<p>Hello, I'm a Senior for the class of 2010, and I consider myself a bit ignorant of the college process, due to the lack of a counselor. I would like to know how my standing looks and if I am in any way competitive for top colleges. </p>
<p>ACADEMIC INFORMATION</p>
<p>Gender:Female
Ethnicity:Hispanic
High School: International Studies Charter High School
Unweighted GPA: 3.7 (Awaiting recalculation)
Weighted GPA: 4.7 (Awaiting recalculation)
ACT:27 (will retake)
SATIIs: Spanish:740 Italian: 690
Class Rank: UNKNOWN (top 5% or so)
Academic Program: Italian Language, Culture and Literature
Projected Major: Business⎯ Marketing, English Projected Minor: Italian Culture
* Proficient in Spanish, and Italian </p>
<p>APs: Italian (4),Spanish (4) Euro (3), English Lit (3) <-- (First Junior to enroll in Senior class and complete 4 credits in 3 years).</p>
<p>Will take: US History, Bio, Spanish Lit, Human Geo.</p>
<p>Dual-Enrollments: English 1 , Sociology, Psychology, Stats, Microeconomics, American Government, Macroeconomics, French </p>
<p>Recommendations: outstanding! (Principal, English Department Head, and CEO of the Miami Red Cross)
Essays: passion for community service, curiosity for learning </p>
<p>AWARDS
Academic
ISCHS Italian Program Award (2009)
ISCHS Honor Superior Honor Roll
Miami-Dade College Dean's List (2008)
Wellesley Book Award 2009</p>
<p>Graphic Design
2008 FIU Journalism Day Yearbook Layout: 1st Place</p>
<p>Community Service</p>
<p> American Red Cross Ester Brennan Youth Award for Volunteer Service (2008)
American Red Cross Rebuilding Lives project participant and Certificate (2007)
American Red Cross Blitz and Community Service Recognition Certificate (2007)
City of Doral Voluntary Service Certificate (2007, 2008)
Prudential Spirit of Community Service Award Local Honoree</p>
<p>HIGH ACHIEVEMENT</p>
<p> Youth Congressional Award (Silver Medal)
Silver Knight Nominee
Presidential Award for Outstanding Service: Gold
Presidential Award for Outstanding Service: Silver
Presidential Award for Outstanding Service: Bronze</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP POSITIONS</p>
<p>School</p>
<p> Senior Vice President
Italian Club President
Yearbook Editor in Chief
Eagles in Action Community Service Program Coordinator
ISCHS Graphic Designer and Image Moderator
==> Individual Projects:
ISCHS brochure
ISCHS promotional ad
ISCHS promotional postcard
ISCHS web-site graphics
ISCHS School Seal
ISCHS School Mascot Artwork
ISCHS School Banner
ISCHS School Mural (future project)
ISCHS event programs</p>
<p>Community</p>
<p> Hands on Miami YVS Web designer
Childrens Trust Youth Advisory Committee, Vice Chair </p>
<p>Professional</p>
<p> American Red Cross Graphic Image Marketing Intern and Volunteer</p>
<p>==> Individual Projects:
Assistance with website
Rebuilding Lives Project 2007: Autterbury residence</p>
<p>==> Marketing Projects:
Family postcard
Armed Services personnel postcard
Red Cross Holiday Card 2007
Red Cross Hurricane Season 2008 Pin design: 3 different designs</p>
<p>As for William & Mary, there is just a particular spark of an aura about the college that attracts me so. I feel partial to it, without ever visiting it. I have been to hundreds of college websites, but none held the same warmth that W&M's did: the shades of green; the welcoming campus scenery; the stimulating thoughts of engaging, profound discussions with fellow passionate students. I have always been educated in small schools, and W&M is very much the environment I yearn for. I am politically leaned to the left, enjoy an abundance of community involvement, and would truly enjoy four years in a place that appears to be the ideal opposite of distracting, anti-scholar Miami. I dream of a place that would embrace me for being passionate, creative, over-achieving, and involved, rather than deem me as being "too intense." I dream of William & Mary.</p>