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<p>Hey everyone! I am a junior in high school trying to figure out a way to make myself stand out n a crowd of 5000 applications.
Objective:
PSAT: practice 1900-2200; goal is to get 2250
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Weighted GPA: 4.3
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 77% (81/356 students) (It is messed up, I need to talk to my teachers about it)
AP classes taken/taking right now: AP European History, AP Statistics, AP Language Arts,
AP US History, AP Physics 1
Senior Year Course Load (Planned):
AP Calc AB
AP Physics 2
AP Lit
AP US Government (1/2 year)
Advance Debate (1/2 year)
Student Leadership
AP Micro (1/2 year)
Honors Spanish
AP Macro (1/2 year)</p>

<p>Summer Courses:
Accounting
Emerging Tech</p>

<p>Major Awards
Student of the year
Merit of Distinction for National Forensic League
Academic Letter</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Volunteer at Shawnee Mission Medical Center (+600 hours)
Office helper at Junior Achievement (50 hours)
Peer Tutoring (+50 hours)</p>

<p>Leadership Positions:
Board Of Director for City in Motion dance Institution
School Ambassador
Leadership Class
Wichita rising leaders conference
President of Diversity Club
Representative for IT Matters Campaign for School (Drug/Alcohol Campaign)</p>

<p>My firnd and I are also planning on starting a non-profit organization. We are in the process of acquiring a lawyer.</p>

<p>Clubs:
Diversity Club
Spanish Club
DECA
FBLA</p>

<p>I'm also applying for NHS and NSS this year. I plan on taking debate all 4 years.</p>

<p>Extracurricular:
Cultural Dance (6 years)
Piano Lessons (2 years)
Tennis (3 years)</p>

<p>Colleges I want to apply to:
Columbia University
Carnegie Mellon
New York University
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania
University of California, Berkeley</p>

<p>Please let me know if I can improve my chances of getting into these colleges, and if I can actually make it in. Thank you so much!!</p>

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<p>Why do you need to start another organization? You’ll spend money and energy that you otherwise could use for the activity itself. And it may take several years to get your tax-exempt status, without which no contribution will be tax deductible. In the absence of a real need, adcoms are not impressed by applicants that start organizations instead of finding ways to work with existing groups.</p>

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<p>Well, my friend and I have done prior fundraisers for foundations like harvesters and Salvation Army. Nothing too big. We just want to take it a step further and try something new. Finding a new organization that fits our objective is very hard, so we have decided to start a organization. We already have cooperation who are willing to donate objects. </p>