A Brief Bio the following is a brief list of achievements.
Moharimet Elementary School
Member of the intramural track and field and T-ball teams
Alto saxophone in the fourth grade band
Participated in gymnastics, piano lessons, Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts, and the church Rejoice Choir
Oyster River Middle School
Running:
- Four-year member of cross country and spring track teams
- Member of the A-team (scoring team member) in sixth, seventh, and eighth grades
- Fastest Oyster River girl, and won two dual meets, in seventh grade
- Elected captain for both teams in eighth grade
Band:
- Four years as an alto saxophonist in the fifth grade band, the orchestra, and the jazz band.
Johns Hopkins Talent Search / Center for Talented Youth:
- Qualified to take the SAT in fifth through eighth grades, scoring higher than a majority of "college-bound high school seniors" each year
- In seventh grade was awarded a scholarship for a college course, which I took at UNH in the fall of eighth grade
Other:
- Placed 11th in New Hampshire and Vermont for Beginning French in the National French Exam in eighth grade
- Elected assistant yearbook editor in eighth grade
Phillips Exeter Academy
Math:
- Prize in Intermediate Integrated Mathematics in ninth grade
- Prize in Calculus in tenth grade
- Renssalaer Medal for Mathematics and Science in eleventh grade
- Dedicated peer math tutor throughout high school
- Co-taught a sophomore geometry/trigonometry class with the chair of the math department in senior year
- Temporary member of the math club
French:
- Prize in Beginning French in ninth grade
- Prize in Intermediate French in tenth grade
- Traveled to France with a group through Exeter, including a 10-day homestay in Montpelier, in the summer before eleventh grade
- Prize in Advanced French in senior year
Athletics:
- Four-year varsity member of the cross country team
- Earned All-New England honors for placing in the top 15 prep school runners in New England in tenth and twelfth grades
- Member of the Hall of Fame for running sub-19:00 on the three-mile cross country course
- With my co-captain, the first runners in NEPSTA to be on three New England champion cross country teams
- Ran varsity spring track in ninth, tenth, and twelfth grades, and varsity winter track in twelfth grade
- Elected captain of all three teams in senior year
- Ran the Boston Marathon in qualifying time in April 2003
Band:
- Four-year member of the Concert Band on the tenor and baritone saxophones
- Prize in Music in senior year
Other areas of involvement:
- Elected Day Student Representative to Student Council in tenth and eleventh grades
- Appointed as Head of the Major Proposals Committee of the Student Council in senior year
- Prize for Best Essay on a Contemporary Political Issue in senior year
- First Prize in the Senior English competition
- Four-year campus tour guide
- Member of the Pen Pals and Homeless Helpers volunteer organizations
- Attended the Mountain School of Milton Academy in Vershire, VT for the second half of eleventh grade
- Selected as the New Hampshire representative for a five-week homestay in Osaka, Japan through a joint Japan-U.S. Senate program and Youth for Understanding
- Attended Confirmation Class and was confirmed at the Community Church of Durham in ninth grade
Additional Recognition:
- National Merit Scholar
- Highest Honors every term, which requires an average of 10.0 (A-) or above
- Recipient of a Cox Medal for ranking in the top five of my graduating class of 324
- Recipient of the Sadler Cup for excellence in scholarship, athletics, leadership, and character
- Early inductee into the Cum Laude society (top 5% of class)
- Graduated Cum Laude (top 20% of class)
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Honorable mention in the Rotary Most Valuable Student competition
Applied to and was accepted at:
- Amherst College (Amherst, MA)
- Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
- Middlebury College (Middlebury, VT)
- Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
- Williams College (Williamstown, MA)
- Harvard College (Cambridge, MA)
Williams College
Athletics:
Cross Country:
- Earned a varsity letter in freshman fall
- Maintained the team Web site
- Coach's Award at the end of the season Crew:
- Coxswain for the women's novice team
- Placed fifth in the women's coxswain division of the International Indoor Rowing Championship at CRASH-B
Math:
- Calculus peer tutor in freshman fall
- Multivariable calculus TA in freshman spring
Other:
- Dean's List for both semesters in freshman year
- Elected dorm representative to Frosh Council
- Elected secretary of Frosh Council
- Intended double-major in mathematics and psychology
