<p>Alright, I had a feeling the SAT IIs were going to be rough. So naturally they come in on a brilliant day in which I retook the ACT, and feel like I did well, and received merit aid to the tune of 15k per year from a college. Can't be a perfect day, right?</p>
<p>New info is in CAPS.</p>
<p>Personal
-White Male
-Illinois resident, birth to present
-No legacies anywhere</p>
<p>School
-Public
-No AP offered
-Ranked #2 of 50-55
-3.952 GPA on a 4.0
-Most rigorous coarse load offered
-Earned an A in an AP government class online</p>
<p>Testing
-30 on the ACT, 10 on Writing
-640s on SAT with a 690 on writing
-550 CHEMISTRY, 580 MATH II, 600 U.S. HISTORY</p>
<p>ECs
-Baseball (4 years Varsity, 3 as captain)
-Scholastic Bowl (3 years Varsity, all as captain, 1 year JV, will be top 10-20 alltime leading scorer at a school with a reputation for producing very good teams year after year)
-Football (2 years Varsity, one year JV)
-Hockey (played all through high school, but school doesn't have a team)
-Junior Class President
-Letterman's Club (2 years, both as one of three "leaders")
-WYSE (4 years test taking competition, won 2nd in the Biology test at regionals junior year)</p>
<p>Honors
-NMSC Commended Student
-National Honor Society
-Student of the Year awards at school in many subjects</p>
<p>Volunteer
-Key Club (our club wasn't very active though, and I often had conflicts with other ECs)
-Assistant Baseball coach (3 weeks of volunteer work for a grade school team)</p>
<p>Job Experience
-Summer job year 2008, 20-25 hours per week</p>
<p>Internship
-Illinois Governmental Internship Program
+One of 11 applicants accepted from entire state of Illinois
+Work as intern in a congressional office 9-5 mon-thurs
+Complete a full coarse load while I'm there, including AP level online Calculus Class</p>
<p>Schools (in order of desire)
-Washington & Lee (only school that requires SAT IIs, only school that will see them)
-William & Mary
-University of Illinois
-University of Virginia
-Allegheny College
-Knox College
-Washington & Jefferson College</p>
<p>Intended Major
-Currently undecided
+Political Science
+History
+Education</p>
<p>If you took the time to sort through this all, I thank you. Please leave your thoughts, any opinion I can get is valued. If I'm completely off-base, let me know.</p>