final tech application

yay and back to schoolwork

4 files changed, 39 insertions, 41 deletions

diff --git a/application/03_early_justification b/application/03_early_justification
index 48bf412..c46755c 100644
--- a/application/03_early_justification
+++ b/application/03_early_justification
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-I began high school math courses in 5th grade, and continued to earn
-other credits in middle school.
-At the end of my second (sophomore) year of high school, I realized that
-I had sufficient credit to graduate by the end of my third year of high
-school as long as I completed specific required courses.
-I planned to continue with Dual Enrollment through the normal Dual
-Enrollment deadline, but a Georgia law changed the restrictions on Dual
-Enrollment meaning less than one more year of classes would be funded,
-so I decided to graduate early instead of continuing with AP classes or
-unfunded Dual Enrollment.
+Based on courses I completed through my sophomore year, I planned to
+finish high school on the regular schedule as a Dual Enrollment student.
+A Georgia law (HB444) passed at the end of my sophomore year meant that
+less than one remaining year of my Dual Enrollment classes would be
+funded.
+I realized that I had sufficient credit to graduate by the end of my
+third year of high school, so I coordinated with my high school to
+graduate early instead of continuing with AP classes or unfunded Dual
+Enrollment.
diff --git a/application/04_honors_orgs b/application/04_honors_orgs
index 5f29689..2136403 100644
--- a/application/04_honors_orgs
+++ b/application/04_honors_orgs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Up to 5 Honors related to Academic Achievements
 National @ 9th Grade: NHSMUN Plenary Speech
-State @ 10th Grade: GHP Nominee
+State @ 10th Grade: Governor's Honors Program Semi-Finalist
 School @ 10th Grade: Physics Student of the Year
-County @ 10th Grade: 3rd place at Tech Fair
-County @ 10th Grade: 2nd place at Science Fair
+Regional @ 10th Grade: 3rd place at Tech Fair in Programming Challenge
+Regional @ 10th Grade: 2nd place at Science Fair in Animal Sciences
 
 Other MUN stuff?
 State @ 10th Grade: UGAMUNC Best Delegate
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ I am a member of OSMF after 42 days of edits, but that doesn't mean much
     to at least 23:50.
 - Tutoring
     Type: Work (Paid)
-    Position: Staff Member
+    Position: Tutor
     Participation: 9,10,12
     During school year
     2 Hours per week
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ I am a member of OSMF after 42 days of edits, but that doesn't mean much
     I intend to participate in a similar activity in college
     Desc: I've tutored middle, elementary, and high school students and
     have recently started a formal tutoring job at Solve Tutoring
-- Track and Field
+- Outdoor Track
     Type: Athletics JV/Varsity
     Position: Distance Runner
     Participation: 10,12
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ I am a member of OSMF after 42 days of edits, but that doesn't mean much
     I intend to participate in a similar activity in college
     Desc: Spring running team that I have participated in at 800 and
     1600 distances.
-- Tennis
-    Type: Athletics JV/Varsity
-    Position: Member
-    Participation: 9
-    During school year
-    6 Hours per week
-    14 weeks per year
-    I intend to participate in a similar activity in college
-    Desc: Spring sports team that I played with in 9th grade
 - Math Club
     Type: Science/Math
     Position: Officer
@@ -68,11 +59,21 @@ I am a member of OSMF after 42 days of edits, but that doesn't mean much
     12 weeks per year
     4 Hours per week
     I intend to participate in a similar activity in college
-    Desc: Math competition group that I competed with in 9th grade and
-    am working on building a team for possible competitions this year.
+    Desc: Math competition group with which I won best-in-school in 9th
+    grade and am working on building a team for possible competitions
+    this year.
+- Tennis
+    Type: Athletics JV/Varsity
+    Position: Player
+    Participation: 9
+    During school year
+    6 Hours per week
+    14 weeks per year
+    I don't intend to participate in a similar activity in college
+    Desc: Spring sports team that I played with in 9th grade
 - Science Fair
     Type: Science/Math
-    Position: Participant
+    Position: Partner
     Participation: 10,12
     During school year
     4 hours per week
diff --git a/application/06_tech_essays b/application/06_tech_essays
index 99b8c92..34d7519 100644
--- a/application/06_tech_essays
+++ b/application/06_tech_essays
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ Project Euler's "challenges" require experimentation, careful critical
 thought and develop general and domain understanding.
 I have worked with much more complex systems than the mini-problems
 Project Euler presents, but the identify-fix-check debugging modality
-fits the "problem" paradigm remarkably, as does exploratory mathematics.
+fits the more general math and programming "problem" paradigm
+remarkably.
 I want to major in Computer Science and Mathematics at Georgia Tech
 because both subjects deal in this sort of problem, and I want to
 continue innovating and exploring in this analytical paradigm.
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ class conference to help develop our focused combinatorics knowledge.
 The project and the conference let me dig deeper into a topic which I'm
 still very interested in---how cryptography works.
 The effort Tech professors give is very supportive.
-
+    
 I've also been part of a few groupchats run by Tech students for
 specific classes and for this year's online-only situation, and I have
 seen one of the most supportive and honorable student groups I could
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ I like (1).
 >> Is this a bit too ideologuey or is that appropriate to the question?
 I love freedom.
 Not exactly a controversial statement, I know.
->> "I'm aware"?
 But my view of freedom does appear to be fairly unpopular.
 I believe firmly in free software---programs that can be edited,
 distributed, and run however the user chooses.
@@ -72,14 +72,12 @@ I've contributed to free software code by using (as exclusively as
 possible) free software, participating in and contributing to forums,
 mailing lists, wikis, and writing small freely licensed components.
 But software freedom isn't all about the code.
-My current favorite project is OpenStreetMap (OSM)---a freely licensed,
-globally editable cartographic database marking up trees, farms,
-streets, paths, buildings, businesses, and everything in between that
-can fit in an objective map.
+One project I've worked on in the past four months is OpenStreetMap
+(OSM)---a freely licensed, globally editable cartographic database
+marking up trees, farms, streets, paths, buildings, businesses, and
+everything in between that can fit in an objective map.
 Two years ago, I used Google Maps and Yelp, two leading proprietary
-services for geographic information and business listing.
-I even contributed reviews to Yelp and answered questions for Google
-Maps.
+services; I even contributed reviews and answered questions.
 But then I learned about free software and began using it, entrenching
 myself in its ethos and valuing privacy and accessibility more.
 Both Yelp and Google Maps have shady and abusive agreements with
@@ -89,9 +87,10 @@ client but realized that the data in my area is thin.
 
 So I began contributing to the data source because I believe in its
 mission to make maps available to everyone.
+I've traced thousands of buildings and marked hundreds of points of
+interest, with a lot left to do.
 OSM "democratizes" map data in the same way Wikipedia opened up
 encyclopedic information, and because of the tangible value these
-projects create, I want to continue helping with both of these
-philanthropic projects and enhance my ability to contribute to projects
-like these.
+projects create, I want to continue contributing and enhancing my
+ability to contribute to these projects and projects like these.
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diff --git a/application/early_justification b/application/early_justification
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-I began high school math courses in 5th grade, and continued to earn other credits in middle school. At the end of my second (sophomore) year of high school, I realized that I had sufficient credit to graduate by the end of my third year of high school as long as I completed specific required courses. I am completing these and other enrichment courses through Dual Enrollment and will be able to graduate one year early.