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Currently, I want to go to a school that is strong in Archaeology.

My basic info is:
LOCATION
Lexington High School (Lex, MA) ... 1 of the top public high schools in the country according to Boston Magazine with more people going to Harvard from last year's graduating classes nationwide (10), 27 Ivy League students, and 10 MIT students.
EXAMS
V: 680, M:710, US Hist: 750, World Hist: 780, Chem: 680, AP Euro: 3, AP US: 5, AP Chem: 4, Nat'l Latin Exam: Silver and Cum Laude awards
Other Awards:
State Speech/Debate Championships Qualifications, Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor (the highest award from Scouting Honor Society), AP Scholar
Classes:
All highest level this year(AP/Hon or Unleveled), 4 out of 5 last year, 3 out of 5 soph. year, Independant Study AP Latin Vergil this year, 4 years of Latin
Work Experiance:
5 summers working at the same scout camp for 9 weeks a summer and on call 24 hours a day, 5.75 days a week.
GPA:
3.56 Unweighted, 4.06 Weighted
Class Rank: None Given
Intended Major: Archaeology
Already Applied to: Cornell U.-College of A&S (early d)
School Size: No really small schools (Less than 3000)
Gender: No prodominate gender swings (ie more than 65% plus of either male or female)
General Atmosphere: Liberal or Moderate

Possible Ideas:
UPenn, Wash U, UTex Austin, UMass Amherst, UMich Ann Arbor


Any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated.

By Xtreambar (Xtreambar) on Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 04:30 pm: Edit

PS: Any idea what my chances are at Cornell, where I already sent my app in...

Appropriate Adendum:
Notable Recomendations: Latin teacher of 3 years / 5 classes, a history teacher who I worked with for research on my eagle project / got a 5 on the exam.


Thanks

By Xtreambar (Xtreambar) on Monday, December 02, 2002 - 03:20 pm: Edit

bump

By David DeRolph on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 04:44 pm: Edit

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