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- Demographics: male, asian, competitive public magnet school, first gen, high (ish) income
- Intended Major(s): religious studies, classics, economics
- SAT: 1580 (800 RW/ 780M)
- GPA: 3.6 UW/ 4.3 W (upward trend with increasing rigor, from multiple b's freshman year with 1 AP to all a's junior year with 6 AP's, but still pretty low in my school, around 70th percentile)
- Coursework: (All 5s except for APCSP) Calc BC, Lang, APUSH, World, Bio, Physics, Precalc, Macroecon, CSA, CSP
- Awards:
- 2 time deca state champ + 5th place at internationals
- 4th place in national junior classical league constitution contest
- gold in national latin exam
- john locke institute essay contest shortlist (theology)
- 6th place at fbla states / local kiki vogue awards (dance)
- Extracurriculars:
- deca chapter president, co-founded, grew to 30 members, got 9 people qualified for internationals
- junior classical league state parliamentarian, state level leadership + latin club chapter president
- family business, developed program to teach newly immigrated employees english, actual experience in management, accounting, marketing, etc.
- internship with ga secretary of state, analyzed voter data, proposed and implemented methods of increasing voter turnout in local elections
- school newspaper editor-in-chief, self-explanatory
- governor's honors program, <10% acceptance rate, latin major, research program
- buddhist temple assistant tutor, helped lead vietnamese, dharma, and scripture lessons
- christian church youth leadership team, led local service and fundraising efforts
- substack blog writer, wrote 20+ articles about random religion/philosophy stuff
- local ballroom scene, kiki balls, local lgbtq dance community
- Potential Essay Topics:
- Trying to reconcile 3 different religious backgrounds and why i want to study religion + unique perspective
- how i use personal rituals to "manifest luck" (get myself into a good mindset) and how rituals are a way i am able to perform well in many scenarios and reflect on myself for personal growth
- i could also do basic essays about being gay, immigrant experience, family business, etc, but those are boring
u/CryEmbarrassed5577 — 8 days ago