<p>So, I got rejected from Wharton ED, but got into UChicago EA and was apparently good enough to also get a $5000/yr scholarship. Weird. </p>
<p>-GA resident, male
-Ethnicity: mixed Hispanic (Spanish) and Asian (Filipino)
-UW GPA: 3.94ish-may go down slightly as a result of a B in AP Stats
-Weighted GPA: 4.14 (will go up by the end of the semester)
-school doesn't rank, but I got an award for being the junior with the highest weighted GPA, meaning I'm a would-be valedictorian.</p>
<p>SAT I's
Math: 800
CR: 730
Writing:710</p>
<p>SAT II's
Math II: 800
Chem: 720
U.S. History: 710</p>
<p>AP scores:
US Gov and Politics: 5
APUSH: 5
AP Chem: 5
AP Eng. Lang: 5</p>
<p>Senior Load-likely grades
1. AP Calculus BC: A
2. AP Statistics: B :(
3. AP Biology: A
4. AP Physics: A
5. H British Literature: A
6. Economics (I wish my school offered AP.): A</p>
<p>-school doesn't offer honors classes, but mentions "due to the rigorous curriculum of the school, no classes are designated as honors" in school description.</p>
<p>My only other B's have been graphic design freshman year, AP Gov last year(will a 5 on the exam atone for this), and a mandatory composition class at our school this summer? I got straight A's junior year.</p>
<p>-will mention Math, Economics, and Chemistry respectively as my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice majors. I want to be an investment banker or hedge fund manager when I grow up.</p>
<p>EC's:</p>
<p>Boy Scouts
-Eagle Scout. My project was building benches, pressure-washing old ones, and putting sealant.
-Senior Patrol Leader during 10th grade, Patrol Leader during 9th
-broke a national record for hiking. I hiked the Bartram Trail (100 miles/5 days, has a lot of elevation): honored by Governor Sonny Purdue and national head of boy scouts for this feat
-LOTS of community service projects
-raised money for inner-city kids to buy scout uniforms
-Philmont Summer 2010-completed trek 34, the hardest trek Philmont has to offer (Only 5 crews this entire summer out of the 1000+ that come to Philmont did trek 34).</p>
<p>Tennis (all 4 years)
-private lesons
-varsity tennis</p>
<p>Academic Quiz Bowl team (10-12)</p>
<p>I founded and am president of our school's food critic club. We go to restaurants about once a month and write critiques about them, which are published in the school newspaper. I'm trying to see if we can get published in the Zagat Survey. I wrote my "optional" essay about this.</p>
<p>Trumpet
-Superior Rating (9,10,11) at Solo Ensemble Festival
-Community Jazz Band (9-12)
-GISA all-select band member (11th grade) (top band members of private schools in GA)
-played for church on Sundays
-invited to play at school's open house 10th grade</p>
<p>Piano for 11 years
-invited to play at several concerts</p>
<p>Duke TIP summer program (summers after 9th and 10th grade, I respectively studied macroecon. and robotics)</p>
<p>Academic Awards:
-Georgia Certificate of Merit
-Phi Beta Kappa Award (given to Junior with the highest weighted GPA in class)
-National Merit Semifinalist</p>
