Good news! I got accepted to Stanford University's High School Summer College ! Not so good news... this prestigious education is really expensive.

This summer I plan on using my time focusing on my skills and abilities on a valuable education. It is already a priviledge to be accepted and to have a chance to achieve it. However, this dream can only be accomplished if I can get a little bit of help from everyone. A donation as small as $1, can help me buy a pen to A+ a test! With a donation of $10, you provide me a meal. If you donate $150 you just gave me a chance to study with a textbook. If you donate just $50 more than that, you provide me a place to crash after a hardworking day! For this reason, I say that it does not matter how much you give, it would help me immensly!

Any type of help is appreciated, even if you cannot donate financially, you can donate some of your time, effort, or even food, and specially your prayer. With any other help, I am able to do garage/ bake sales, car washes, and many other fundraising events. In return, if I can help donors in any way, I will be glad to! Either way, I will give back to the community what I will have leaned and done over the summer. For every $500 raised I will donate one extra hour to community service. 

During the time I spend in Stanford, I plan to be not only a good student that gets good grades, because I crammed for a final over the night to get some college credit. My goal is to make this experience worthwhile and  memorable.  I will take every new information I learn, and glue it on me so I can make use of it. I want to take it a step further by giving the best of me in anyhting I do. I plan to grow my knowledge and experience with projects, tests, clubs, and many more opportunities in this treasured opportunity at Stanford.

Obviously, it is extremely important to me that I can realize this dream because I will learn much more than what goes on in a regular college classroom. The competitive spirit of such a prestigioues college will challenge me to the fullest to develop profoundly my leadership, studying skills and test my limits in every way. 

If education were to be compared to a walk to success, this summer opportunity is a raced marathon to prosperous triumpth! Besides having all the benefits of growing as a person and as a student, there is no doubt that this experience will open up other great opportunities during and after high school. This summer education will help me perform even better student at my own school, and also help other students do the same. It would catch the attention of other great colleges to even request my attendance. When I apply for jobs, my resume will be a highlighted paper in comparison to other applicants.

I want to take this experience even further after I come back. In addition to donating one hour of volunteer work for every $500 raised, I will share this unique experience and new knowledge with my school, community and take it beyond high school. 

For those who do not know me so well, here are some of the things I do in a nutshell:


Education:

                                    Fox Chapel Area High School- Pittsburgh, PA  15238                                                                                                       2012- Present

                                    Expected Graduation Date:                                                                                                                                                              June 2016

                                    NWQPA:  3.8 (2nd Decile); WQPA:  3.8 (2nd Decile)

                  City Music Center of Duquesne University- Classes on music history, theory, technology, solo (piano) and jazz ensemble performance (vocal).                                                                                                                                                               2013-Present

 

Activities:

                                    National High School Choral Festival-  Choirs competition in Nashville-TN.                                                           2015

                  Student Government- Senator of Blawnox; Attend to monthly meetings and vote on decisions taken by the student government.                                                                                                                                                                                                         2012-Present

                  Community Outreach- Volunteer for hospitals, food-banks and shelters. Outstanding supporter of fundraisers for charities.                                                                                                                                                                                                   2013-Present      

                  Act Impact and React Club- Initiator and leader of a Christian based club focused on positive actions in the school environment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2015

                  Ski Club- Practice all levels of slopes and adventure parks in Seven Springs Mountain Resort.                  2015-Present

                  Vulpes Cantantes- Auditioned member of Honors Choir Club.                                                                                     2013-Present

                  International Friends Club- Students from multiple ethnicities get together to share their cultures and knowledge, while a friendship is built.                                                                                                                                                                   2013- Present      

                  Busking Club- group of musicians organize music related events to fundraise for the school telethons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2013-Present

                                    Student Ambassadors- Introduce freshmen and new incoming students to a new school environment.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2013-Present

                                    FC Got Talent- Participant a competitive talent show.                                                                                                    2014-Present

                                    Mission Trip to Brazil- Visited homes and churches in small cities in the state of São Paulo.                                              2013

                  Word of Life Camp- Christian summer camp with varied physical activities, games and sermons located in the state of New York.                                      2012

 

Languages:  

                        Portuguese- advanced

                                    English- advanced

                                    Spanish- proficient

 

Awards and Honors:

                                     High Honor Roll for a cumulative QPA of 3.5 and above                                                                                                2012-Present                                         National Honors Society- awarded for showing leadership, school spirit, high GPA, volunteer work.                                                                                                                   2014-Present

                                    Great Attendance at Fox Chapel Area High School                                                                                                           2012-Present                                       Honors Recital in City Music Center for outstanding effort            2014                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Computer Art Award for achievements in Adobe Photoshop art             2014

 

Experience: 

                                    Food Bank volunteer- package food for shelters around the Pittsburgh Area                                               2012-Present

                                    Veteran’s Hospital volunteer- spread Christmas cheers, decorate the Aspinwall Veteran’s hospital, provide cards

                  and entertainment for Veterans                                                                                                                                             2013-Present

                                    Care provider/ live-in nanny                                                                               All summer of 2014 and some days in 2015

                                    Interpreter/ translator – translated from English to Portuguese interchangeably.                  2 weeks of summer 2013

Throughout all these three years of high school that I have accomplished, it is evident that I do not waste time or effort, but I work hard to impact the world some day somehow. The same way, I know that you worked hard for your money, this is why I assure you that it is not going to anywhere else, but a to good cause. Who knows? Before you know it, I will be that one girl on the news being interviewed about how I became so successful. Then my answer will be obvious, I would be nothing more than a hardworking girl if you had not helped me. In the future when I become this person you are picturing right now, I will know that you helped me, and I will do the same for you.