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White (Jewish) male from Memorial Senior High (Houston, TX)

VERY competitive school (19 valedictorians, must have a 6.1w out of 7 to be in top quarter).
Named one of the top 200 public High's in the U.S.

Have taken most rigorous course load (all Honors/AP's)
GPA:3.5uw/6.0w (~30% in class) <--my weakness--will explain that parent's divorce was hard for me fish/soph year.
SAT: 740M 660V (1400)
ACT: 33
SATII: math2C: 710 Chem: 770

AP U.S. Hist (4); AP Chemistry (5); AP English Lang. and Comp (4)

Senior year courses:
AP BIO, AP PHYS2C, AP ENGLISH LANG. AND COMP, AP CALC AB, AP MACROECON, AP GOV'T, BAND, SPEECH

EC:
Marching band 10-12 (Tuba section leader, loading crew captain 12th)
Football 9
HS community service organization (60 hours) 11-12
Feed homeless every sunday independently(probably a total of 300 hours) 11-12
Tri-M music honors society (12)
NHS (12)
Drug Knot- (teach freshman about how to stay away from drugs) 12
Bike - ride 3 hours/week in prep. for MS150 ( 180 mi. bike ride from Houston to Austin) 12

Research:
Performed high-level DNA research at U. Texas during Summer of '04. (Should be a very strong point of my app, as my report could be published)

Jobs:
Redstone golf course - cart attendent (11)
Financial Advisory Group - Intern (10)

Essays should be good if not great.
visited - had interview with my regional admissions rep. He was very impressed with my research.
APPLYING ED.

Anyway, any advice? Chances? I'd really appreciate any comments...don't be afraid to shoot me down. Also, should i mention being jewish anywhere in my app?

Thanks!