yes
[ *] Intended Major:Biology/ HIV research Studies/ and International Affairs
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Washington
[ *] Country (if international applicant):USA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:African
[ *] Gender:Male
[ *] Income Bracket:below 20,000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):everything but my scores, and grades. I described about what was going on in my life during my high school career which led to low everything. I spoke about how i was a refugee, and family issues.
[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:EC activities, Essays
[ *] Weaknesses:Grades/ Scores
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/denied: Pretty unique individual maybe, i honestly do not know!
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
I got lucky, same with many other colleges and universities, and now i am waiting on Harvard and Stanford. For those of you who did not get accepted, life is not over, you have many opportunities lying ahead.</p>