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Member Name: Brent Year Entering College: 2004 Gender: Male Ethnicity: Caucasian State of Residence: NV  Learn more about Brent Send a private message | Class Rank: Valedictorian Unweighted GPA: 3.96 Weighted GPA: 4.19 ACT: 33 SAT Critical Reading: 760 SAT Math: 700 Combined SAT: 1460 Selectivity Index™: 883 ? Bishop Manogue Catholic High School Reno, NV Private School 115 students per class year | AP Biology: 5 AP Calculus AB: 5 AP Chemistry: 5 AP English Language: 4 AP US History: 5 Test HL - Group 6: 7 Writing level: 6.80 Thesis: 6.80 Coherence: 6.40 Vocabulary: 5.80 Grammar & spelling: 7.20 |
| Extracurric | Role | Category | Time commitment | Participation timeline | ||||||||
| Hrs/wk | Wks/yr | Total | Summer | Schlyear | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Later | |||
| Computers for Success | President, Editor-in-Chief, or equivalent | Community Service | 3 | 52 | 312 | X | X | |||||
| Details: Founded non-profit company that took computers, refurbished them, and gave them to hs students in need | ||||||||||||
| Science Bowl | President, Editor-in-Chief, or equivalent | Science/Math | 1 | 20 | 40 | X | X | |||||
| Details: Geeked out answering science questions for the glory of Manogue... yep. we got to go to Vegas each year. | ||||||||||||
| Amnesty International | President, Editor-in-Chief, or equivalent | Community Service | 1 | 24 | 48 | X | X | |||||
| Details: Co-Founder, President | ||||||||||||
| Academic Team | Member | Academic | 1 | 10 | 20 | X | X | |||||
| Details: look, I didn't say I wasn't a nerd, but I didn't take this seriously. I swear. | ||||||||||||
| Camp Lotsafun | Member | Community Service | 100 | 1 | 100 | X | ||||||
| Details: Camp for developmentally disabled adults. Lived in a cabin with 5 to 10 special needs adults and spent the days and nights providing assistance and fun activities. | ||||||||||||
| Class President | President, Editor-in-Chief, or equivalent | Student Government/Politics | 7 | 37 | 259 | X | X | |||||
| Athletic activity | Individ. Awards | Team Awards | Time commitment | Participation timeline | ||||||
| Hrs/wk | Wks/yr | Total | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Later | |||
| Varsity Soccer | Captain | 12 | 12 | 288 | X | X | ||||
| Job description | Time commitment | Participation timeline | ||||||||
| Hrs/wk | Wks/yr | Total | Summer | Schlyear | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Later | |
| Medical Transcription | 6 | 52 | 1248 | X | X | X | X | |||
| Linen Washer | 52 | X | ||||||||
| Award title | Level of recognition | Year awarded |
| American Mathematics Competition Award | Regional | Sophomore |
| Academic Athlete Award | Regional | Junior |
| Physics Award from University of Nevada, Reno | Regional | Junior |
| AP Scholar | National | Junior |
| National Honor Society | School | Senior |
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My Comments on the Stanford Application Process: Applying was stressful. I needed to round up some safety schools, but I wanted to spend all my effort on my dream school, Stanford. Fortunately I got started hell of early - I remember bringing the application packet up to Tahoe the summer before my senior year, just to get a good sense of it. I'm glad I did that because the first handful of drafts of my main essay really sucked. I eventually found something that I was happy with - and then I had to work revision after revision on it, adding detail, taking away fluff, distilling the feeling and personality I was attempting to give the reader. At the same time, I had to write the "lesser" essays. All of my first drafts of those sucked as well. So I had to rewrite those multiple times, with different ideas/different angles. It was a time consuming, yet rewarding, process. It's great when you get to create something meaningful that shows your best work. At the same time it is intimidating, because you've invested so much time: you've had your parents go over it, you've had the teacher(s) you respect the most go over it, you've maybe had siblings go over it, so it feels like there is a lot on the line. It's worth it though, because it will improve your chances. Even with stunning scores and a thoroughly reviewed application, it's still a shot in the dark, so you can't take it personally to get rejected from schools. Just have a well-rounded application list of schools that you genuinely believe you could happily attend. If you have the breadth of safety, match and reach schools you are applying to, you'll get those accepted letters and will have a happy college career... |
