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Demographics: White/Mexican enby (AMAB), 16 years old, military so I have moved around a lot, but attended a public school in Northern Virginia (Fairfax county) for 10th, 11th, and upcoming 12th grade.

Intended Major: Undecided, either Computational Biology or Computer Science (either way, will be applying to the School of Computer Science)

SAT: 1460 (720 RW, 740 M); retaking in August, aiming for around 1520.

GPA: Unweighted is not provided by my school, but I'd assume 3.9+. Weighted is 4.415; unsure of class rank, likely top 5%

Advanced Coursework (including upcoming senior year):

• AP Chemistry (9)
• AP Physics 1 (10)
• AP Language & Composition (11)
• AP Calculus BC (11)
• AP Biology (11)
• AP Computer Science A (11)
• AP Environmental Science (12)
• AP Literature & Composition (12)
• AP Government & Politics (12)
• AP Statistics (12)
• Dual Enrollment Multivariable Calculus & Linear Algebra (equivalent of third semester calculus in college)

Awards:

• Member of Fairfax County all-district band

ECs:

• Marching Band (trumpet section leader)
• Developer for [company name redacted as it is registered under my parents' names] (aka I wrote an app aimed at improving quality of treatment available for use by speech-language pathologists with patients; not yet released, but to be released in September or October)
• Robotics Club (leader of Coding Group)
• Science Olympiad (Got to states in 10th grade)
• Summer pit orchestra (for a musical)
• Code Ninjas Camp Leader (basically teach kids how to code for minimum wage)
• Member of Virginia Winds Academy

Schools:

• Carnegie Mellon University (top choice, will ED)
• Cornell
• Columbia
• MIT
• UVA
• UPenn
• Dartmouth
• Duke
• Vanderbilt
• Johns Hopkins
• UMD
• Purdue
• VA Tech
• UIUC
• UNC Chapel Hill
• Rensslaer Polytechnic
• James Madison (saftey)
• U Mass Amherst (saftey)
• American University (saftey)
• Rutgers University (saftey)

Thank you!

EDIT: I should clarify, I am in high school.

Hi everybody! It's my first time posting here so apologies if this isn't the right place to post.

I am applying to a wind symphony in my area called VWA and the application asks for, on top of regular applicant information and video audition submissions, a section for the applicant to submit any comments they might want to add in under 500 words. What should I write for this section? does it need to be like a college essay? Thanks in advance!

Here's the prompt as worded on the application:

Do you have any comments that you want to share? Maximum 500 words.

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