u/OnlyFroag

Chance for T20s

**Demographics/Stats**:

**GPA**: 101/100 (school uses 100 point scale)
**Intended Major**: Economics + Applied Mathematics
**Course Rigor**: 14 APS (all 5’s so far) - AP US History, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language, AP European History, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature, AP Studio Art, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics
**SAT:** 1520

**Extracurriculars**:

*Countywide Nonprofit Founder*

Developed and promoted nonprofit platform, generating 2.8K visits, 2.2K unique visitors, and 5.9K pageviews, with website traffic up 343% year over year and unique visitors up 402% year over year.  

Coordinated and connected with 40+ other local charities and nonprofit organizations to stimulate reuse through awareness, events, and education.

Partnered with local food kitchen and brought together people from my school and others to volunteer to make free meals for the hungry.

*Research at University of Pennsylvania*

Research in Public Policy and Social Media Responsibility

Interviewed ~10 unique individuals in my area for their opinion and perspective on research topic

Mentored by Wharton MBA and worked with School of Social Policy & Practice

*Editor-in-Chief of Renowned Award-Winning Magazine*

Oversee a nationally recognized publication that has had 24 major scholastic journalism honors since 2014, with the magazine winning two of the highest accolades under my leadership.

*Elected Nonprofit Board Member*

Lead monthly junior board meetings and help shape outreach initiatives that strengthen volunteer involvement and support the food kitchen’s mission.

Organize 50+ weekly volunteering events each year, recruit younger volunteers from local schools, and promote the food kitchen on social media to expand community awareness and engagement.

*Upper School Peer Tutoring Program President*

Elected president of schools peer tutoring program. Oversee the tutoring of tens of kids daily with coordination with parents and faculty.

*Student Leader of County Youth-Led Organization*

Help lead a student-led youth organization in my county dedicated to empowering young people to create positive community change through leadership, civic engagement, and service.

*Admissions Ambassador for my school*

Responsible for acting as a face for my school, helping bring in prospective students and parents.

*AAA Hockey Player*

Invited to prestigious national tournaments and played in a competitive 80+ game schedule under a nationally ranked top team.

*American Red Cross Trained & Certified Lifeguard/Professional Rescuer with AED & CPR*

Trained in water rescue and immediate life-saving skills. Responsible for overseeing 50+ patrons and ensuring environment meets safety regulations.

**Awards**:
\- Lockheed Martin National Cybersecurity Competition, finished 5th overall
\- Columbia University National Scholastic Press Association, 2x Gold Crown winner (highest accolade)
\- National History Day Competition, second place regional & state qualifier
\- Sacred Heart University Science Olympiad, third place for ecology
\- AP Scholar Awardee as a Sophomore (only one of 3 in class to earn)
\- University of Chicago Research - Peer elected winner of the best overall research project on youth employment in the United States
\- High Honor Society

**Recs**
\- Computer Science Teacher 10/10
\- History Dept Chair 8/10

Demographics/Stats:

GPA: 101/100 (school uses 100 point scale)
Intended Major: Economics + Applied Mathematics
Course Rigor: 14 APS (all 5’s so far) - AP US History, AP Computer Science Principles, AP English Language, AP European History, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A, AP Spanish Language, AP English Literature, AP Studio Art, AP Calculus BC, AP Economics, AP Physics C, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics
SAT: 1520

Extracurriculars:

Countywide Nonprofit Founder

Developed and promoted nonprofit platform, generating 2.8K visits, 2.2K unique visitors, and 5.9K pageviews, with website traffic up 343% year over year and unique visitors up 402% year over year.  

Coordinated and connected with 40+ other local charities and nonprofit organizations to stimulate reuse through awareness, events, and education.

Research at University of Pennsylvania

Research in Public Policy and Social Media Responsibility

Editor-in-Chief of Renowned Award-Winning Magazine

Oversee a nationally recognized publication that has had 24 major scholastic journalism honors since 2014, with the magazine winning two of the highest accolades under my leadership.

Elected Nonprofit Board Member

Lead monthly junior board meetings and help shape outreach initiatives that strengthen volunteer involvement and support the food kitchen’s mission.

Organize 50+ weekly volunteering events each year, recruit younger volunteers from local schools, and promote the food kitchen on social media to expand community awareness and engagement.

Upper School Peer Tutoring Program President

Elected president of schools peer tutoring program. Oversee the tutoring of tens of kids daily with coordination with parents and faculty.

Student Leader of County Youth-Led Organization

Help lead a student-led youth organization in my county dedicated to empowering young people to create positive community change through leadership, civic engagement, and service.

Admissions Ambassador for my school

AAA Hockey Player

American Red Cross Trained & Certified Lifeguard/Professional Rescuer with AED & CPR

Awards:
- Lockheed Martin National Cybersecurity Competition, finished 5th overall
- Columbia University National Scholastic Press Association, 2x Gold Crown winner (highest accolade)
- National History Day Competition, second place regional & state qualifier
- Sacred Heart University Science Olympiad, third place for ecology
- AP Scholar Awardee as a Sophomore (only one of 3 in class to earn)
- University of Chicago Research - Peer elected winner of the best overall research project on youth employment in the United States
- High Honor Society

Recs
- Computer Science Teacher 10/10
- History Dept Chair 8/10

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In his poem, “The Barren Moors,” William Ellery Channing utilizes simile and personification to highlight both the solitude and the moral fulfillment and tranquility the speaker feels in the barren moors, ultimately moving the audience to reflect on the contrast between nature's “two silent floors” and the rush of the modern world. 

Channing utilizes several literary elements, including simile and personification, to highlight the speaker’s moral tranquility in the open expanses of wild, uncultivated land. Cunning utilizes simile throughout his poem, but most importantly, he uses it at line nine to highlight the speaker’s internal state and focus in a largely consumeristic and dynamic world. Writing “Like desert Islands far at sea / where not a ship can ever land, / Those dim uncertainties for me / For something veritable stand.” Channing compares the barren moors of vast open land to deserted Islands far at sea, free from the modern world that can largely consist of lies, corruption, and moral exhaustion. In comparison, the dim uncertainties and debates of life that accompany modern society no longer accompany the speaker in the vast open lands of the moors. The barren moors symbolize an authentic force, something the speaker can utilize to purify his mind away from the rush of society. Also in this way, Channing is directly contrasting those modern uncertainties with the peaceful, pastoral landscape that is the very essence of the moors. Similarly, further in the poem, the speaker utilizes personification to develop this comparison, writing: “A serious distinct place from all / Which busy Life delight to feel / I stand in this deserted hall / And thus the wounds of time conceal.” Channing personifies Life as a living force who is actually delighted to experience the solace of the moors and its way of enabling moral reconciliation and rootedness through the peace and tranquility that it offers. Channing additionally utilizes the adjective “busy” to again demonstrate the rush of the modern world and how the moors offer so much to combat the stress that may accompany it. Moreover, this claim is further qualified by line 16, which suggests that in this pastoral and peaceful landscape, the wounds that have disrupted life or have enabled some kind of anxiety or despair can fully heal in the solace of the moors and the moral tranquility that it brings. 

Channing utilizes simile and personification in his poem to highlight the pastoral solitude and the moral reconciliation and tranquility the speaker feels across the vacant moors. Channing repeatedly uses these literary devices to contrast the experience of life “between two silent floors” and busy life away from the “desert Islands at sea”, full of corruption and exhaustion. The author emphasizes that despite there being many uncertainties and stresses in life, particularly in the moors, for example, some veritable truth stands, and the profound forces of authenticity begin to develop the character.