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Jakob Eckstein '14 Recruiting Profile
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September 2013 #2
September 2013Personal Statement
I've learned that the most important thing one can have in life is choice. Choices are the thing that give you control over your life, let you achieve what you aim for, and the only way to get those choices is through hard work. So right now, my goal is to hunker down for the remaining year of IB high school and get into the best college that I can, because I know that the best school will give me the best choices. Beyond this, I don't want to have too precise a plan right now. I don't know what awaits me when I leave high school, when I leave Boston, when I leave home, and I love that. There is so much more to explore. The world is so big, so full of academic areas I've never even touched before that I doubt I've already found my passion. As of now, my plan is to go to the best Liberal Arts school I can and explore topics for a year or so and find out where to go next academically. My dream is to make a tangible difference, not just to coast along as an average Joe. But I have not found exactly how I will do that yet because I have not had enough life experiences. Right now, rowing is what gives me a sense of purpose.
Athletics
High School Information
- 2011 Sophomore Team
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 6 seasons
- 2013 Community Rowing Incorporated (CRI) (Varsity)
- Spring Season
- 2013 Community Rowing Incorporated (CRI) (Varsity)
- Summer Session 1, Club nationals participant
- 2012 Community Rowing Incorporated (CRI) (Novice)
- Spring season.
- 2012 Community Rowing Incorporated (CRI) (Varsity)
- Winter Training
- 2012 Community Rowing Incorporated (CRI) (Varsity)
- Fall Season
- 2011 Community Rowing Incorporated (CRI) (Novice)
- Winter Training
Coach References
- Club Coach
- Will Congram
- High School Head Coach
- Nigel Gallaher
- Club Coach
- Ellis Evans-Brown
- Club Coach
- Marko Vukovic
Events
- Camp/Event
- Club Nationals
- 7/09/13 to 7/13/13
- rowed in a pair, a four, 2 lightweight 8s
- Camp/Event
- US Rowing Northeast Junior Regional Championship
- 5/11/13 to 5/12/13
- rowed a four and a lightweight 8
- Camp/Event
- Saratoga Invitational
- 4/26/13 to 4/28/13
- Camp/Event
- CRI Varsity Boys Training Camp
- 2/15/13 to 2/22/13
- Camp/Event
- Northeast Junior Rowing Regional Championships
- 5/19/12 to 5/20/12
- Our novice lightweight boat had dominated the spring season so strongly, placing first all races, that our coach decided to enter us in the varsity category, where we missed the cutoff to Nationals only by one placement, coming in 4th
- Camp/Event
- Head of the Charles
- 10/22/11 to 10/23/11
- I had just started rowing as a sophomore at my high school, which gets to field one boat. My high school coach felt I had talent and gave me the opportunity to row in the HOTC. It was an amazing experience.
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Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. I am an International Baccalaureate Diploma candidate. I take 2 Standard Level IB classes, economics and math. Standard level IB diploma classes are considered equivalent to honors classes.Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. I am an International Baccalaureate candidate. This requires me to take 3 'Higher Level' classes. IB Higher Level Classes are widely considered to be more rigorous than AP classes, and at least equal to them. I take four Higher Level Classes: history, English, chemistry, and Spanish.Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsNational Honor Society, Headmaster's List, National Spanish Exam Gold Medalist, National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist
- ActivitiesSailing Instructor, Voice (Baritone), Theater Productions, Drama Club, Fundraising on behalf of the Forget Me Not Initiative - an Alzheimer's disease prevention program.