I am Junior at my public high school this year and was recently accepted into a nearby magnet Math and Science Center where I now take AP Calculus AB, Physics, and AP Biology. At my regular school I take IB English 11, IB Business and Organization and AP Psychology. I have already taken a semester of Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry, Honors Earth Science, and Honors Biology(all of which I received an A in). Additionally, I have taken Geometry (Middle School), Advanced Algebra, FST(Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry), Honors American History, Honors English 9, Honors English 10, European History, Ancient World History, Honors Government, Honors Economics, French 2 and 3, Band, and Wind Ensemble(basically Honors band). I have also taken Debate I and Forensics I (acting class).
I have taken the AP Macroeconomics exam and received a 4, taken the ACT with a composite of 31, 30 English, 26 Math, 36 Reading and 30 Science, the PSAT with a 67 math, 63 Reading and 59 Writing, (will take that again this year), took the SAT earlier this year and received a 630 Reading, 610 Math, and 600 Writing with an Essay score of 10(out of 12).
Extra curricular activities include being on the Debate team with numerous trophies and state championship positions, working with Jack Hoogendyk in parades and other volunteer forms, a missions trip in Illinois where I helped rebuild a center for women who recently were released from jail, worked with the impoverished by replacing the windows in their houses, and working with Margaret O’Brien(not the star) for her run for the State House. In Wind Ensemble, my group traveled to New York City to play in Carnegie Hall. I have also taken English Composition 110 for one semester at a nearby community college and
received an A in the class. My father and I have also constructed an observatory for our telescope in the backyard and we were previously members of the Kalamazoo astronomy club.
Last summer I attended a 4-week classic Debate camp at the University of Michigan, and this summer, I attended another 4-week camp at the same university called the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program.
I have a GPA of 3.8(unweighted).
I am definitely going to retake the SAT, and plan on taking SAT II subject tests.
I took both the SAT and PSAT early sophomore year, and am going to retake the PSAT in October.
I am also starting a research project regarding tardigrades (water bears) and their ability to survive in space-like conditions before anhydrobiosis (ability to shut down metabolism).